Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-07


work affords greater number of avail
able points of attack, contributing a
cases srch difficulties as may exist can
be successfully met with suitable organi-
zion and efficient appliances
Labor Scarce There.
The time required for constructing the
the promptness with which the requisite
force of laborers can be brought to Mica
ragua, housed and organized with the To-
cations of heaviest work along the route
TEs cut through the divide west of the
time of any single feature of construc-
ton 1t contains $4,000 4 CUBIC xaroS OF
than 10 per cent of the total work Of all
and plant this commission estimates that
it can be completed in four years This
indicates, under reasonable allowance for
enough were obtainable. to secure a
practically concurrent execution of all
portions Of work on the route the com
pletion OF the entire work might be exc
cuted within six years after It's being
mated for the period of preparation The
securing and organizing. of the great
force of laborers needed. largely foreign
various portions of the work to such a
definite program of close hitting parts
in a practically appropriated tropical
country involves unusual difficulties and
would prolong the time required for COM
work on the Panama route is the exeava-
ton in the Cuiebra section amounting
clay, much of which is Glassed as sort
rock. nearly As per cent of all classes OF
material to be removed.
Eight Yeas Required.
completed in eight years, with allowance
for ordinary delays, but exclusive of
deiays s0r and thaa the remain
der of the work can be finished W sntnan
ton of work on this route and its less
amount will require smaller force OF
Hence the difficulties and delays involved
in securing them will be correspondlngly
miles, while the. total length of the
in standard canal section. and on the
harbors and entrances. is t3aS miles for
the Panama route. The length of sailing
line in Lake Nicaragua is 1921 To- miles miles
That portion of the Nicaragua route in
the canalized San juan is 1881 miles The
lines measure the magnitude of the work
to be done in the construction of water
mated cost of constructing the canal on
the Nicaragua route is SIS: $50. '94 more
Canal. emitting the cost of acquiring the
latter property; This sum measures the
stacles to be overcome in the actual con-
struction of the two canals and covers
greater or less height of dams. the great
less depth of cuts. the presence or
or absence of a railroad. and the amount
| of work remaining to be done The esti,
| operating the Nicaragua Canal is $3.50
900 greater than the corresponding
charges for the Panama Canal
Panama Route shorter.
shorter. from sea to sea. than the Mica
ragua route 1t would have less summit
elsyaon: I9wer The estimateG time for
a deep draft vessel to pass through is
ty-three hours for Nicaragua. These pc
RODS practically the measure of the
water ways connecting the two oceans,
but not entirely, because the risks to
greater in a canal than in the open sea
Except for the items of risk and delays
Canals cae fsn need be taken into account only
| as element in the time required by
| terminal ports Compared on this basis.
the Nicaragua route is the more advan-
except that originating ending on the
west coast of South America. For the
I most interested, that between our Pacific
! ports and Atlantic ports. European and
| err by one day. The same advantage ex-
| lists between our Atlantic ports and the
| tage of the Nicaragua route is nearly
| two days. For commerce between North
| Atlantic ports and the west coast of
| South America the Panama route is
shorter by about two days Between
America the saving is about one day
| The Nicara guam route would be the more
favorable one for sailing vessels because
| of the uncertain winds. in the Bay of
Panama. This is not however. ma
| terial matter, sailing ships are rapid
| ly being displaced by steamships A
| canal by the Panama route will be sim
| ply means of communication between
| the two oceans. The route has been a
/ highway of commerce for more than BOO
/ years, and railroad has been in oper-
this has affected industrial changes but
little and the natural features of the
country through which the route passes
| are such that no considerable develop
construction and operation of a canal
| In addition to its use means of COM
munication between the two oceans. a
/ canal by the Nicaragua route would
! bring Nicaragua and large portion of
| Costa Rica and other Central American
/ states into close and easy cOmmunica ton
| 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
| use of American products and manufac-
/ lures would be likely to continue after
/ the completion of the work, the bene-
| fit of our manufacturing. agricultural
and other interests
Nicaragua the Healthier.
The Nicaragua route lies in a region
| of sparse population and not in a path
way of much trade or 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 it lies on a
pathway of comparatively large trade
along which currents of moving people
from infected places sometimes converge
thus creating conditions favorable to
epitiemics Existing conditions indicate
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