Iron County register., 1898-12-29
/ TIE NICARAGUA CANAL.
The Preliminary Report of the MICA
ragua Canal Commission Has
Been Completed.
a DOCUMENT DEALING IN Big FIGuREs~
It VIII be Laid Before the Senate con'nn
tee Either Before the Christmas
of Congress Immediately After
ReassembIing-TnI Cost About ss''''
100000.

New York, Dec 24.-The preliminary
report of the Nicaragua Canal comhiis
sion. consisting of Gen. Haines, Az
miraI Walker and Prof. Haupt, mas
been completed, and will be laid before
the senate committee either during
the Christmas recess of congress Vi
Immediately afterward.
DEALS IN BIG FIGURES.
This report will give many detalls
of construction in regard to the pro-
posed route, and will give close hS-
ure on the entire cost of the under
taking ds far as human ingenuity can
foresee.
A summary of these costs has been
made out in sections and without go
ing into the details of curves and lev
els, they are as follows:
The eastern harbor and jetties VIII
require about 5000, 900 cubic yards OF
soft excavations. The jetties them
| selves require about 100000 cubic yards
o. rip rap stone.
THE GREYTOWN SECTION.
The Greytown section of the canai
that is the section beginning at the
harbor and reaching to the east dl-
vide, will require 100000 cubic
yards of ear:h and clay excavations.
The three locks in this section Will
cost in the neighborhood of S1O,OOo,-
600, complete, with 100000 yards OF
excavation. This section is about 1879
miles in length, and runs through the
jungle country near the coast. There
will be 700 acres of clearing and grub
bing also in this section. The incl
dental expenses viii amount to little
besides those above enumerated there
fore they were omitted. q
THE DIVIDE SECTION. IA
The divide section reaches from
here through the high rocky range OF
hills to "a miles IurJher. There are
| 100000 cubic yards of earth and clay.
The depth of this cut will be mitigatedt
by the height of the canal, which is
here 112 feet above the sea. The actu-
al cutting will be about 200 feet in the,
| deepest part. From here begins the
Ochoa section, which runs through.
the San Francisco basin and Florida.
lagoon. This is low country, and the
cutting, which will reach to the Ochoa
dam, 341s miles from the Carribena.
sea, will only add 100000 yards to
the figures, making a Iriflle over 40,'
Oo0, 900 cubic yards to the dam.
THROUGH SAN JUAN RIVER.
From here a summary of the cut.
through the San Juan river will ag--
gregate 34,000,00O cubic yards, with
about 100000 more for curve widen
| ing, and 1000 acres for clearing and
! grubbing. This will not include any
of the dams or embankments, but SIM
ply the channel cutting in the bed of
the San Juan river. This makes 49,
! 100000 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 computed, as the
undertaking is of so colossal nature
as to be beyond figuring within unit,
or even more. The dam viii lbe over
! 1850 feet in length; its foundation IS.
/ feet below the bed of salt in the river
/ bottom, and it's rise over 130 feet. AS
the river will have to be turned from
! its course during its construction, it
will be seen that many details will
| have to be taken into consideration
! for an estimate OF its cost.
SAN CARLOS EMBANKAfENT.
| The San Carlos embanSment will
cost several million dollars, and the
estimates are being made. The cuts in
the shallow pa of the lake will ae-
| gregate 10,00C,o0O yards, making a
total of s5,O00,000 to the western divi-
| sion of the canal.
The estimates for the western divi-
| sion have not been made yet. They
are under the direction of Admiral
! Walkers son, V. w. G. Walker, and
they will amount to not less than 3O,-
! 100000 cubic yards more, making a
total of 115,000,0O0 cubic yards of all
kinds of excavation to the harbor at
Brito, and allowing 100000 cubic
yards for dredging here, the total esti-
mate will come to nearly 125, ,000, 900
yards, exclusive of all dams and en-
banlments. 1t will be seen that $135,-
o0o, 900 will be a conservative estimate
OF the entire cost of the canal, and this
almost agrees with these of Gen. W.
Ludlow's report of 1896.
| Women Are Barred.
! Omaha, Neb., Dec. 24.-The an
nouncement that the directory of all
the interests of the Chicago & North
| western Railroad Co., has decided to