The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-02-18
the mcARA0UA CANAL
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ezaggerate advantages in order 10 "a.
tract private capital or secure govern
ment aid at any rate lhe survey j
absolutely indispensable 10 any final DC
cision.
The question whether the cans
would be O paying Investment IS moss
to be considered Taking as o basis tHs
d~is.interested report Of the late COM
mission. we assume that the cost VIII.
not be less than ias 900. 600 III wiI
probably BE- much larger than this "a
the obstacles cannot alt hs fore rn
The Sue canal presenting mo- gtea.
engineering difleultle WIS C.timateH
to cost $40, 900 600 but before it wa.
finished siI5.g J0. 90 had been expended.
The Manchester Ship Canal. tbir.E
six miles long after O thorough sHrYee
by the best engineers, cost when com.
pleted, double thocs timatod sum-
The cost Of maintaining and oparat
ing the canal can hardly De even ap
pro1omated It cannot be compared
with the suoa canal. for tbo reason
that the latter has no locks MO great
main Uf lateral ~embankmenta and ne
torrential rainfall IN addition There
Is the danger, though possibly remote
Of destruction or impainugnt by sai# uie
or volcanic disturbance The m0iu-
tainance of a harbgr after one S. made
lat San Juan win cost more lr5guIe
and probably as much money annually
as does the Suez Canal
As to the revenue there la an iumausa
difference of opinion The champions
Of the undertaking have claimed THAT
much Of the trade Of England and
wes,am Earope with China India
Japan and other eastern couBtrios
would DO diverted from it's present
routeB because of the dangers Of Cape
Horn, Of the Cape Of Good Hope and Of
the Red Sea. IL is conceded TINT the
traffic between eastern and western
American ports will go 10y the Eieam
guam route 10 may as we'll Do con
coded, also. that the English German
and French trade with India and the
east will continue togoy viz sue2 Great
BritainB commerce with her Australian
possessions will 80 by Nicaragua or
suoz, as business at Intermediate points
may determine The trade Of New
York to India and China will atill
follow the suez route, ct great saying
in other respects besides time
While not undertaking to go infinitely
into the estimate Of tho amount Of tom
mage from different sources which has
been represented as tributary to the
canal, IL is safe to cay that the account
has been too rose colorcd, IL i8 impos
aible to determine whut proportion off
vessels, steam and sailing would not
prefer 10 double the two stormy capca,
in going from Liverpool London or
New York to Tndia, China or Australia
than pay the tolls. either q Nic
aragua or suez II Is quite evident
also, from the reluctance Of capital TO
invest ia the Nicaragua Canal Tint
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