The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-19
cup CANALS.

- Cost OF Great Artificial
Ferss waterways .,,.
.,. ~ the World" Is the title
|s' 81 prepared by the treasury
|stuoy i,,s,les for publication In the
Pmlns r,.ree and Finance. 1t shows
p .rs cost aud dimensions OF the
|minea' :, the world, especially those
E. ,n. great bodies of water ana
W. a, be properly termed ship oansis;
ns' connecting great bodies OK
c sufacient dimensions to &C
, ,ns the great modern vessels Plying
30 eaters are Of comparatisey r ~,
Pucn o,ion and few In nuinper: ne
Dfou eexsinple OF works OF TINS vna t,,
feat mas been OF sufDclenl Wnb.n
ENns ,sleuce and operauon W supp.s
~ data as TO cost % lna, - .ns
silon aud practlcal N1iu snoI
PeinaSS, the world IL the sueL canu,,
tIce o. ~ available statistics legin
b thls sis7O. while its new ana en-.
3ne yeLons only date from tue year
dlmeps ssuIt Sic. Marie canal, con-
For Lne smnariur with Lake Huron,
3 L4As rom 1866, though for toe
cs w., ~ nresent form they cover put
NJ We prs statistics OF the Wei.
io9i dste from 1861, but for the caDai
ma Ut UT enlarged form cover only
piess onerltiou. The other great
faIs tbe world are OF much more
hals .Srurtlon. and data regarding
.oa,,nn therefore cover a coinpara-
5PssIoi term, and In some cases are
nrssent available In detail.
s,istisI Waterway which may
|, he termed SHIP canals are nine III
B. VIZ suez canal, begun In 1859 and
ktsd n 9ra INST sfadt and st. Petersburg
begun in 1877 and completeo III
H. corinth canal, begun In 1854 and
ieo Manchester N ship canal, completed
a. Kaiser Wilhelm canal, connecting
pIsic and North seas, completed IN
M FIbe and Trave canal, connect
North sea and Baltic, opened In
h. welland canal, connecting Lake
The two canals, United States
rsn5dlan. respectively, connecting
Emnerior with Lake Huron.
a dssFriptIon which Is given OF each
4 "a grssf waterways shows that the
4 q, the Suez canal Is about ninety
a ne cost slO0.OOO,U00, the present
#thlrty one feet. width at bottom los
&nd al the surface 40 feet, aud thal
&mber OF vessels passing through u
AWE from ASS In 1870 10 l+94 In 1912,
4 1850 1883 In 1890 and BAL In lSOo.
Nm charged are about 81 per net reg
N crons,edt and st. Petersburg canal
N gives passageway for great yes
~ 81 petersburg--ls sixteen mi Is
INCLUDING the deepening OF the bay
- twenty and oue-half feet In deplh.
IL total cost estimated at $l0.WO,O00.
"a Corinth canal, which connects the
IN Corluth with the Cuff Of Aegina
n miles in length, twenty-Sig and one
m feet In depth. seventy.two feet wide
A bottom, cost about S5,UO,0O, and
the smiling distance abont i7o
"A The average tolls charged are Is
Sper ton and 20 cents per passenger.
N Manches,er ship canal, which con
3fManchester, England. with the Mer-
6fer and Liverpool, was opened in 1874
~ is thlrty-nVe ana onc-half miles
"a ,nty.six feet. width at bottom l20
Id at the surface lT5 feet, and cost
r .O00 The commerce on the canal
growth from $40, 204 tons In 1885
$40 tons In 1900.
III Kaiser Wilhelm canal, which con.
the Baltic and North sea through
19ny, is sixty-Oue miles In length,
~ nine and one-half feet In depth,
l|b.two feet wide at the bottom, IN
& lde al the surface, aud cost about
0O0, The number OF vessels passing
b II has Increased from 1850 III
1o 2a,095 10 1900. OF which number
were sailing vessels. The TONNAGE
"A was l.S4s.45s, and In 1900 4,2S2. U9i
"A An additional canal connecting the
bodies OF wsEcr by way OF the Elhe
rave rivers was opened in 1890. lis
Is forty-one miles. depth about ter
<<width seventy-two feet, and cost
~ great North Holland canal, which
&c Amsterdam with the sea, cut
Rsbm deepened at a later date, ha:
FL depth Of twenty feet, a width OF Il