The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-24
NICARAGUA CANAL.
~ Report Of the Committee Has
Been Fully Submitted.
ANIMATE FIGURES As TO THE COST
,,aurc.. II Il Estimated nj
Ho. ooo. ooO-Outline of the
work 90 lie Done.

-, december 23.---The prelimi-
~ the Nicaragua canal CONT
,.,,ns Of General Haines, Admiral
"a prof. Haupt, has been COM
IA will be read before the senate
-. .,tber during the Christmas re-
asress or Immediately afterward.
..rort viii give many details Of con-
.,on n regard to the proposed route
IN va a pretty close figure on the
- Of the undertaking as far as
-,s ingenuity can foresee,
.mary of these costs has been made
J, .sctious and without going into de-
!, .nryes and levels they are as fol-
h;
4. Urn barbor and jetties Will require
"a 100000 sublc yards of soft excava-
The jetties themselves will require
a 100000 cubic yards of rip-rap stone.
|, orytown section of the canal, that Is,
.,ctlon being at the harbor and reach
d the east divide, will require $4,000,
.obc Yards of earth and clay excava-
4. The three locks in this section
| sost in the neighborhood of $40, GOO, :
,cmplete, with 3,0D0.0u0 yards eAcava-
8 This section is about thirteen and
Nh miles In length and runs through
Jingle country rear the coast. There
4 3, 700 acres of clearing and grub
|, also in this section. The Incidental
Ierses will amount to little besides
~ above enumerated; therefore, they
! omitted.
|ns divide section reaches from here
hugh the high rocky range OF hills to
kty-four miles further. There are
|Mpop cubic yards of rock In this cut
h about 100000 yarus of earth and clay.
b depth Of this cut will be mltigated by
! hight Of the canal, which is here III
h above the sea. The actual cutting will
! shout 200 feet In the deepest part. From
|s begins the Ocheca section, which
b through the San Francisco basin and
a lagoon. There is low country and
Z cutting, which will reach to the Ocheca
u thlrty-four and half miles from the
|zibhean sea, will only add 10000. 900
Eds 70 the figures, making trifle over
10000 cubic yards to the dam. From
Ee summary of the cut through the
\ Juan river will aggregate "a, 900 900
PIC yards with about 5000, 900 more for
Fve widening and 1000 acres clearing and
|uoolng. This will not include any of
I dams or embankments, but simply the
nstel cutting in the bed of tho San Juan
Nsf This makes $4,000, 900 cubic Yards
VI grades OF cutting to Lake Nicaragua
me cost OF the Ocheca cutting, upon
sca rests the entire feasibility of the
'ue mas not been accurately computed as
Undertaking of so colossal a nature is
9old ugur1ng within a unit or even more.
Gam will be over 1900 feet in length
70 foundation seventy-fiye feet below
e aed Of the salt river bottoms AMI It's
ei@ over $50 feet. As the river will
" 10 be turned from its course during
I obstruction 1t Will be seen that many
s1s viii have 10 be taken into consider
" lor the estimate of its cost,
iDe San Carlos embankment will cost
sFsi million dolaTls and the estimates
! eaag made. The cuts in the shallow
Y ls lake will aggregate 10000, 900
W. making total of $4,000, 900 to the
sein division OF the canal.
ne estlmates for the western division
" Nl been made yet. They are under
!, aFeedon Of Admiral Walkers son. V.
"; Walker, and they will amount TO not
! man 10000 cubic yards more, making
"a Of 10000 900 cubic yards of all kinds
.acayalion TO the barber at Brito. and
a'Mg 100000 cubic yards for dredging
" ", m ds Total estimate will ccme TO near
laWoooO cubic yards, exclusive of all
y and embankments. Ii will be seen
! NsoocOoo0 will bs a conservative es-
.at for the entire cost of the canal and
i, G n.ss agrees with that of Major Gen
q hlllldm LltilOW's renort nf 1916