Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-12-31
THE NICARAGUA CANAL
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Be az rrcaac1lsbls Be1e1r
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isshuus LIS been : matter q deep cog1-
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perhaps the average mxn q today has =
very limited co0csptico al this mo-
raen-ous proposition Embrzclng. - L
does. matters oE s1ch vital Importance 10
conuaercs and eiysliEz1iO1. especially re
of the Pacific cuEnsz sbo1sd ssudy Weil lt>
bearings upcn CO.. commercial relatF'--
wish the re<s II the Eczli- To sumnsr-
he the most Important fsr-s bearing upon
this coeSsson. Cleaned fru1 maps. sur
vevs- etc. i the object Of this article
TIE r-p1hlie q Nazr1y12- comprising
TIA. part ii the American lszAn1s hes
be-zeea The parallels 10 Dig - min
nassh and Is deg D0s1h and between the
uaeridi.us. = Dig - min Eess and $
deg. ~ zsSn- wesa- The eastern se.koos.rd
i WASHED ty me Caribbean sea -lss
western by the Pzri6e ore1n- The great
American Co-5iIleE1 ras-ss thrOgzh l.
center. hz- : 80 re1Eesd IN elevation L.
to almost tQrfeil the dignity q Is name
the rnoo1zzi1s Averaging scarcely Il y
than 30 i=e, il 2ltIt1Ce- 10 the e.zSr-
zxr5- the nou1tzIrs sSops gently IotO =
iox. EeveI area <-rh continues IN u1s
uabrCk=1 p1zin 10 the sea This pzzin !
covered wIth lcx1EI1a- f1res1S, threzsis-I
Or n1neruRs rivers rs0-ei for thzls
zuzzaigcle shea re consider the conpas-
aifEely ssn1n area that they drAiz ~h5rSl
bars evite-ce Of the immense rainfall %
this rez501- In the large basin 70 The
vest q the backbone repase the ha41-
tiful likes az Nicaragua and NznzgEas
Sic4rzsGz measuring over I'D niles II
leagsh by iron - TO 81 miles IN E5ith
Manga s. miles N l-nssh OF aho11 =
raIses in El1sb- TIE surfzce oi Nic.zrayg4
Is 2hs1gs lI0 Sees above sez-lsvel- Welsesi
IA between Sics1rzgsls and stse Pzcife i =
rsrrOE Tract u LAID y miles In viiEh
which fwuls : EoE divide The s4n
Juan river, f0xiag eastward. hears the
walters of tire NkzzszzGz 10 the SCI This
riser Is n2yizzble flr ordinary AXE xnCf
riyrr vessels thEu0zho0i almost It's entire
coase-
The climate q this Fz-io.z ! szlu5ElO0s
and pleasant Lying between The
loSrv ulcCnrain~ OF Honduras on the
no<th and those Of Costa Ricz Oh
the snuth, Itself sustaining IN average
elevation of. say 100 fees, lis enviren-
mems form il into natural z11edu<t ior
the passage ID Northeast trz5e-xinds,
which sweep over lis surface from sen 10
ocszn, enoling and rendering pure is
atmosphere The plan Cd uOsk Is a
follows
nxe4kwster II San Juan del Sorse
On the Caribbean sea: ; dretging Of che
harbo-, AID Oh miles westward shru1zh
aEizvi4l gru1nI; then ! lock al 3 fees
tzi1- an excavation IL miles furthsr in
land, theD seconi Iock Of 81 fees Iif1.
ard dam 4ezuss the D5sas50 river. Ab0Ee
saes-, TEo nzSIEs. separated 5E 2aotEeE
d. and third Iock of - feet liir,sflicsl
sz5Ses the surface q rhe waters sufficient
70 zE9rd miles Of Tree navigation: then
= CUT through solid rock =. miles ard e
miles more of freq zzvizzfs0o L odszinesi
IN rhe valleys ID The San Francisco and
sEzeEszS3o iiyers- Here \ raising Of the
waters by series Of dams and enhank-
with the Rt0 >an IE4u. the surface oE
the latter heinE raised BY an inneuse
dam By this means the waters q the
-szz J14n vii be rzI-ei Sufficiently 10
SafT0-si 6slls nIkes q fsee n gigzEio1 in the
river AMI the lake Itself VII Afford SCI.
miles q free n1yizztIc1- This briDes Is
"a the western border a Lake Near
'zsrz- Here we e1ccanter 4cu1sidevshae
CIT Il 9 miles lhrozzn -z-rh and roek-
wbe1ee ]. opens into the TolA basin
where ws reassh 81 mfle< Of frss nzviz4-
ton. o6tzIn-d 6F co1ssrucsing : dam
across the Rio GraEde river At shrs
dan. locks and ) I9zer the legeg -
feez, and The valley u the river : excz-
xztetl for : distance Of niles 10 the tidal
tock, No 8 whieh lowers the level 81
sess- ard i enters the h4rhox of B-iss Z.
IaIEas from the PAziEe- Here ! break
water : 10 Be Constructed and the h4rnor
enlarged
BY running over the f-E-sS Just gwen
xau vii ind the canal lTzcgUsfs1g ths.
free nAyizz1ioul 10 be 1691f mIEes n
iengsh; counting the 81 locks, trifse
mare The entire amount a earth and