National Republican., 1885-01-20


Opc-siIiecnh the total excavation.
At Panama vast sum has been expended
and certainly the magnificent hospital ut the
foot of Ancon hill is II credit to any civilized
nation. The Offices of the company, taking
up the whole of one side Of tho great plaza,
are also an imposing sight. In fact all the
Improvement traceablc in the city is due to
the canal company. "Ced mugHgtIuc m1iy &c
nest past ie cdHdf-for instance nothing has
been done tooreate n port ut Panama, although
IL is self evident II only one side of Il had been
completed, giving quay accommodations for
loading cargo and disohargng passengers, the
most Important part of the canal would have
been completed something in short, which
could have been pointed Mt With pride Ns not
only useful for the canal, but as attracting the
trallio and doing away with all the cumber.
some paraphernalin of tugs, &c, now used for
the transfer of goods and passengers from the
railways terminus to the steamers lying some
miles out in the bay--somethlng, indeed, as
real earnest of future progress.
IL must be clearly understood that through.
QUIT tOrcgOingrcmarkst the greatest pains has
been taken to gcncrnlizo broadly and always
to err on the side of the canal COM
pnny, whose officers deserve the greatest credit
useless, and, what to professional men Is still
worse, absolutely ridiculous, simply because
the talent and genius Of France has been bent
to the purpose Of one man, who hns been
sophist enough to believe himself u great en-
gineer"
ABOUT THE COST.
There is, of course, considerable difficulty In
arriving Mt the cXact expenditure TO date, and
mere hgaii u VIII po sll9t 10 nIriVe ~ lump
SUN, hlu tnut SUN wen Wunln tnv marx
Now the outside sum assumed by Mons. do
Lesseps az necessary for the completion Of the
ChnNl lTOln sVh 70 sea Is OJJ,yVJ'ODJ francs
Hl2lOOOOlO and OF THIS sum most certainly, at
the loWcst estlnhtc, onc-nult mas pcen spent
and debt established upon which at least
yo,VVtVuO PIT hhnum IN the snnpe OF interest
i hfS 70 70 Do phiu " " true tllut tne pronts on
we Il ianaihi rallway now uhIer inc control
Ol INC canul company cNcecu 10 per cent on
tne COSY, some s-}vVOOJl hnu tnat therctnrc
from tnls source o PCT cent gh tnrec times tnht
amount Is loitheonlhg. unl consequently the
~, h,'test uuG n1ed noi appenr as OutuGn nut
tue prpll, allulcu w y Inhuv up ihIEoly Oh tne
increased trafic due to the canal works, and
WIZ, Oi course uinllhlSn ll serious rnllp
%uluSr % eltner tnc i',lure or success oi lne chlla
until ht NY II Will become an asset not worth
colslutrhliun! !e,-,,-,,, - -
olNly n,llllons OF qoilhrs IN golu nave poen
cxpenied aha tno interest," W per cent on
InaI sum n9s 3 Peeh proy,aeu LOT out oi the
eNIniuEs vi tne lUhlna radWuy, put u N
much to be feared that not 81 100000 of assets
Gun oe Psrnceu ~ uli tne plheI slue oi .ne DalanCc
sneet me lerre.p.ell cahnOt De noyedi
nel'her , can tho h9spilnl at ihll9lnn. mnlle
.nS @ ueteTinilon OF ,he P,an,t @ aI iaterla, III
ne conclusion Is therefore PLAIN that during
thluV s " " atu WI a nu liuV ny. sullyiilR
49,, ~, ,nn ,,"rI o1n - ,,,,,, ii -, - 80
saJ 40, 10 sso, hanrt .ronai,,, o,sag Ln,,o -
s, a,,a ~ ~ ~ ,,atio,,, r,,,s' sSs,s ,'ttt,
voung nor old rich nor nonr blnrk nor Whiiei
;bo npngrcss n,ode on tbc cnnnl yvnrks hog = Hoo,
inHnitcssimnlIv small and avon tnnt moi nt
n nermanent character, while $40 600 OGO has
bncn absoluteiy sunk'
IN ,nust have neon observed in tho foregoip q
that The main nrgument ms been derivn1
from or rather based unon the simnio nnnstion
nf the nunntity of excavation absolutely npces.
sarv a. r',,tin, n canal of cnrtain Jin,,rsin nns
"h'J aNt 'ts''HN VI
sions arrived nj would have bSen deemed
alone sunicient IN nrove the case had n moi
hecn for Tho cxtroordinnrv derision arrived nj
Lv NJ do I nqsens 10 bniid a hn,yr dam 10 conIinc
tIo tIhayrcs IN imitntIon no donht Of Inc Rar.
ragn across Tie Niie
Such "A decision demands some attention
althongh n youid have In We bccn more agren,
abic 10 The writer M have ian Tho siibnot 1 H.
ccrtoin foto yyithout nnv rcmnrks iyhatever
The work. however. Is OF such colossal propor.
tions that II must involve large expenditure
OF money, ana theretpre Soulu l, hot DC eiiinlii'
ntSu 3S WIEN 'uo puos'ioh Vi 'o'' ~ unueL eVn-
siHWvIatlon n,,,, a.. ,,,,,o,, ,o ,,o ,o,,o,,,t,,,.
neli nt'et''Lon u ~ S,nch " tLio uulioMl'lf t
ulI%ieIslois % VI ~ uusulc, "itVtt iius. W Va
tuo s,tuVcst pSssap9 E ~ ~ ~ .i,u ~ tls'
cuas saio i. nu,o "'iu u'o VI 'iio "oiA WIN pc-
coming BruNHy, ,n .,,,,
DAA NJ "AhhVA' ,,,.,
,,,. ., "IIts t
iength ~ d'{g ~
rt, LeI,S.ti az 5} ~
S,e
~
Inc cubic contents are SO,oOD metres NOR
or less; the work OF solid riVetted masonry
the use to accumulate the waters of tht
Chagres su1lclehtly 10 make us escape tei
times more destructive ihah OelOre; tnc tlnt
OF construction nt least nVe years, ana the cos
hardly possible TO estimate with even an ap
proximate amount OF certainty. IL WIN thu
be seen how very grave Is the question abou
the luture cost oi tne fananla chhal the nleI'
Thought OF lts costly iuture Is enough 10 apph
the stoutest financial heart; ana thc feeling II
reference 10 the tnouslhIs OF human llVe
which must be sacrlhced ADD something akll
| 10 horror 10 the lnanclai olsmay, ana drive
every thoughtiul mind TO the conclusion
stronger ana stronger as the matter Is though
out, that cahai between Asplhwall anu ihp
anna az NE sea tpd without locks IL lmprac
ucaD!e, ana thht even II tne necessary laDo
cOulu pc oDtalhel the eamount Oh cdpital Woul'
not 10 altalnable'
THE Political ASPECT
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at, T n,, a. a., ~ roiiof u, ,Si,hu 90
p peui' W ptieS Si vuS " oo,a t uuu ~
iSul p VI niSSiOa I siV ~ iy' i vi i ~
a aa @ e JON w ~ c,pot! pu! n ai.nu III
nythina pthan I, Snnoars thof iSn nbvscn
ahytniS o irs,,r,,apppnIoIlo ,obiio ~, Sy,,
U' t ,, utots i iats ~ n'H iid ith ie
not yet tou lato W Diu St,ua. ~ ,.ii ioShs w
' i,n, sy Ia,t 10, 1y ~
h t,5,od ,UahG,ilS awd IovaIIv "a crr
| al, 81 nh
| 9ut the WISHES pl tncT BtSSH onlvt MpIl,
He LessePs, ahu m - Ii nui,1t ,l,'s noitnIlr5 hu
Deeil set uoMn huNliB eNeH 'ho SpniDi''iicc
nidInSsthtcihent' MS ,...... ..,,,. A., L.,
lnere IL Eeti however, ni,otncl polIlt, tne W.
portuLve ol Mglcti M clLiiiot " ~,
the aDsencG Oh auy tioticG Oh WliGh Woul3 rGl
uer lheso "%heIllhIks % on tne i"nnlla cana, u
c0inpiete Ilueeui @ thus polht is is snv Po''nc
siautom' alii 'i,at si.un.ioh M eApIa',s s Wy PC
slstenGy WIN Whlch INC lGhuels btlnu py
project which to the outsiders der seems on m
worthy Oh penny Tailkeu 1i as y .iotlorii hoIS.
me slnall c9pllaitsts Oh rTallce Tue ciieh
most auectea Dy Mons. ue l.esseps, anu tll
Haiii sthy VI tlc cailnii aIE peEiuu!'E 70 opc
ihelr eyes ny tne hoh,luilllIilleilt Oh the bToll
ises OF thglr luoi' Mons, DC Lesseps, Iho
nhgoIl may DC shdly % %mu'llltteu' prt TI tnelr u,
iiei lh MIN ms not gui%te % g3nG, ~ tnGiS 81 is ~ y
| pernulous Alploh IN inc shhpe OF Lore IA
melston 70 W ussu rs u stimulus 10 thclt II, ny
momav ' boes or ruther stonEings F6ev snnn, tmS
hn IA tbSt the iiniied Sites is tho cvr
| cause Of npontsn eXnenditnrS and nn res,,it
s"r tbo ADO of Tho nNlnn Tho Il 'ra md strIns
| ia cnnsnicnnus Nv lie absence either on nr +,
| ajtLnr siJe og thS isthmmS AEneri"nns hn vir,
nnst ionind mn in so,ne 80 Secr,