Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-29

Japanese are using great deal of raw cot
ton, and if this canal were built now there
would be no trouble in the South about a
market for its cotton.
''The building of the canal" Senator
Miller went ON, Twill be death to the sail
ing ships of the world The greatest part
Of our commerce will then be carried by
steam. We will have coaling station at
Nicaragua and all the ships Of the world
going from the East to the West will pass
through this highway. 1t will make an I'M
ciio Slope, and it will quadruple the
population of that part Of our country ten
years after it is completed. If we get the
canal completed by 1897 we ought to have
more than 5000, 900 tons going through the
canal the next year. The canal will also be
of an immense advantage to us in military
way, and it will enforce the Monroe doc
trine better than our navy. By the Suez
Canal Great Britain got 5000 miles nearer
her Indian possessions, and by this canal
we will be more than 5000 miles nearer our
naval stations on the Pacific. In the case
of war like that which seemed imminent
with Chile not long ago the Importance Of a
thing Of this kind cannot be overestimated,
and the Government will profit greatly by
the work"
Not Asking Anything of Uncle Sam.
"What do you ask from the Government,
Senator Miller?"
''Nothing;" was the reply. 'The canal
SO far the capital which has gone into it has
been that of private parties"
"You were abroad a short time ago, SEN
ator, looking into the ship canals of Eu-
rope. Can you not tell me something
about some of them?"
eyes, can," was the reply. 'This is
the age of ship canals and they are being
cut all over the world. There is big one
in Holland, which takes you into Amster-
dam to save your going about the Zuyder
Zee. had permit from the Dutch King
to.visit this and 1 found it an immense un-
dertaking. The land is low and the canal
had to be built up instead of being cut
down, and when you sail along this canal in
the big open ships you can look over the
roofs Of the houses on the land below you.
The canal is built on soft mud fiat and its
stability is secured by the sinking of thou
dam greatly. visited also the great ship
canal which the Germans are making across
Schleswig- Holstein from Kiel to the mouth
of the E1be. This canal is being made by
the Government as military enterprise,
but it will also be used as ship canal for
other purposes. This canal will be 10
miles long and there are 10, 900 men at work
upon it. 1t will save only 700 miles, and it
takes Just half as much cutting as ours,
which will save many thousands Of miles.
A Hint for Enterprising Pittsburgers.
ga big canal is being built from the
English city of Manchester down to the
sea. Manchester is only 35 miles from
Liverpool and that city, as you know, has
the greatest docks Of the world, and Man.
chester could have its goods sent sthere and
shipped; but it wanted a canal SO that ships
could come right into it and it is building
one which will cost So, 900, 900. This canal
will have locks and it will have more cut
ting than ours. 1t is built by the city and
by private parties in stock company and
is now half done.
Then there is another big canal being
cut bv the Greeks" Senator Miller went
on. 'It is now nearly completed and it
cuts the Isthmus Of Corinth. This canal is
a hundred feet wide and three miles and
half long, and it will bring the port of
Athens about twice as near Italy as it is
now. By 1t the ships will be able to sail
from Italy to Constantinople in two days
less than they now do, and it will make
Athens a great city. and If railroad is
built from 1t north through Europe, as is
contemplated, 1t may make 1t the landing
place Of the big ships from the far East, in
stead of Brindisi.
How England Uses the Suez Canal.
1.-THE Suez Canal is of course the most pros
porous of all the ship canals now in exist
ence In ten years its tonnage has nearly
trebled. Four-ffths of the ships which 60