Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-26
Forty Feet the Present
Aim Of Commission.
Revision of Plans as ResuI1
of ShipbuiIding Changes
a Canal Built Twenty years Aso
wouId Be Of Little Use Now.


!" - it, .br,,it,h Nicaragua OF
non Ht"' ,,.,rIy worthless
i"i'''i''''' t.,... ,.....,, the. changes
, Jr,f- If the. vessels that
~ Hall. a.,,s To adapt IL canal
go tb.sn new conditions
""'t ,.,.,,i,...I.rt 10 rebuild
i, ..,.ciaIlv If the. Nicaraguah
,..,,t,. mad hc.u taken. This raises tne
i,t..,...tin,, tuI. -tiOn Of how fdr Il c''i.'''
,,retrtc,ed to-day should anticipate Tx
,.c.de Of rhe future. To coHlllett
et,neud,uIs 4 work as TINS, upon
.,u..ric,n aspirations for nan
,,. t.,.o h...u celt,Trd. only u NM
...d,. ,t,t II was hOp"l"SS!y De
,i,,,,.. ,,.n,ild h.. Il most humble
H'.'' ,rl,a French company
..r, ~, I.,,,,.ru.i on d thirty
'l'' 'i''' ar .,,r,..,.s and eS-
I'' t.,, ,,s.d mon a pro-
''''", ,tt,,v-tiyc f..nt. 1t is
p'9'' ,..r,.,iu NAT something
~ ,n 3d. ,..,il..i ttnu. although
.,....;i. az c,.v.r;,I E,I.lns await fur
,,,,..,.. 'TI.jr study may
g. ,r, ~ g,,f,i,. ;EI,ar-nt de-
,.i.'.i,,,. w. r...l work Of canal
,t
!, .., IT'LL, ,rn,,usc1 ne soon as this
.,,,.t...., h...,n ia attract the attention
~ Ih..,.,y ,nlr,i of engineers entrusted
T.. r-,rry ant this work. that tn" locks
b,. established un Il t"rtN-f""t OASIS
.,lil.. l..,yiug tn. prism Of IN" canal ~
,,i,.i,.,lIy MANNED. M a depth Of thirty
r.i., -. p, d,,,ic. often re-
t,,iI.,i,,,, ,.,ilrn.,d bridges
NAM, ,,,,.,...I, .,, II ,yns ,.cnguiZcd in
,t...,,,..,,,i,.,,,,f tb.. t.bi,;r,, drainage.
:. ,,..,,,,,..j tb.,t the I,ona-
,. o,... ,,.,,, tun
''''' ,,t..r ,ra
wa III. ,,,,,iI H.. .j,htv
,,.,t.. ..,,, ,,ir.tv f..,
), MA, ,,.,t.., TN. ,.,ri,ttnn dt,,. to tluc-
ttHtinrIs III TIM lax" level
liut this whole scheme ihcluhlhe 'hr
number "t locks. tii'' l''htl"iIS ~ MI
dauS and tn" maximum III rom ~
level. IL now under consideration Al
most as a new problem. 1t Is believed
that suhSt initial improvements can b.
u:id. over TIA" line which vas recon-
ru"udrd by the ISthmian Canal COM
mission IN its last study of thu relative
advantag & Of the tWo routes. Til" *
au.lnatiuns which have been MADE
sinc" the new commission assumed
charge lrynlnp III" surprising fact thai
,bn work ar excavation can be don,
,,,,.i,I,r,I,Iv rb.,n.r than had beer
,,.,,,,.,.,,I ..,,J t,.,,r,. II IL Iilselv that :
,.,,,,I ar IT ~, %. +, - can u. construct
ga fnr th,. s,,os vI,ich Congress an,
,r ,,,li,. .,,,,,.,.,I ,..,,,,lJ Ia. ,..,.ase.,r
,n, :, 5f,,, ,.,,.,L II is ,,osst,,I. tha
ID. economies un,v I'm sit,i,t VIII nrov
&, i,,,,,,,t.,,t ,b,t nv, commission vii
d,ci,I, s,ular.Iv for 4n-font cana
from end Ia END. IL harmouize Wit
III. u.w channel in New York harbor
yIld Nifh ~, rsp,r,tious Of other com
m,rctll cities I'm that particular.
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INV tS"i' !" '''e -N.'''' ia" l'e't"' say
"'h III tie''' lou Want hNe iee
'''' ~" :" 'i''' ~ 'S''i' ~ at
''''o '"h, wv Ee' "t"u'iu - q" !, IN
'"''h' WI y" S't'tlg ihiPI"ei
deep waterway " goes almost wlthou
SAYING IS lhuch ptt'er ana SAFER ever
Tor the vessels winch 90 not requtr
fhu'h hrauEh'. as Wen as admitting
Etrse NUMBER that Otherwise could no
enter At All. therefore 40 feet II pos
ripie Is the present ann OF th' com
h.ss'"h.
ne discussion OF TINS subject IN
i"'Seh many CONSIDERATIONS. HoW n
= ny "u's vi the ohiteu states Coy
'''''''' ~ :" 'u' VI l's WAY 70 en-
~ 80 "hutiiVN III shlpnuiidin
WIZ" = S"'''''hihs aNih !" me spec
..t't oNer'"i'ieS III" auto
.' ""' ','e s"'ps mat s
'"0 '""' ',"' any telld
p'c''' ''o' - '''''' ." ,ie Mort
N'''''i. p'ie"tiS h"t. We're IN
go. ~ 'p' "''o,' VIVA, 90 ieet ""uI
g., ,n ,. l',' .h ne ol'iS 'dii,
=. ,,, -, = many N'sse'
', wen W
,,n,,.,,, ~, Ia, iii, =
-, -, LII. iii ~ III,
,ra,,,;,, AZ, D.. :. -
risrr h,s,,oss :, ,,>,,.,so ,,,',a.t :.
~ tho f,t,,a o,,r 60, ,-.,,a.,
constructed win rsru,n,, No. n,,,. ~
s,yo NJ IN. s,;ns aniTr h,,s,nos, o 49,. Va