The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-03

The MeIanehOly RrSuIts Of Too mnol
EpEineerIBg EnIeFPFiSs.

The MELANCHOLY Afh~A
EpEinssriSg Enterprise
New York Sun,
In 1881 the North Pole and Equator
Navigation Company was chartered by the
Continental Congress Of that section OF
the globe known as the United States OF
North and South America, The object OF
this company was to open and operate a
canal between the polar land aud the
nAvigable waters Of the Gull oil st. Law
renee.
This plan was considered feasible be.
cause OK plOrAtion had been made by means
OF aerial ~conveyanCes which showed that
the North Pole was the center oil a vast
continent, the climate OF which was de-
lightIul, aud the productions Of which
we're the most nutritious grains and iruile:
It's land was covered with vast herds and
dr0ves OF edible tour'toOted animals, It's
waters swarmsd with wild fowls OF the
choicest kind, aud were stocked with hsh
OF the mtst delicious flavor.
In order to utilize these seemingly spon'
~taneous productions and make them hene-
fetal to mankind, this company was or
ganized. The exploration sent out had
further discovered that the North Pole
was surrounded by an open polar sea, the
southern limlts Of which were vast preci'
pices and ridges Of ice, ranging in height
from one to two miles. THESE Ice cliffs
were situated In latitude so deg, north.
A capital Of Sl0O, 0O0, 900 had been sub
sCribsd. Operations were commenced,
and, according to estimation, ten years
would elapse before the work would be
completed. 1t was thought that vast
amounts OF Ice from the barrier could be
transported To the torTid Zone and sold TO
the Inhabitants at rates which would
yield the company q great revenue,
The work progressed rapidly, aud the
~stocknoldsrs were joyous, anticipating
heavy profits, which were to arise from
their enterprise.
AtlGst the work was completed, and the
day named when the marriage Of the
waters oil the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans
was to be contaminated by the agencies
OF man. The last barrier in the grand
canal was to be removed.
Grand aerial excursions to witness the
ceremony and return were arranged. All
the grandeur which modern civilization
could suggest or C0ntrive was to be dis
played on the occasion. 81
Everything passed Of according to an
nouncement. The zeal blow was struck.
The waters OF the Arctic Ocean poured,
but they vent roaring through, and con.
tinued 10 roar and pour until the canal
was full. They overlowed Its locks and
banks. The Gull Of 81. Lawrence was full.
The waters OF the Atlantic were raised 10
that extent the entire American continent
was submerged. Still the waters Contln.
ued to pour southwark until the eQuilib.
rum Of the earth wss destroyed and 1t
ceased to revolve upon LIS axis, and the
Western Hemisphere remained in the
dark. Without the light and the heat Of
the sun the intense cold CONCEALED all that
vast volume OF water and frC2e all that re-
NAMED Of animal life which the water had
not previously destroyed. So intense was
the cold that this huge field Of Ice was
rended into vast Chasms, splitting itself
asunder with terrible explosions
In the meantime the Eastern Hemis.
phers met with q serious fate. This side
Of the globe, being continually turned
toward the sun, the heat became intense,
immense fires rSged, and there was no
one to stop the colh lgration. A few men
had crowded into caves to escape from
the heat, and had met death by starvA.
ton. So intense WAS the heat that the
Ash were boiled In the sea and at last all
water disappeared, and not o vestige Of
anything living or green could be found.
And thus for centuries the earth Contin.
ued 10 move forward as a dead planet.