The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-27
STRONG SCHOOL GLASS DAY.
INTERESTING PAPER AT THE
 EXERCISES TUESDAY.
Read by Alfred B. seeIey-Clnss Poem Read by Margaret Lonergan-Both Were Excellent Works.

Were Excellent Works.
 At the Strong school class day exer- clses on Tuesday an interesting paper on "The Isthmian Canal' was read by Alfred B. Seeley son of MT. and Mrs. Edward M. Seeley, of Blatchley aVen- nue. The paper is as follows
 The necessity of a canal at the isth- mus to connect the Atlantic and Paci- fc ocean is at the present day very great.
 The increase of trade with China and Japan and the development of the Philippines demand such a canal
 It will save about ten thousand miles and will enable an ordinary steamer to go from New York to San Francisco in fourteen days.
 The two possible routes are the Pan- anna and Nicaragua The Panama is at the Isthmus of Panama and the Ncara- qua route is one hundred and eighty nine miles north of that
 The Panama route will be forty-nine miles from ocean to ocean, while the Nicaragua will be about one hundred and sixty eight miles long.
 The idea of a nanal at one of these places is about forty years old. These routes were carefully explored by the early Spanish explorers. While Charles V was king an exploring party discov- cred Lake Nicaragua, which they named after native chief.
 The work begun by this party was later extended by Spanish captain in 1929 In 1850 the Clayton Bulwer treaty was made, which said that neither the r,Iz ~ T1,t+1 1ir1 e,hn build canal to connect the Pacific and Atlantic without the consent of the other.
 Later the Hay -Pauncefote treaty gave us the right to build and control ca- nal here,
 Three years ago an sthmian canal commission was appointed.
 The commission looked over several routes and reported favorably on the Panama and Nicaragua routes.
 The Panama route has many advan- tages. The region is better understood The observations extend over longer period. The cost of maintaining is much less. It has good natural har- bors. If the United States accepts the offer of the French company for forty million dollars the route will be cheap CT The time needed in crossing is much | less. The surveys have been more com plete. There is we'll built railroad along the canal route. The control of flood waters is much | simpler. The risks are less. The route | is shorter, being about forty-nine miles | from ocean to ocean. yrI,o hTioa ra ,,o1Ita ia mot vii itS l advantages. The canal can be used by | sailing vessels because of the trade | winds which prevail there. For the | shipping of produce from the eastern | and western states this route is shorter. | It will take from one to two years less i to construct it because of the natural . lake and the river
 The route is favored by the commits | sion for two reasons; first, the noun tain range which runs unbroken from | the north to the southern continent is here depressed to only one hundred and l fifty-five feet above the sea.
 Secondly, advantage can be taken of | the large fresh water lake and the river which flows out of it to the Atlantic. Several of our greatest men have ad- vocated a canal at this place, among whom were General Grant and Commo- dore Vanderbilt.
 General Grant urged a canal at this place and in one of his speeches he said: T commend an American canal on American soil to the American people," The class poem by Margaret Loner- gan was as follows; thank my good, kind teachers
 For all their love and care, Hoping they feel the honor
 Which this day they have to share They labored for our welfare,
 And hoped that we'd be true, And uphold the reputation
 Of dear 1902
 Now to our dear classmates,
 With whom we've spent the year, May we ever prove to be
 Good friends as we are here.
  Oh, may our hearts be loyal
 To the school we leave behind; Then let's join the alumni
 Whove been to us so kind Toward our own fond parents
 And friends we hold most dear, Let our obedient acts of love
 To them be our future care. The only way we can repay
 For the kindness we've been shown Is to bear our motto on the way And victory will be our own.
 
 CONNECTICUT TURN BEJIRK. On July 3. 1. and 6 the Connecticut