Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-29

practically one. As rule, distributes
work affords greater numosT OF asAi, !,
o,licker completion. but in either OF these
| cases such difficulties as may exist San ~
be successfully met with suitable orsahi-
| zation and efficient appliances.
| Labor Scarce There.
rhe time required for constructing the
r.fcaragua Canal will depend largely on
| the promptness with which the requnl.sile
| force Of laborers can be brousnt 20 NiSSa Wa
ra;yua, housed and ORGANIZED With III. e,, 70
| Gallons Of heaviest work along the route
| TIE cut through the divide west OF me
lake probably will require the lon ,g,,se
ton IT contains 100000 cubic Yards OF
earth and rock execration, or l5tie ie ~
than 70 esns of Win the
and plant this commission estimates 1 1l.is
it can be completed in four years. ms
indicates, under reasonable allowance LOT
ordinary delays If force and plant
enough We're obtainable, to secure
practically concurrent execution Oh al
portions of work on the route the conf
nIetion of the entire work might be exc
cuted within six years after IT'S pelnS
mated for the period of preparation. The
SECURING and organizing of the great
force OF laborers needed, largely 1ores IN.
ers. so as to adjust the execution OF the
various portions of the work to such a
definite program Of close fttinS paris
in practically unpopulatssd fropac nd
country involves unusual dihcuitles anu
would prolong the time required LOT coiis
pletion. The greatest single feature "
work on the Panama route IS tne exTatin
to about 43, 100000 cubic yards or naIu
clay, much of which is ciassed as solt
rock. nearly As per cent of all classes oi
material to be removed
Eight Years Required.
1t IS estimated that this. cut can be
completed in eight years, with allowance
fcr DELAYS but exclusive OIL d
two-year period for PREPARATION ana LOT
unforeseen delays and that the remain man,
the same period The great concentra-
ton of work on this route and ITS less
amount will reauirs smaer lor route e.
Hence the difficulties and delays involves
in securing them will be correspondnsly
diminished. The total length of the N Nc a.
miles. while the total length of the
Panama route is 1909 miles. The length
In standard canal section, ana on the
the Nicaragua route and 36.41 miles for
the Panama route. The Length or sa ai1a
While that in Lake Bohio is 1858 miles
That portion of the Nicaragua route IN
the canalized San Juan is 1881 mlles. Inc
preceding physical features OF the Two
lines measure the magnitude OF the "orh
to be done in the construction 81 Ths wa esti-
aong IT the tWp the canal
the Nicaragua route is s45, CSC, 7o4 more
than that of completing the fanatna
atte4 propery th This
difference in the magnitude Of the OBJ
stacles to be overcome In the actual co ons
ali physical considerations, such as the
greater or less height of dams, the great
err or less depth Of cuts, the presetce %
absence Of natural harbors, the presence
or absence of railroad, and the amount IN
of work remaining to be done Inc esti,
mated an1 3a Most cost OF canal is s. $50
coo greater than the corresponding
charges for the Panama Canal.
Panama Route Shorter.
THE Panama route would be 134.57 miles
shorter, from sea to sea, than the Mica
ragua route. 1t would have less summit
less curvature. The estimated, time, for
a deep draft vessel to pass through is
about twelve hours for Panama and thlr-
ty-three hours for Nicaragua. These pc
RODS are practically the measure OF the
relative advantages of the two canals as
water ways connecting the Nv Two ,.; oceans IS
vessels and the dangers OF delay are
greater in a canal than in the open Sc; sea
the time required to pass through the
canals need be taken into account only
as an element, in the time required by
vessels to make their voyage between
terminal ports. Compared on this basis
the Nicaragua route is the more adVan-
tageous for all transisthmian commerce
except that originating or ending on the
west coast of South America. For the
commerce in which the United states IS
ports and Atlantic ports, European ana
American, the Nicaraguan route IS snort
er by one day The same ad dyu aa t fH
Orient. For our gulf ports the advan-
tage of the Nicaragua route is nearly
two days. For commerce between North
South America the Panama route is
shorter by about two days. Between etn
America the saving is about one day.
The Nicaraguan route would be the more
favorable one for sailing vessels, because
terial matter, as sailing ships are. rapid
sen hg oy route w be SIM
ply means of communication between
the two oceans. The route has been q
Years, and railroad has been in oper-
alton there for nearly fifty years: but
this has affected industrial changes but
country through which--the- reute passes
are such that ,Ano considerable Develop
ment is likely to occur , as result OF the
In addition to it's use as means of com
munication between the two oceans. a
s1ns tas large Feus e1 eu Of
Costa RIGA and other Central American
states into close and easy communication
with the United States and with Europe:
The intimate business relations that
would be established with the people of
the United States during the period Of
construction by the expenditure of vast
sums of money in these states. and the
use Of American products and nlanufac-
lures would be likely to continue after
the completion of the work, to the bene-
fit of our manufacturing, agricultural
and other interests.
Nicaragua the Healthier.
t The Nicaragua route lies in a region
Of sparse population and not in path
way OF much trade movement of peo-
pie Conditions productive of much sick
ness do not exist. On the other hand a
considerable population has long existed
on the Panama route and 1t lies on a
pathway of comparatively large trade,
along which currents of moving people
from infected places sometimes converge
thus creating conditions favorable to
epdemics Existing conditions Indicate
hygicnc advantages for the Nicaragua
route, although it is probable that 10
less effective sanitary measures must be
taken during construction in the one "a SO