The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-05
THE ISTHMUS CANAL.
Its History, Necessity and Adj
yantages Explained.
LECTURE BY SENATOR SQUIRE.
Dream of spanish Conquerors ana
English Traders to lie Realized
by American Capital.

vas crowded. and many were aHaoie 70
fad seats. The vice president q the cfaaf't-
her. Hon. !. Il. sIetcalfe, pres5ded aha
among those present were; J. J. Mc0ii-
.ra. A. Fl. Foote, John r. hinueaF. Hon-
Orange Jacohs, John 5chTan. Ge0f6e ".
Hummer. g. ". Fischer. q. Il. hAEaa' -
= Washburn, Postmaster Gilbert =
alecru. Assistant Postmaster v. = to'-
Letf Jacob Turth. lion. Thomas Bafhe'
y g. Goldsmith. Charles r. FlSiinack, ol
j r. crlcllfon. j. s. aieany. IBIS Aorr'-
cor. Griffith Davies, HonJohn 4eary' il"a-
Jonn Il BRYANT. JoBu " lt"#, Delegafes
T. ~ Hurd. Frank n LATHE. " ili3ain
Chapman and j. A. James; 1909. - -
Bond. Prof Charlie T. reeves. Jobn u
Wolcoft. T. T. BuTwell - s Harlan. .
y. Hulg. j. ~. Adams. y. =. seiner. J.
+. Powles, J. =. ReXIore and ~ =.
Hiadg.
a man OF the projected canal some forty
feet in length was hung ia front OF me
audience aud Mr. Metcalse. i'm Opening tle
meeting. briefly referred 70 b sno 20 the
flnDortanoe ~ the canal 10 the commerce
OF the Pacific Coast and the sound
lie then introduced senator squire. VINO
hV way Of preface said that nc had had
to address tae United States senate twice
or the subject Of the Nicaragua cana
ard while ia Washington CITY tast SUM
nner, when congress was not ~ Session ~,
devoted himself 10 a thorough studs OK
ths. subject Now that the comm issioh
seat by President Cleveland 30 Nicaragua
g. report or the canal project had return
81 and might report within the next aag
or two. Il Feas vel for tho people on tns
found 20 have 4 clear conception OF lAe
great enterprise.
Origin Of the Canal Project
re then briefly described the points ana
distances on the map and the canal ~ q
general sense. and then carried his auai-
once away hack into the romantic reign
~ Ferdinand and Isabella OF SPAN !"
search for = starting point in the cahal
history. This was found 30 the VOYAGES
az Columbus and others. and the klnE
orders 10 Cortez IN ls2S 70 search TOT me
secret OF the strait The discovery OF ii
trait or passage to the East Indies eN~
cited also England and France Jacques
Cartier thought be had found u when
first ne discovered tho ST. Lawrence ~
1855 The search went on tor some years,
and then II was determined mat The aahH
81 man should supply the omission OF ma
ture. and in 1880 four routes were men
TONED Forty Years later these projects Tor
communication between the two great
oceans met with opposition from the
church. on the ground that they were
contrary 20 the divine vii
Spain began - fear that such q commu-
n.cation would not serve her purpose IN
holding her Central American colonies. 50
the projects slept for couple 81 cen-
fafies when in i6eg, William Patterson,
The man who founded the Bank OF En-
gland proposed 30 establish a trading post
on the Isthmus OF DaIien, and ouered 10
Great Britain in this project the Keys ~
the world" Toward the latter part ~ the
eighteenth century spain again showed
deep interest ia the subject, but Inc
growth 81 the republican institutions ana
Fabsequeut loss 81 her colonies led her 10
give II up In 1895 these colonies. then re-
publics. sent note % the United states
calling attention 20 the Importance OF a
canal route.
success of the suez Canal.
From this point the senator very clev-
efly skef he'd the political phases thr tIsh
which the canal passed NJ 20 tAo present
ard then told IN detail iis features from
an engineering point OF vtew. IheH De-"
spoke OF the experience Of England in her
control OF the suez canal. and the 'm-
monge profit on that Investment n was
therefore nprobs BILE thai she would give
up her efforts "a control thc Nicaragua
canal In his opinion a grave responsible
y would rest on each member Of congress
who should impede Size contamination Of
this great enternGise, and thereby pecnit
Great Britain - dominate tde commerce
OF the world - the injury Of onr com
naerre and our means of protecting our
coasts.
It's Importance to to the Coast.
The United States was no, new CONN
Try. h0 continued. We were becoming
the creates. producers or the world. 1ud
for our surplus We must find markets.
cheap and rnp'd transportation was an
irporfaHt factor. and 20 M part ~ trr
country such vital question as IN the Pa
clAr coast This Coast. with IFS over twa
millions Of populations. amoTU the nost enc
ergetic ana progressive Of thc world ,.ap-
uiat9n. We're asking for better o'i.iet
foT their products. Tite prosperity 0r The
whole Paeine coast dcpcudcd t,u0n tsr. t3p-
al being built AppluseD
Washington had about t'o IN o6o o0a feet
cf timber in her forests What would Do
the result, Il speedy transportation should
Increase its value 81 or s. per thousand
feet An Increase 81 only - cents vsanla
be S,e9 oe0 0o on our timber alone SIM,
largely Wfe,1 2 very liberal estimate oi
the whole cost of the canal There wore
ether products. Slaughtered beef .a which
we could compete with Australia. dried
'rults ard cur grain. which BOW took h..
months TO send to Liverpool and z was a
gamble what it would b. worth when q
a. there. u cost S Is FOR tom 60 s>na
wheat around the cane. 20 would cost g,
the canal tiSs ser con. tArplauscA
Blaine had sai3 ~ this new state. 'vor
are N h" congratulated un vour first greu
that nature took Thousand Years to pro-
dore." Wat could wa so n We bad r,ir
kets Ter our in0aarr@ We uew ship i t.
Australe ans Southern Africa hut tr.ul
81 HAVING such a means 81 shipment r.,
the canal offered 20 the Atlantic state.
and 20 EHYoun. ~ wosiff hc -,ari,c- &c.
lin We 0cn'3 thoa romrs.e see
the Battle tAnnl3useA TIC also u7.u.~.
out toat hts vas she natural hcnie 81 ~,
rhI0-et5ldnS industry. u the cagaJ v,r,
bu9ii
ia tben spoke 20 couet iefense. ana ss..
ffrt fhn CANAL w'rit shorten 20 .s11 IN ro