The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-24
THE TICARAGUAH CANAL
Preliminary Report of the Com
misnion Has Been Completed.
SOME OF THE ESTIMATES
Tos,a COST OF The Canal VIII Be In the
Ns6ghborhood OF sls5.oooyooo-De-
tails OF the Excavation and
Embankment

New York, Dec. 23.-The preliminary
report Of the Nicaraguan canal COM
mission. consisting of General Haines.
Admiral Walker and Professor Haupt.
has been completed and VIII be read be-
fore the senate committee probably
during the Christmas recess of con-
gress. This report will give many de-
tails of construction in regard to the
proposed route and will give n close
figure on the cost Of the undertaking as
far as human INGENUITY can foresee.
A summary Of these costs has been
made out in sections n without go
ing into the details of curves and levels
they are as follows: The eastern har-
Dor and jetties will require about
5000, 900 cubic yards OF soft excavation.
The Jetties themselves require o
40o. 900 cubic yards of riprap stone.
The Greytown section OF the canal.
thu In, the section beginning at the
harbor and reaching TO the east divide.
will require 16. 900. 900 cubic yards Of
earth and clay excavation. The three
locks In this section will cost In the
neighborhood OF $40. 000. 900 complete.
with 1900. 900 yards of excavation. This
section Is about 1874 miles in length and
runs through the JUNE ountry near
the coast. There will be 200 acres of
clearing and grubbing also In this sec
ton. The incidental expenses viii be
slight in addition TO those above
enumerated: therefore. they are omit
ted. There are 1900. 900 cubic yards OF
rock in a certain cut. and about
5000. 900 yards of earth m clay. The
depth of this cut will be mitigated by
the heiyht Of the canal. which Is here
1l2 feet above the sea. The actual cut
ting will be about 200 feet I'm the deep
est part. From here begins the Ochoa
section. which runs through the san
Francisco basin and Florida low coun-
try. and the cutting which will reach
10 the Ochoa dam. 341z miles from the
Caribbean sea viii only add 10000, 0Oo
yards o the figures. making n trihe
over 40. 200. 900 cubic yards to the dam
From here a cut through the san Juan
river will aggregate "a. 600. 900 cubic
yards. with about 10000 600 more for
curve widening and 5000. 900 acres
cleaning and %grubbing. h Will not
include anv of the dams or embank-
merits. but simply the channel cutting
the bed of the San Juan river. This
makes 5000. 900 cubic yards OF all
grades OF cutting to Lake Nicaragua.
The cost OF the Ochoa dam, upon
which rests the entire feasibility OF the
route. has not been accurately com
puted, as the undertaking Is Of sc
colossal a nature as to be beyond figur'
~ within a unit or even more. Th'
dam will be over 1900 feet In length
its foundation az feet below the bed %
salt in the river bottom and III
rise over 100 feet. As the river vii
have to be turned from it's curse dur
ing its construction. IL will be seen tina
many details will have TO be taken int
consideration for an estimate OF III
cost. The San Carlos e~mbankment vii
cost several millions OF dollars. n tn
estimates for this are being made. Thu
cuts in the shallow part OF the lake vii
aggregate 10 600. 700 yards, making
total of IS. 1000 900 to the western divis
ION of the canal. The estimates for tn
western division have not been mad
yet. They are under the direction o
Admiral Walkers son. V. W. q
Walker and they will amount to no
less than 80. 900. 900 cubic yards. making
a total Of It's. 000. 900 cubic yards of al
kinds of excavation to the harbor a
Brito, and allowing 5000. 900 cubi
yards for dredging. the total estimat
will come to nearly 125, 900. 900 yards
exclusive of all dams and embank
ments. II will be seen that sl35, 100000
IS a conservative estimate of the entir
cost of the canal. and this almos
agrees with those OF General Ludlow
report of 1896.