The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-29
HIP CANALS
OF WORLD.
etl1ing About the Great
Waterways Built BY the
Hand Of Man.
GREAT ONES BUILT.
GREAT ONES BUILT
hest 81 These is the Suez,
lt{Some Of the Others Are
Not Far Behind.
The Times. Dispatch Bureau.
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w Colorado Building.
Fourteenth and d Streets. N. W..
Washln etbn. D. c.. Nov. 18th.
removed attention being aiven to
|roposed ts,nnalan Canal at this time
especial interest TO d discussion Of
krAht canals 81 the world. presented
Is Department Of Commerce and La.
through it, Bureau OF Statistics. The
la malls OF the world. itisays. are r,ins
|in,bor, a. .fotldws: s{
Tho su4s Canal begun In 1889 and
leted In 1850.
The cronstadt and 81. Petersburg
begun In 1877 anu completed IN
The corinth Canal, BEGUN In 1851
completed In 1893.
The Manchester Ship Canal com.
The Kaiser wilhelm Canal. con-
,k the Baltic and North Seas. COM
b In 1898.
The Elbe and Trave Canal, connsct-
Inc North Sea and Baltic. opened IN
Tho Welland Ca mai. connecting Lake
with Lake Ontario.
Ind 81 The two canals. United States
Canadlar respectively, connecting
Superior wit Lake Huron.
THE sGEz CANAL.
Suez Canal Is usually considered the
Important example OF ship canals,
Kin the number Of vessels passing
Ugh It annually does not equnl that
Ing through the canals connecting
Superior witt, the chain Of Great
at the south. In length, however,
|ceeds any Of the other great ship
Is. It's total length being ninety
OF which about two.thirds Is
Ugh shallow lakes. The material
Eated~ was usually sand, though In
cases strata OF solid rock from two
Tree feet In thickness were et1coun'
The total excavation was about
Loco cubic yards under the original
which gave depth Of twenty-five
In 1886 the canal was so enlarged
give a depth Of thlrty.ohe feet. q
at the bottom Of los feet and at the
Ice Of 400 feet. The original cost waA
o.ooo. and tor the canal Il its present
slightly Ia excess OF slW:moooo The
Per OF VeshciS PaSH6 t"ouSH wv
IN 1870 was 426. with 4 gross totlna so
ge, $3.50. 70s tons; In 1880, 262e vesse i,
tonnage, 4,ai4, 5ls tons; In 1890. $50
lis, gross tonnage. e,74o.l2s toms; ii,
|a,4a4 vessels, gross tonnage. 1888. 657
e. !" 's ST. ,o yssssf FL S raysn5 5o q
Lanal Is apparently large In proper.
to Its cost, the statesman'& Year
tor moi giving the net profits ol
lat 54,1ba e86 france, and the total
Int distributed among the sharehold.
E;b3s, O2s francs. or about ten per cont
te estimated cost Of {lO06OoO0o.
ecanal Is without locks being at the
level the entire distance, The lergth
Inc occupied In passing through the
h averages about eighteen hours. ny
Use Of electric lights throughout the
|e length OF the canal, passages arc
} at nlght with nearly equal facility
lat OF the day. The tolls charged + IA
francs per ton net register, "Dan'
measurement" Wloh amounts to
lily more than 81 per ton, United
Ls net Measurement, Steam, vesselA
Ing through the canal ara propelled
/ CRoNsTApT AND ST. PETERS,
II y
BURG CANAL.
canal connecting the Bay Of CroH'
with ST. Petersburg Is described as
IRIS Of great strategic and comn1erol!
|rtance to Russia. The canAl and sail
course In the Bay OF cronstadt are
t sixteen miles long, the canal pr,oper
h about six miles and the hay ohan'
about ten niles. and they togesthe.
lid from Cronstadt. on the Gulf u
Ind, to 81, Petersburg. The cana
opened In 1890 With a naviRabl
|, Of twenty and half feet, the orig
depth having been about nine feet
width ranges from 22o to $50 feet. Ihs
cost Is estimated at about $lO.OV,Wo
THE CORlNTH CANAL.
b nsxt Of The great shin canals con,
rs bodies Of salt water IN the, ,orde'
Als Of construction ts the Cor1nth 81,
which connectA the GMlt 81 Corintl
the Gulf OF Angina. The canal re-
Is the distance from Adriatta portE
It lis miles and from mediterranean
sabout 100 miles. Ito lehffi, L ahnl
les. part Of wnich was cut lhr0uaI
hlt!e soft rock aid the FeWa4Rds
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