The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-20

buckets were carried in the air OF to thu
points where the rock war needed. There
were other trains of iron cars here drawn
rapidly at0ng by sCreechirg locomotives
and loo negroes were digging down rock
loading cara ard drilling for the hlsRtiug
/ had ,Rttfrs from the ciltef ufsSials OF the
canal here at Panama directing that
everything was TO he shown me-. atiG 1
vas bile through these 10 get some idea
OF the condition Of aftalFa today There
~ no doubt but that the work row being
done Is honest economical and effective
and also that II the present company had
enough money they could complete the
canal AS To just how much they need
have nos 0sen able to ascertain. ! asked
thu chief 81 construction today what
amount he thought was necessary He
shrugged hia shoulders and raised his
hands and his eyebrows as he rcpled:
"a Efeat sum- great sunni
the Canal kouie.
Bat before | further describe the work
that IL being done now. let me give yoa
the STORY III thss canal in a nutshell The
isthnus II Panama il much like she Nos X
~ an hour TiaAS. ~ which North America
and South America are the twa globes, t.
L. wonderfully slender aua an exceeding
" tough ttissse ut land II - aisGgt ioHE
az tho distance between Washington CYtv
ami Hcston Ma New York, and ranges IA
Width fesft rs miles - about IA miles.
Low mountains pan irseeuiar.y thrauSh H.
1t has plsteaus aGd plains. ana near fhc
coast swamqs ana ularassss. Where the
canal "a h.tng Vat the distance from oGe
',naes "a tia otnxr the crow flies -
probably uag nhove than 40 miles. hug she
railroad lttsa y a. m3iNa long. and she
route laid aust fog the Panama canal -
eta shur or. Suma ~ the mountains OF
she iathn1ns are sscr l. $40 feet high. Alcns
the Tue eg tha canal the highest elevation
IA A. t-tss h.
visited today. The oaual begins a. ire
port - Colon. 0g. yFu nay caN II.
AspsuW su thansh Cotoa = tAe nAraa u@el
here s'nion Is lt't Far from tass raosith -
th% t-hasFca river, on tie nttie isiaa1 81
MaHzanliio. ard ~ ths terminus ~ tita
Panama FalFuai Starring ayte. the gine
Of the ss.sal ftssis Through tae y&3}ey or
the .'AaEre=. cutting the stream }u usaay
p4hHts, untN at slss,st fofatfe=tD D}ts-s ~
sl1ore the ground rises srrgEulasiY unta Il
rcas',Aes fhe tcr a. tNassf1ges> There - at
tol,S shtsg- tN r!Ne mites nj deep cutting -
b. doge. stad sheave to Sac s@st the sNca-
yAssssn - vauapsy sfiFefy easy. TApre l>
snus,:i vtscss ve> b Ca a& g o. osg railroad
lines thAn SeAt 81 the AasseAr4 ttfts Of
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sha chAAYt4s ftNsy- TEsts y nn~ abAAl -
fec Wide ana tvs feet tfrp, IL ;ssaAss
tttse nsoVe tgan a creek whea tssSSea
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