Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-01-13
NEW WORLDS WONDERS
rAsl9o SEVEN THROWN INTO os-
SECURITY IN COMPARISON.


ss.v.s % the Cr-ssi..s ss Nsassw risss
s.vpss. Asy er All ss The wssdsrs si
tA. Assi.s,.-ss~s ss A~.sses's Re
ssarkshi. Ashisve~esss
Compared with the sevcn wonders II
the wurld classified by the Ancicnts ther''
are sven times seven wonders now. The
fahle-i Colossus of Rhcics. the AlefAn.
drisn lighthouse. the hanging gardens OF
Babylon. sink into insignihcanc. ts~ide
the achievement. 81 modern times. The
Colo-.u. % Rhoies was. In all probabil.
iiy, myth. while the Bartholii statue u
an accomplished fact. and undoubtedly
equal In point ~ achievement, 30 any OF
the sven wonders ~ the ancienis. not
even excepting the pyramids
A. matter - fact. th. real wonders
of the world. aibcit they have crased for
the most part o. bc wonders 10y reason
u familiarity. r'pr--ni inventions
rather than engineering aud architect
ural skill: the railway. the steamboat. the
pbo,ograph. the telescope and the self
binding raIrr arr In th-nsly.- won
ders % which The Egyptians and the
Gr,ks never dr-amci. llu, Ia the line
~ engineering skill. which was the mos,
prominent feature ~ Oh. original seven
wonders. ,hec arr 80 many prDud
iriumph- that IL Il by no mean. ana cssy
matter a. maine the foremost sven,
rur sobEnS list.
tn. list comprise the Forth hrdgc, In
Scotland. New York's underground
aquciuc,. which q. thirty miles long. On
an average i3O fcct underground. and
Gu, through rock: th. Eihel tower; the
brooklyn brider. the -. Go,hari tun'
mel, between Switzerland AMI Italy. b-r-
gun ai height of $40 feet, and cut Tor
nine and unc-half miles through Oh. .nlid
rucl: the IMPROVEMENTS a, Hell Gai.,
And the jc;tie- y, the mouth - the Mis-
sissipIi. u &. osSy io take esc,p,ions Ia
this list
Therv arr proialiy few inielligvntr~c-
ple who will ~, dispute the claims II
some one 90 other - ihcse achievements.
Ia. Eiffcl tower. for example. lofty n u
l.. should scarccly T. PERMITTED ocruvd
on, tl,o SaeE canal. aId the engineering
feat 10 removing the ot-irucsons ai
lIcll Gaie Ia hardly to IT, comIsrvd with
the building q the Pacific railroads
The siberian railruAi also u entitled Ia
dispuic the claim 20 .omc ~ the wonders
Ia the list. while th. Hartholii staiu. l.
ssAr,ly % L. crowded out. not only fur
it, colc-sel proportions. hut by r-asin of
m. kill required 90 pr,rlnc" the rrsnlt-
Aim~l at Thfr arr -vcral cauil.vcf
hridg,s Al-o. sine one - which Il likely
o. snggc-t i,s-li 90 engineers a. having
god grounds for lispaiing The place In
ihc hsi ~ sryen.
To many unfamiliar with the problem
o. H. solVcli u may sc-m az II the jritic-
- the Mi.sis.irpi w,r- hardly entitled
to place IN the lisi. There Arr 10
mighty bui;rv--.. - stone. ~ marvel.
ca. situciurys by human hands ,o Arrys,
Enthusiastically lines oi willow basket
work. hlls,i with mud Ani gravel aud
sunk la the river channel but W. 49,
what has be,u accomplished by such
simple mean. sugg.si,l hy the gcniusOi
Capt. Lsis
NNTtL urI WONDERFUL
Ilerv b. the problem; 4 rivcr ncccss,ry
to the inland cumm"rv- - q cuutin.nt.
Whoss watrrs continually bear vast
quAniitis. - .and anil gravel toward the
"a \ cubic mile Il solid earth. u has
t--n estimated. II ihus horne down 10y
the Mississippi every ycar. When the
sir,Ain the, the waters - the gulf the
currcui was checked by the infowing
tidc.. and grrsi burden ~ earthly mat.
ter was dep-iir'l. while the ri,cr sigrad
Oui over a gr,ai extent 20 territory.
Navigation was rvndsrrd uncrriain and
dangvtuus. aud milllous ~ dollar ~.
Tended In dredging Trough, nopracticsi
results The nycr coald beat the United
States government Ia = contest wagri
ga that line.
Then camc Capt. E.ls with a prOio-
siiiou to gather the willowr along the
shorrs. makn them into crates OF mat
,rcs-e-. fll them with mni and gravel.
place them In parallel line. where q
channel was wanted. and -, the riy,r 10
DO i,s own digging by means of quick
ened currn,. That was tbs basis ~ the
jctiy system. which has more than
doubled the depth ~ the channel At the
mouth 20 th. most Important nvcr on
the globc.
The " Aiers continued 10 deposit sand
gravel between the jetiie- and the
shorrs. the willows sprvuted and grew.
and thus .olid hanks % earth wrrc
formed and protected by tres. II is
only necessary 10 extend the line Of vii
low baskets fruin time % time A. ccca.
zion demands In order to carry the chan.
mel s,ill further into the gulf. The je''y
sys,sln Is a grand triumph of simplicity.
but fairly entitled by rcason o. the rc-
suits obtained 30 b. reckoned among the
leading seven wonders of the world
Frank Leslie's Monthly.