The San Francisco call., 1905-03-04
A SEA LEVEL CANAL.

II VERIFYING concerning the Panama OF intense
Pacific and the whole trade of the Pacific
IL lock level canal has
been decided by the engineers OF the commission in favor OF the
level waterway We believe that this will be satisfactory to this
country ali the nations concerned in deep trade The
will be about $2ooOooo but this will finally be taken by
the superior economy operation over the lock system An expert
has shown that the dredging and cutting for
plan prove costly will
bring clearly within the capacity OF resources without any
strain upon the national finances.
The engineers mindful of the experiences had the Suez canal
point built level future enlargement easily be
This done the Sue If lock canal be built the
ent become necessary the wholly
and while this is going the of the will be
ened wdened with interruption of its The difference
between level and lock canal of 60 feet summit
S262oo and be IS feet summit the level ditch will
So4oo The expenditure is ushhabe in view
Of the results be attained by it, and the Government will not find
much opposition the level plan.
expected the work will require twelve in execution
years and presented
such difficulties in cutting as are the shmus of
While the Suez canal when begun took less than
complete had been contemplation for Canal
work in Egypt attracted the attention II
Nile the Red Sea by canal which would
undertaken by Haroun Raschd the great
ap cotemporay Of Charemagne actually projected the Suez
canal practically upon its present lines But the constructive energy
the Paraohs diverted pyramid building and the great
and abandoned In those days the nations did not well
The of treaties regulate the use of such facility for COM
The great figure history take the subject of the
Bonaparte who had his great plans IN the East
upied maturing until 1854 His plan for tide level
opposed by English who insisted summit and
together treaty Finally the Frenchman and the
work began in 1860 and was finished in October 1869
OF great improvements machinery since then
engineering has gained much the trve years
since De ess finished his great work to begin greater in his
fail His plan for the Panama canal level
But he baked by the of cutting due to the machin
appliances disposal Progress has changed
which he operated and improved devices enable
the economical execution of which in his time
appalling He stopped the Cuebra Our American engineers
put appliances that and the results confirm
in the conclusion that only level canal should be built
The De Leseps failure the impulse success AS
gather while the work entirely probable that
ingenuity will add the efficiency of the machinery
that further economy time and cost will be possible
The of the Suez canal dug sand about Ioooooooo
the twelve at cost OF S2oooooooo
greater will justify the greater cost IT be distributed to
the work will be only SI6666666
felt If avoid until and
greatest peace, complete OF
the OF canal bonds this be
will been attained by other nation
bought franchise and the work already done and paid
Panama accumulated surplus the and
without issuing bonds and interest the effect
upon financial position the world will not be the least OF the
benefits that will from the canal