The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-03-25
Before the Geographical S0cl-
ETY. Of Japan.
Probable Influence Upon Japan.
Notes and Facts Relating to he In
fueHce of an international Cable
Upon the World AnG Upon Cam
nerce in thu Pacific Especially.

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ley which is flooded by the construc-
ton of entertainments, and thus reduces
the amount of dredging to be done.
Lock No. has lift of 81 feet.
Lock No. to Lock No. 3, 2 miles,
continues in the valley of Deseado,
which is flooded by dams and en-
bankments, and but slight excava
ton being necessary. Lock No. )
has lift Of 45 feet. This brings us
to the summit level of the Canal. For
% miles beyond this Lock, the same
system of embankments avoids the
necessity of any excavation, the
flooding of the valley producing
depths of from 80 to 20 feet. The
Canal then enters rock cutting in
the Eestern divide, 3 miles long, and
of all average depth throughout
these miles of 40 feet. This cut
ting contains II per cent. Of the total
excavation needed for the whole
Canal. Emerging from this cut the
Canal line enters the basin of the
Canon (valley) San Francisco. Dams
and entertainments are used to i'm
pound the water of this stream, and
to form long and narrow lake,
whose length is in the direction of
the Canal line.
Passing thus through the San
Francisco and adjacent valleys, the
Canal enters the River San Juan just
above the dam in that river, at a dis
lance of 125 miles from the Eastern
divide cut. The canal line then pro-
ceeds from the dam in the River San
Juan, up to the lake distance of
645 miles, thence across the Lake
Nicaragua, distance of 500 miles.
From the lake to the Pacific, the
distance by the canal line Is / 7 miles,
of which III miles is in excavation,
and 81 through basin in the valley
of the small streams Rio Grande and
Rio Tola.
OF the two terminal harbors, Grey
town on the Atlantic side has been,
in its time, an excellent harbor, but
its mouth has been closed by sand
bar, caused by the sand in the vicln-
ity drifting across the entrance. a
pier or jetty has been built lately,
into the sea, at right angles to the
shore on the windward side of the
old entrance to prevent this drifting
of the sand, and has already caused
the harbor to open, permitting the
company's dredges TO pass in and
out and the entrance TINS sheltered
is becoming deeper every day.
Dredging is being carried on to as
sist the forces of nature Brito, the
point on the Pacific Coast where the
entrance to the canal is to be, has no
harbor, and the deep water on that
coast prevents long breakwaters. But
Brlto is situated at the mouth of a
broad, alluvial valley which can be
dredged from the beach inland to
any distance required for the needs
Of a terminal harbor. These needs,
as will be observed at Port Said, in
the Suez Canal, are not extensive as
far as area goes.
The dimensions of the Canal being
constructed are such as to permit a
net tonnage of 20,000,000 tons a
year.
The calculations which have been
made as to the traffic using this Ca
nal, when constructed, have not been
permitted to include any of the large
prospective increase, which may be
counted upon with reasonable GER
tainty, as result of the existence of
this waterway. 1t has been thought
better to estimate onl y tol that traf
fic which will be already existing
and ready to use such Canal, as
soon as it shall be open. Leaving
out, then, the extraordinary esti
mates made by NJ. de Lesseps for
the Panama Canal traffic, and con-
sidering only, the actual statistics,
we find the vessels ready to use the
Canal now amounting to about s,
100000 of tons, and at the present
rate of increase there would be in
1896 about 100000 of tons, an
nually.
Putting the tolls at two dollars per
ton, we have receipts of sixteen mil
lion d0llrrs or, allowing literally for
operating expenses, net revenue of
fifteen million, or per cent. upon
three hundred million dollars.
The cost of the construction of
this great work, under liberal esti
mates, is seventy-fve million dollars,
and it is quite safe to say that one
hundred millions will cover all con-
tingences.
Having stated these facts | should
add, that these figures are not based
upon cursory or superficial examina-
ton, nor do they rest upon the I'M
supported opinion of those interest
ed in the enterprise. Many years
have been spent ii elaborate, detailed
.urVpyG u hich h4Vp tuanna1 the faD-