Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-16
SicAnAouAN CANAL
survey Of the West rritsue. Of N. PRO.
posed uiE bitch.

New York. Nov. is-'rhe survey u
ihe west entrance ~ the proposed
Nicaragiian canal has been finished and
lhe map with -oundlnEa plotted and
the contours put In. This survey was
made with rfeat care ana shows q
peculiar formation u The h1ttvn " the
Pacific In N vicinity. The rocky %.
sltion near nrito Head. shelves sudden
~ into deep water. making harbor 20
the eastward feasible. ~ the canal
line viii come out villain a mile or rN0
OF ths head. a breakNater 90 the east.
ward will form an enclosure Into which
vessels can round 10 before entering
the hatilor prsnfr The harhor Will be
dredgtd ON the sldc % the wide man.
groves. awampa east or hr no
Urande. aud VIII run back from the
shore line about 5000 feet A break.
water on the eastern edge ~ the SIX
hundred foot channel viii protect the
entrance from the trade swell that asif
heavily from the southeast IN even IN
caimtsi WSh'her.
There has been somc discussion as 10
the advlsabllliy 90 SAILING vessel COM
Ing In upon this rocky coast without
a longitudinal or parallel breAkWue'r
running across tho entrance for some
distance 10 enable her TO round 10 with
out danger ~ getting Into the surf.
Thls breakwater wiz probably be built.
The breakwattr now under discussion
4, The one 10 The eastward ~ the chan.
mel OF course, the hiinufs at either
entrance Of the canal VIII be the scene
" the INST operations when the cut u
commenced. The drrdgirg VIII begin
AZ the ave fathom contour az the west
side and the cut Win run straight In,
liz hundred feet wide. until u turns 10
the eastward and opens out 10 three
Thousand. This Will run straight In
Inc required distance. out % a depth
IN ihifty feet at mean tow water The
borlnes show little rock In this area
above thls grade. therefore. az the sur
face ls but ten feet on an average above
sea level. an accurate iiea can be
formed ~ this work " VIII ne aVo.
fest long hy about 1000 feet wide, and
he entrance 10 the canal cut viii be
near the eastern lu-fhore end.
This survey completes the necessary
work OF The commission for this vielnl-
"rhe survey q the eastern entrane,
M Greytnwn has been plated and tht
man finished. The soundlnEs run OUT
from one hiif 20 one ana hat miles
frgm low water ard show the eight
s,them contour. This Is sufficient Tor
III, eastern entrance and estimates can
readily and quickly be- made for any
m M pfoposed PROJECTS Tor deepening
and Improving the harl1r at this spot
The bottom fhaws an nuuVlal forma-
lion composed u sand and mud. This
material Is easily hlndHd win the
n@dern 4team hydraulic dredge, and In
NoW York hnrbor the price paid by The
Ifrlted states IL In the nolghborhood Of
ten cents per Guide yard.
m, harb0r Hines of qreylown WIZ
~. ,rra,tiv changed. This Il owing not
| nniv to 4 slrhuy changed line, but %
| ,be shlftlnr % the sand deposits about
| ,he sntrance. In rome places wher,
mere Was good water a. the date u N,
/ isst survey, the sand appears abov,
| he sen now AZ low water
a.. M eut into any extent as the llni
,gi,i nun 10 ne northward. only sui
gcisnt cutting viii be done 20 insure .
a,fe and roomy harhor Tor she vessel
AWAITING their entrance into the cana
| proper.