Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-07


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hIdol because ID fractures rFy-"iarIN.
Another 'O,'0l"Hd oil rock l. distributed
along the line principally at Euurr1dor
Obi.nn porY.i, and rinrvn,., and ,.n,,
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to DE almost impossible To handle. An
engineer i'm ChHr-s" of q section il reported
to have said 1--WE have mrrclv scratched
the surface; the hard work is yet to
come
The company has established excellent
camps at all of its fourteen stations, GOOD
house accommodations for its employees
and very costly hospitals at Panama and
ASpiuWall. and made many buriu-S He
mile, al channel had been drrd-,d wide
and deep enough to float the largest YES
sci, from the Atlantic terminus of the
canal. He says "'lhiS is absolutely
false The actual distance dredLcd was
not quite one and Oat-nalt miles in
straight line The channel has an aver.
age width of one hundred feet. when near
is northumberland rcqui~itcaud the d. pth
drcdgcd i, only eleven feet when the depth
intended is to he nearly 30 feet. He adds:
every particle of mud drcdgcd thus far
will have to be handled Il second time. as
it is thrown out as soon rs drcdgcd upon
the western side of the canal where it has
to be Wiuened, SO that it must all be re
drcdged, rchandlcd, loaded upon sCOwS
and carried ont To sea, as it should have
been done from the beginning The
writer appears to appreciate the fact
which the French engineer, have, il is
said, ignored, that for a sea level canal
there can be no other proper dumping
ground than he bed Of the sea.
The most difficult feat in an engineering
way is that Of turning the waters of the
ChagreS AT GamhOa. \ stone dam nearly
two miles lOng-liO feet high at ITS cen
trail points to be constructed. NJ. de
/ lesScps says that the estimated cost of
| this dam was S2OOOO,OOO but if one may
! judge by the constant and enormous vari-
ance from the estimates made by the en-
ginerrS of the canal company and the
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100000 will not cover the construction of
this basin and dam, if it is borne in mind
that Il canal is to be cut all the way to the
Pacific Oceln-thirtcen or fourteen miles
to carry of the surplus floods,
! OF stock and bones S!H,2uO,OOO, accord
ing to the compauy's own statements, has
already been expended. If to construct
4-13Oths uI he canal, taking all the easy
work tthe mud dredging, light soil eNcava-
/ tons, Nc.) at the start and avoiding all the
difficult work, costs the above sum it may
/ be assumed that the hard rocks and tough
| clay before mentioned will cost enormous
/ ", to say nothing of getting rid of the
floods of the ChagrcS In addition to the
above the engineers of the company csIi-
mate so 600, 900 as the lowest sum which
will have TO be expended for the great lock
and basin back of Mount Ancun and the
| Panama terminus With the best posi-
/ BILE methods the completion of the canal
would cost a fabulous sum. 1t is difficult
to understand. however. after all these as
sertions, the ground upon which he saws:
In conclusion. it may truthfully be said
that there can be no doubt that the Pana-