New-York tribune., 1902-01-17

osnd 0t the sthmus obiquey to the coast Line and de-
Is esmae ahs To Of m s 10 m mes o&s
Tbe me- Wa0,5 0G six times long as at Mandngo
but not good at Colon. while at the latter place
SAILING vessels are often embarrassed by northers
The Nicaragua line has no good natural harbors
az a., either end II would be necessary 10 make ar
c9TF55srSfsiOR T5s and for mantenanee IT..
TN, me Mandngo location is perfectly straight line
;, The Panama location upon the most favorable
line yet discovered is. the contrary, so very
crooked that much of it has to be laid out wider
SI snan straight line need be. otherwise long ships
ARE S4 degrees Of curvature m
rectons required for anu sSip 10 take in going
through, besides going around the curves. which
degrees, the largest change of direction. This will
at Nicaag 1hs {ranS have
made no final location has yet been announced.
crooked that on the best line Vet publicly known
there seem TO be over 800 degrees Of curvature
Of direction being 72 degrees and the greatest l4a
degrees more than right angle-loi' 3d.
The Mandingo route can be contracted for to-
day on such m basis that it can be finished for not
1t cannot be stated definitely what it would cost
sG 1sh TPr with locks % as at Mt de de
work work has been done and 100000 $50 spent They
it, but in view of the fact that much of the work
done must be done over again II is difficult to see
generally thought that much of the money spent
has been i'll spent
The estimate for the Nicaragua canal is under
The Mandingo Canal will be a level canal
without locks or tide gates, supplied by the waters
o. the two oceans. and, therefore. as many ships
up to possibs total Of ss shPs per day c ana pass
as freely as through natural waterway.
rains impounded by expensive dams. The water
amount of rain and the success in saving It. Tran
sit through the canal will have this difficulty to
their complicated machinery and the inevitable
delays Should there be plenty of water and no
might pass through maximum of twenty four
pc subJect 20 the CONTINGENCIES named ABOVE
Substantially the same facts exist as TO Nicara-
The Mandngo route proposes a positive motion
towage by electric trolley. obtaining the power from
and Without danger Of Collision. and controng alb
solutely the motion of ships throuFh the canal;
Panama bln5 Ships there that have no steam must
What is said above of Panama is equally true of
Transit through Mandingo by vessels under steam
need take but three hours BY the @ trolley system
It is dficuit to say how long it would take yes
sells to go through Panama but assuming that
vessels under steam, could not be less than eight
hours. and for vessels that must be towed an ad-
ditional time difficult to estimate must be added
qua route for vessels under steam would be thirty
three hours. under the most favorable conditions
The cost OF operating the Mandingo Canal will
be very small Electric power for the trolley and and
be no other expense except Incidental repairs;
and the operating force equally small
The cost of operating the Panama will be neces-
nous repair account for the dams and for the
complicated machinery OF the locks, as well an
and for dredging the marshes.
The cost Of operating the Nicaragua Az line would
referred TO in Panama. there. will be the enormous
at both ends