The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1903-12-05
WORLD'SCANALS
Department Of Commerce and
Labor Issues Statistics.
ENORMOUS sun or MONEY USED
interest Therein Is Particularly Keen at
the Present Time Becspse Of the
Agitation In Panama.

Washington, Dec. 2.-The renewed
attention being given to the proposed
isthmian canal at this time lends es.
pecial interest TO discussion of the
great canals Of the world, presented by
the department Of commerce. and labor
through it's bureau Of statistics.
| The Suez canal is usually considered
the most important example OF ship
canals. though the number of vessels
passing through it annually does not
equal that passing through the canals
connecting Lake Superior with the
chain OF great lakes at the south. In
length, however, 1t exceeds any of the
other great ship canals, its total length
being 80 miles. The original cost was
s95, 900, 900, and for the canal in its
present form slightly in excess of 800.
ooO,OOo. The revenue Of the canal is
apparently large in proportion to It's
cost, the Statesman's Yearbook for
1901 giving the net profits OF 1899 at
54, 1853, $50 francs, and the total
amount distributed among the share
holders 81 1913 ops francs, or about 10
per cent OF the estimated cost of $780,
600, 900.
The canal connecting the Bay of
Cronstadt with st. Petersburg is des-
cribed as work of great strategic and
commercial importance to Russia
The canal and sailing course in the
Bay of Constadt are about 10 miles
long, the canal proper being about six
miles and the bay channel about ten
miles, and they together extend from
Cronstadt, on the gulf of Finland To
st. Petersburg. The canal was opened
In 1890. The total cost is estimated at
about $4,000. 900.
The next of the great ship canals
connecting bodies of salt water IN the
order OF date of construction is the
CorinthAcanal, which connects the gulf
OF Corinth with the gulf of Aepina
me canal reduces the distance from
adriatic ports about IT'S miles and
from Mediterranean ports abont 100
miles. Its length is about four miles
There are no locks, as is also the case
IN both the Suez and Cronstadt canals
Inc work was begun in 1884 and COM
pleted In 1898 at cost of about AZ i
900, 900. ~ w.
The Manchester ship canal which
connects Manchester, England, with
the Mersey river, Liverpool, and the
Atlantic ocean was opened for traffic
January 1884. The length of the
canal is 35H miles, the total rise from
othe water level to Manchester being
oo feet, which is divided between four
sets Of locks. The total cost Of tba
canal is given at s75, 900 900. The
revenue in 1901. according to the
o'atesman's Yearbook, was 621. 1913
pounds, and the working expenses
1873, 1867 ponds.
Two canals connect the Baltic and
\ Worth seas through GERMANY. the
nrse' known as the Kaiser wilhelm
canal and having been completed in
1910 and constructed largely for mill
Hry ana naval purposes, but proving
tlso oil great value to general mercan7
llle traffic. Work upon the Kaiser
Wilhelm canal was begun in 1887 and
completed as above indicated. in lse5 |,
Inc ientgn OF the canal is 81 miles the
in the Baltic sea being Of
Mel. The total excavation amounted
Q about 100, 900, 900 cubic wards and {
ne cost to about $40, ZOO, 900 {
Inc Welland canal connects lab ,
,ntarlo and Lake Erie on the Canadian
lue o Oh the river. 1t was constructed
1883 and enlarged in 1871 and again G
iSoo: The length of the canal is 81 g
mes, the number of locks 25, the total
Use OF iockage 1927 feet, and the total /;
ost about $4,000, 900. The annnai
OF tolls on freight. passen-
ers and vessels averages abont soos
w. ana ana tne canal is open on an aver s.
&c about 240 days in a year. b
The canals of Sault Ste Mor;o n
icn'' and Ontario, are located ada g
mt to the falls of the st. Marv,s r;ver cl
men connects Lake Superior with fc
axe huron and lower or raise vassaIs II
ON one level to the other. q ba;nht 80 pl
TO ~ feet. The canal belonging 70
g United States was begun in IS5sl
.ne state OF Michigan and opened in
90, the length of the canal beinc NJ
ieet, and provided with two tandar, -,
ks the original cost being Al ooo ~,
y, Inc United States government tn
consent OF the state, began in 1870 III,
the canal, and by 1881 bsS De
,'easeu It's length to 1.6 miles. tn 80
'e relnquished all control of 49, ~
lal IN March, 1882. In 1887 th h S ;ai'
4 e, rn, n! further enlarged the canal fro
s canadian canal, Ia miles lone IA Ia
!; 10y, putt u, on the north side of the river fen
ing the years sss to 1895. '' zen re,'
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