Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-04-13
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Ths modern world k1s kaosu 81 no
prsjsss ssndine more 20 ~ sdvsussee
shau she schsrrs 20 creats wstesvAys
neroas ~ AmssicAn fsthmns. Ezsbsf-
ste plsns for this ard<rtskinx have
bssn ssbmitsea frsns nsny scursss sver
siuos sbs general oufsines Of Ansrsss's
esocrzphy became part Of the serid's
knowledge. Amidss all the pasns and
sshsnss for thss shert eus for com
ussse, the nation tbs. should have been
ne 6rsz 10 act has Displayed caipabis
timiditY. and hss pus forth bat vesk
efforts 10 provide uhxs would sssafsdiy
prsvs Of The utnsss bensst y tse Ma
sion and the world. Tse Omitted States
ouRhs 10 have bssn the proprissor Of an
inter eeeapie cseei Iona before Frsnse
was called upon 70 inaaQurass the Pan
ana canal schenas.
Daring shs dscsds Of years that Fer
diuand Dc Lssssps has bssn sapsrin
landing The great FrsDeh plant, TIE en-
sssrrise has grown 10 s1eh proportions
~ 70 almost pass she eomprshsnsion Of
ordinary fnsrtals. The canal b divided
into twelve sections, contracts for actual
diaRisa upon which are nos naads In
the total snm Of -, $50 600. with som-
p~aiss Of The following natiensIities:
Holland. Fsssse. Uuitsd State, ssitzsr-
land, EaRiand, Italy. Colombia and
Sweden The AmeFis4n Dredging and
Contrasting Company h the pffDeipai
consrsefor ffon ths United ssssss-
They are Displaying more enterprise IN
gushing fbs work 10 hand thsn any Of
the sthsr eenfssoforA Their ooasracs
ealls for the excavation Of $4,000
square yards Of earth, for which they
ressiss thirty CENTS per square yard.
Tns principsI masbine used by them
consists Of h1es structure similar 10
q grain elevator. 10 which b attached
On snaisss chain with steel baeksss Or,
ranged 10 SCOOP up the earth and Con-
.vsy Il awsy. This company 10 81 pres,
snt pnshine its wsrk a. sgesdiIy ~ pos
sibls. In ordsr 10 get IFS fall share Of the
Rapidly decreasing fande.
De Lessep@ has announced that thu
canal viii be finished BY January LIST
tS89, bat since making that annoanee-
nsns be has found Il accessory 10 ash
his home government for wash add
tionsl eraut of funds. Ibis France hal
not only refused 10 do. but she has sen
an expert 10 examine the books OF th,
corporation, which wers found 20 be II
very unsatisfactory condition. With
ont this expected sid from France ana
With ga aii-ooasuminK interest 10 pay
II seems &c though The life Of the pres
snt corporation h near lie end. Thu
unnecessary and useless sxiravsganc'
praesiesd by the company have con
samed more of the millions expendes
than the actual work upon the canal. A
large number OF men are eDjeyInl
sineoafss In the eompany's employ
while extrasagant men are entrusted
with work thsy know little about
Under more jadieious business manage
ment the canal would have been com
plssed with much less capital than ha,
already been sxpsadsd. Ths tssribs
ravages Of disease have made II neces
sary for tha company TO expeud abou
800 COO In hospital accommodations
the collection Of buildings for the pur
pose making complete little villags IL
Itself. Tho management Of this depart
ment 10 the only one Of the many whiel
IA not esnsnrsd for exlrayagaace O
fraud.
since the French have obtained 3.
Arm a hold on the Panama Cana
scheme. there Is but one course left 70
the United States, and thai 10 20 lose NJ
time Ia securing the Nicaragua Cana
fos possession in perpetuiiy.; Th'
tiimsy and obsolete Clayton iialwc
treaty shsuld not Re allowed 10 kreven
the United States fron making tais ad
vance. Made for specific purpos
which does NOS new exist, this treat,
with Great Britain ought not to be use,
By designing persons TO defeat an enter
prise that would redoand vita bless
ines 10 our Nation IN all times 10 eoms
II IL estimated that the cost Of com
piesing the canal by way of Lake Mica
raeua and the River San Juan woul,
not exceed sioo.ooo.oo0 less than one
half as much ~ the cost Of The Panami
Canal. This is really sho most import
ant step the Nation could take 10 seeur
its faiure greatness. Lake Nicarsgul
has an area Of 200 square miles and
drainage basin Of seoa square miles. l
10 situated ~ the summii Of the pro
posed canal. and furnishes an ampl,
supply Of fresa water for al purposes
The lake can be made the mcss power
full hind Of military stronghold. Ii
many islands and It's stretch Of shor,
line ecaid be made an immense nav,
yard and sssrshouse. from which soald
issae armed ironclsds II time Of var
or snrtehed merrhantmsn IN time OF
peace. Can America aRsrd 10 ailow q
foreign power 10 fertility itself in
this natural American fosircss Can
chs Nation afford 70 delay In matter
that is Of 80 great concern t. hss fusare
welfare
II has been stated that the influence
Of ths Pacific railroad esrporasieas Was
used to I'LL the NscarAsaa treaty IN the
lAsi session ef Congress- more vii
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