, 1881-01-29

| L"lI VA AtE3O hIl11 kulIAtC lIlllMlNH UlG
County Asylum appeals to every friend OF
Humanity, a1ld ought not to be neglected.
|
COLOSSAL PROJECTS OF THE PRESENT
| TINE.
Itscems 10 be tho object md determination
OF the present ago TO set OH foot gigantic
enterprises and undertakings by which 10
increase and perfect the system Of tho
worlds commerce to such a,l extcrt tliat
coming generations will find but little to do
IN that direction. Among them must bo
! counted the submarine telcGraplts, tho suc-
ccsstul Piercing Of tho Alps for railroad p,r-
poses, tho Pacific Railroads, the great lines
| Of steamships for transportation Of passcn-
| gers ami freight, aud above all tho construc-
tsoll Of the Suez Canal. and Inst, but not
least, tho tremendous raiiron,l network all
over America as well as over Europe. Since
the unhappy effects ard consequences of the
year 1871 have grad,lnlly died away, in1lll-
llcrahle plans and projects for gigantic
measures to Increase the facilities for tito
commercial intercourse of tho world lInvo
mado nleir nppearancc, aad many Of them
lnyo been partly executed already, whiic
others VIII s0on be taken In hand.
Prominent nmong tho latter arc the COLI
structon OF tho Panama M.d Nicnragua
Canals, und tho project Of Capt. Ends to build
u railroad across the Iatllll,us OF Telluar-
tcpoc, III Mexico. OIL which he proposes 10
carry ships Ut any and all sizes from ocean
! to ocean. III connection with these projects
! stands tho construction Of q complete rntl-
road net all over Mexico by American cnpl-
! tnlssts, and tho finishing of the Southern,
Northern. and Canadian Pacific Railroads
| The lnyfng Of 2 submarine cable from San
Frnnclsco to 1apan and Ch1na will be tic
| lagfcal consequence of the construction OF
| NIL OF these I'acife ronds.
| As fnr rs onrowl American navigation and
shipping Is concerned, thoro is iii contumpla-
tlon a stock company whose object
1t Is to build ono hundred iron steam
ships for coast n river, and like nay
| igatlon; the first seven of these steam
ships arc now III progress of construction.
The mouth OF the Mississippi Is now passa-
bio to the largest vessels, md, grcat projects
are being planned for tho Improvement Of
the 1cyccs Of that river Il navigation co,l,-
pn,ty las been formed ut Now Orleans for
the purpose Of nlonopoliztng the totnl nayl-
gns!on Ut the Father Of Rivers mud Its tribu-
tarIcs.
| Western Europe Ia b1tsy in tha cn,strte.
tion OF steam TRANSPORTS in order In l.nnttfo
md move tie tremendous American freight
and tho constantly increasing en,tRrutIon tn
tho United States; Hamburg antl Bremen
nro chiefly engaged In such entcrprIses, In
Franco the construction OF canals mid mil
roads Is pushed forward; 1t is tho Intention
! Of TINT country TO expcnt ono tllousand
| IL,
III the East, KussIu is energettca,ty n,tsh,np
tho completion Of lts railroads towards tic
South and Asia, Austria intends tn con-
str,lct an important railroad frnm the Dan-
| ubc, through. ScryIa antl DuIearia. towar,1s
ConstantInoplc. The proteet Of Lcsscps 10
pierce tho Istll,uay Of Coriuth seems to hnyo
been pushed into tho background throurl,
tho Panama Canal project.
III AyIa, also, great railroad cnternr5ses
arc planned mud partly In construction. srho
! Chinese, who only short willis nro dc.
stroycJ urd demolished a little railrontl
built by Europcars Mt Canton. bccousc thov
regarded tho jocolnotiyo AZ being huilt IN the
DEVILS workshops, have now concluded to
| construct n .rallroad systc,n on their own
responsibility. In order to councct nj, tho
ctiof cities of the Interior of that vnst Emn,ro
with pekIn, 1Jndoubtedly thu pjr,n,Ia nro
| llrlyon tn ttese entcrnrlsea bv tt,eir fanr ri
tho Russians. who are tenrlnu njcco oftrr
| Niece from tllo bortlcrs of thu ccirstlo, FIN.
| ptrc, md who at the ureseut tlu.s nrc nrennr,
lne for a general ottack.
T'hat England likn J,ussIa. cntartot,a ,,s
platls a,d uroiccts fur the constr,nt,ou m
| railroads through Ash. towor,Is 1uJIo
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