New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-18

I mill-poni According to the first score the reacn
from Sandwich To MInots Ledge Is forever iashed
by easery gales but they forget TO add that heiore
such gales the run down Buzzard's Bay Ii mere
picnic 50 the arguments for and against are
handled back and forth by the rival factions until
legislative committees will have more Of 1t. and
the average ayman IL fan To fall back upon unds-
puted facts These are in brief short lin" or con-
srlclJn say eight miles: engineering difficulties
worth mentioning: sufficiently deep. navgable water
on both sides OF the !sthmus; no dangers OF APP
proach by sea that not common 70 all coastwi9e
,a,.,,.lon. 4 grea. highway o, commerce ma
,or,alIv shortened; many recognized dangers 10
navigation avoided.
I, IL believed that no one can dispute any OF tsese
counts in favor Of the canal Against IL se'''al
noln,s may be made as. for instance, that II VIII
AZ times be- blocked by Ice; that in favorable weather
SINNERS will make the run round the cape rdther
,han nav tonnage dues through the canal; that II
c,n rove- uav a fair interest on the investment:
that IN. SCI will fill up the entrance flster than II
can b.. dreigel out. All these objections ana many
more are mere theories not CONDITIONS excepting
ncrhons the ice clause. There Will undoubtedly DE
a close season during an average winter out 'nere
aro c,,se seasons on al Northern waterways nat
ural or artificial The certainty OF Ice blocKade uu
no, prevent the building OF the Weliand and sau!'
cte Mari. canals nor is their general usefulness
impaired thereby ,vx -
The vast increase OF steam traiilc espec'a'S !"
the matter 81 barges under tow, would seem III IL
SELF 10 Justify the construction of the Canal ana
although the typical down East skipper VIII 10
doub, SCOT on general principles he will be sure
In avail themselves OF II whenever Il serves MS pur-
pose. .-
I, case or n foreign war such short cut between
N.w-York and Boston would be OF the last import
ance AMI Il Il 1.-THE of the public money 'ha' mas
hor wasted on river and harbor appropriations had
b.en devoted TO this really National work II wouiu
long ago have paid for itself fifty times over
I'm, shawme Neck-to preserve the Indian name
%, ,h sthmus-is not the only locality on the cape
,,,, 60 n,tel by nature for canal Fifteen miles
f., In. eastward a system Of lakes. streams ana
marshes cuts nearly across from Nantucket SOUND
=, Harnstable IIarbor. II Is known as the h"sS
River route. The engineering prooiems are eve"
SIMMER than the isthmus. ana TWO con5tieau 1
Iakas expansions of the Bass River reduce une
ann total OF needed excavation While tne Hore
nrrtherlv route has the most obvious '.iiis nlu,n
No. NUMERICAL point Of view. the Bass River route
ofY.rs certain obvious adVaniaGcS 10 saiH's c't..
4 westwar-bound schooner Tor instance, JUS oIs
-, I,ostnn may be headed OF by an easterly gaze
b.r5re She clears Race Point. Given a canal st
Inc Inc and have a comfortable harbor OF refuge II
sns wants 1t. till the wind changes iter eis.~stu,
bound sister schoonerS VINO are SduSnt ps . ,n,,
poie on Nantucket Shoals can in ike manner run
FOR the southern entrance Of the canal IN any 's,
vessels navigating cape tod ray nav ,nU IN a
r,nm and run fewer chances OF being caugp' III u,
tight place when making Tor val, weI as nan COM
mon sense. points to the more northery route DIS
~ present a newly formed company with new
| charter and presumably new Ideas. Is promising 10
| On to work on the isthmus OF Buzzards Bay route
with the opening OF spring lhtir sSiner,s nisv
driven a of stakes. ana OLD inhaDittnts a'o,i
,h line as located are laughing In their sleeves and
| Joking another over work whicn they nav
seen done repeatedly during me laSt nan cen'u'
! lut New-Yor contractors, with ample means anu
win dredging machinery OF The defunct fahaina
canal at their disposal. are fatherng me schenie
| and To the casual observer II seems nhey 800 10 VI
n,,shed forward to final realization. The SNAPPED
terminus of the canal marked on the map nea
sandwich indicates two possible outlets Inc NOR
ern is the line OF old excavation. now largely mice
in by the The other, understood 10 DE iaNorrS,
nv the present management. finds Its outlet hroust
| Sandwich Harbor, so-called-an opening IN IN,
sand dunes. formed by the combined currel11 ~,
| Sav.raI small streams. The advantage claimed ioi
this course IL that ARTIFICIAL narpor Oh .T &
! can easily be formed under the shelter OF hoH W.
| Neck" blum some sixty feet nigh conveniently !"
| Gated In the delta OF the \. ,,oa-.
one Of the interesting questions Tor the els"S ~
10 consider IL the possible action OF the se'' a.
| ti1es in Cape Cod Bay rise and fall twelve OF III
taan feet or even twenty feet under hurricane con
| dItons Those In uzzards Bay rarely ~ eNse LII i, :,
feet So far concerns the canal the tdes VII ~, =.
'scour' ut the eastern terminus VII o, r ns,aiiy
be- severe. The fens ana marshes ar a' 80
flooded spring tides, and When ,hesss ,hn 90,
forced by easterly gale the nrush W. n ,,,naar.
assumes at times a threatening force Inc esi'.e.Ii
believe. however. that With properly h rannirsJ
approaches not even eiard-ga'es VIII ,,,s a. NOR,
serious II il generally believed that some artnsia
means viii be required 10 Keep t Haar;as diwe.
channel open through the Deach. pa n ,si What IN,
%orth Atlantic Ocean will do under the new an
untried opportunities offered ny sup ~ wv
feet wide. - oroya. rrors omar
pe,ic or more fortunate than Its predecessors or no,
IL Is certain that sooner or iaei , W. pr the Cen
Canal must be built: Perhaps ,sTe hand but suci
) a canal Is the manifest destiny or cape Coz