Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-29
THE CANAL QUESTION.


Some Facitious Remarks upon the Much
Talked of Panama Canal Project.
From the New York Times.
The partisans of the different schemes
for cutting the Central American isthmus
are full OF faith and strong language. Mr..
Menocal has proved that NJ. De Lesseps
cannot make a canal through the Panama
lsthmus because ofthe deep.rooted oppOsi-
tion Of the Chagres River to any
such scheme. He asserts that this
ill-tempered river will rise at un-
expected moments and completely
wash the canal away; carrying it miles
out to sea, where it will have to be taken
in tow by large steamers and brought
back for repairs. On the other hand, NJ
De Lcsseps asserts that there are two
grave reasons why the Nicaragua,
scheme is entirely impracticable. He
claims that the San Juan River is too
crooked and that no locks can be built
which will accommodate modern steam
ships. Nothing can be clearer from what
NJ. De Lesseps says, than that the Nicara-
qua Canal is mpracticable, except Mr..
Menocal's demonstration that the Panama
Canal is impossible.
1t Is fortunate that in these circumstan-
ccs there are able engineers who are ready
with plans for removing all objections.
One Of these gentlemen proposes to take
up the Chagres River, and to either throw
it away or to remove it to some locality
where it will do the least HARM This is
d;gcnitr which i in t|c ay wav Of tbn p sno, 1
,,n T,nol "a, No ora ,,royou1s thnt r.
nd ,gI,ont t', ,ronor m CSinor5an an1 r" gn,Jos
arn en,,,ioyoj tho istSn,ns canrot Ro cri
throuo,I, uo,, tLo C%n1,ro, R;uar l. 70 Lo
tmo,, ~, is V" , t;on ni Sotnh II W ov nv
o o"o" ,,,VnoJ Up i into I,rGn hoxos ard tr"ns y
nortcd saw m ~ tb" desert of Snhora or
fLo nv, ,,orGni,inS MA moyod n few r,;I"s g" os as
TO giyc il room TO run away and EMMY if.
self into the Atlantic further south. Re-.
moving the River is, like digging the
canal, a mere question of men, money,
and spades, and the moment the scheme
is mentioned TO NJ, De Lessons he will at
once pprceiye it, advantages
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engines of sufficient mower, he can prob
aLlv mil thc river ont STRAIGHT. for il is
an 9xiom Of mechanics that if Won have
sufficient force at your command You can
do anything StiIl. lhn rxncrimcnt of
nuIliny so large river ont straight by
main force has never vet been tried
There is a posgbility that il might break
sooner than bend. and. in that ease.
what wonlj Mr. MenocoIl do with half n
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