Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-29
TWO CANAL PROJECTS.
EIGHTEEN sIlts or THE DITCH DUG
Nicaragua Cutting win he one Hundred
aud thirty MILES Longer Than the
French Waterway

New York. Nov. IA Hutin. dlrec.
tor general Of the new Panama Canal
company. has come over from Pans %
see what this government thinks
about the water route between the Al
nnilo and ;hc rdc,nc. lie protests that
there IL no Intention on the part OF the
French company TO sell the canal aud
says that q has only one purpose IN
view and that Ia ca cut the big ditch
at once.
when asked II the published reports
that his company wanted 10 sell out
10 the government was true. Mr. huun
said;
Absolutely no. Selling out Il che las,
thing We should think %. We want 10
cut the canal ana We are ready ~ do %.
what Il more. We are DONG ~ We
have kept i.aoO 10 1000 men constantly
employed So dEglng the canal and a
force Of 5000 " now at work On the
ditch.
what has been accomplished Much.
We have actually dug eighteen miles
Of the total 81 foriy-riS. or these
vessels are now navigating twelve
miles on the Atlantic and slS uslea on
the Pacific lde. Tho CANALS depth W
made bars that would have TO be re-
moved and can be- removed easily. our
Company. which u the successor. by
purchase. Of the he fscsseps company.
has In assets. reckoning ~ such the
machinery aud accomplished work. at
least tis,poo.0O0. These assets have
been appraised az Igs.001. 900. We have
gona fat enough ~ learn shat The Pan.
anna canal IL entirely practicable ana
" the shortest. cheapest ana best wat
er route between the two oceans.
There were formerly thought % be
two inaupcrahic obH,aclcs-thc Chagrcs
river and the cuicbra cut Both Of
these difficulties have disappeared be.
fore cnglnc,rinE sci.nce. The ChaErcs
RIVER can be readily mastered. and the
cut through the culohqh mountains.
which vas once thought lmpricticablc
because OF the sliolng ~asih that fllicd
IN" ditrh a. fast a. u could be dug. has
turned uui az be comparatively sim
pie problem. u has been found that
There u rock Hubstratum through
which the canal may be cut. ., that IL
o.nhot be disturbed by sliding ear.h.
An International technical commits.
son has rccgntiy examined the route ~
our canal and WILL I think. pronounce
~ entirely feasible. on that commits
sion General ~. l.. Abbott represented
the United states and England and
Germany were represented by eng.-
necrs who had experience IN dlREinE
the grcat Manchester and Kiei canals.
Gen. Abbott has sven his view Ia sew.
erai articles IN chs periodicals. lie calls
Afternoon Ia these two facts. The Pan.
anna canal would be for,y.six miles
bong and the Nicaragua canal would
b. 10 miles. the Panama would c1ut
ti0oOeoovo while the Nicaragua would
ooat ilAl.00o.oo0.
u may add 90 thcs. facts given by
GENERAL Abbott the Import mt one that
the Panama canal ON be- completed In
less ihan half the time a would take
10 cut the waterway aCrurs Nicaragua"
When asked about his object IN lroiux
10 Warrington Mr. Huun said.
we want tu know just what inter.
est the United States take IN the canal.
We IRE not trying 10 got the govern
mcnt TO buy " Ou. but n IN natural
that the United States being mos, deep.
" affected by the canal viii feel keen
Interest IN II. una % II equally natural
that We should Nani 10 learn Just what
thc extent VI; that interest may b."
Mr. Hush wiii ~ u Washington In
a few days.