The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-22


Of excavation The Other 1nd b 10s xsss,
pD eaaa 81 t p.2, sGsa seoiS.on
The lake formed BY the erection Of the b.
GGmbos damwi have surface Of ~ : sS%s r
miles at zoo feet Of elevation. II would hold
d many times the quantity Of earth v9 9ro Te
ssh svsHE oot the canal into shs e.
II may b stated tina. the quantity Of Of sa IT.
PaTSi,o flight Of locks 70, the srsns aa
%sBt r. 81 f. sS;sS
e 500 !.es. T Sss mas mas. q 5000 ooo suG
sx a:s' ~ :aeasSs
sssi fss ~ s!sssi .s%s :.ss
sssiy vii lRsts't ret sss sns
snisa seS Fl FL. 'h sostiop
S. DUMPING aisP IL ths 6 3. n9e Ests
's Ss = SIT, e sss
sd%ss ds .ssSs Ic ssa g. .SS$
outside Of 70 NAVIGATION, channel ard: after
Gamboa Lake and iT Simply unic.d themselves
o.7so sos ID .s. "a ss sss e
hand Of man to handle The, ground and e.
@eshs slssYs @e.h Syd simple
The extreme simplicity Of ns so MlfI ~
:o ws ~ y h H. st I'll,
long, would dispose In seven yesTs Of II: No..
sss.s WIS., So fsss
ssss yid re- e
iatlons sre made L be one rsteTed
sy shsn t sDssaHs q q s' iaSs
"a: + : Aess :' and pDssCsos osDsois1 q
~. r. :s ef =. BUCKET: .sS,S
possT 81 the e t ss s % os % hss s
The output Of the, eight dredse. would
e? hour -Four ;sos. only. hsidlns 30 oS SSd2
a S4as 4 i1, 1osd hsz s "a,
:sts. ,gs
u%m, lsys * "a: m b. hs tshi III Ss
S sT:f e, l:msn ssss1 fs ~.
sea level ps canal. and, ike ne channa i.sli
WI remain completely independent OF tnese
The water necessary to lift tho scows 70 the
asd the w farm eny
send From N The lsEs into ,hs summit ie7ei II
0'H r.. e 9o hssa channel and the v..er
secra.ed to International nayteation VIII.
therefore. remain entirely free from the works
The traGsiormation in, I'VE years: Il the
bottom width Y Or N feye i o gea.s
$780, which viii have to be eIc4vated by steam
on Fss . sa ss Es
i formstIon Is deeid ID. and that he ground
also remembered that the excavation between
Bohio and obispo. on the Atlantic SIDE. ard
summit level has been brought down 10 eeva-
This will only mean an addition Of d,edser.
eight dredgers working between obispo and
Paraiso. the only conseQ uence OF which would
be TO increase the number OF scows passing
through the lock joining the summit level and
al9 s aboye The necessities Of such trans-
portation.
VHI.-Cost Of tho Change 20 Sea Level.
The conversion Of the original canal into
srsss cost 81 S
than would result from the immediate exca-
walton Of the sea Level pa ,Sa e., .,.r.
elevation 1870 which has to be removed By
steam snovels on rails the conditions would
be identical with those to be met to-day Il tho
ordered. In fact it would be the more easy part
Of the sea level plan excavation. the part
all the Inconvenience which will attend
excavations by dry process below this water
The price per, unit Of this part Of tho ex-
cavation will then certainly be below the
average price Of the total cut per unit II exc
first eI and Very important part Of the eGc.va:
ton we can therefore state that there will
be economy on the average price actually
supposed to cover the expenses per cubic
What Of the expenses for the ground below
its Transporting and it's dumpins'
Under the plans actually, contemplated
the ground. whether soft or hard. would be
shoRs. on By and ns Sdd By ey
the dumps as far as ~ miles. In the process
we recommend the operations will be the
machines instead Of by machines WORKING
on rails. There is an enormous and obvious
superiority in the power OF floating exca-
waiting and transporting apparatus, com.
pared with the similar ones rolling on tracks.
They require an infinitely smaller number
OF men. they are freed from all the Incidents
and :, accidents inherent to a vast system Of
locomotives. where the hand Of man, has
continuously to collsborate, with the machine.
No. ccIdents such as derailments. light land
slides. heavy rams, can AFFECT their work.
Their power Is infinitely greater, because
machnes on rails are necessarily limited in
their SCOPE by the incapac city Of tracks to sup
port a too heavy load.
An of which in public works means sim
plicity and power. economy in expenses and
QuIckness in work.
!, | do not wish 70 insist. but am confident
for those unfamiliar with the Isthmian CON
ditions. tho nferiorty, OF the colored labor
on the white man, which makes it still more
crease the action OF machines and TO de-
crease that Of man. If tho price Of e1oayat-
vastly inferior by the system hereinbefore
developed compared with what would result
from the best plan OF dry excavation OF the
tots! cut. on the contrary the price OF lining
which cannot be found to the credit OF the
The larger part nerhaps nine-tenths =,