The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-31
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The practical question for ail sections
~ the country and particularly f!r the
South. hpoause ~ IL geographical relation
ship n the Panama Canal IL, how long
shall ~ wait before VIZ can enter upon tho
period ~ development which the opening
of the canal will bring tu tho country
u am not surprised that European
count ries are indifferent ia The early 'otn-
plotion ~ thi- canal am not surprised
that they are indifferent ~ Ia how much
this canal may cost our Government
am not surprised that they can vtow calmly
an indefinite. postponeinent 81 this great
waterway. They are neither paying tho
bills nor will their and industries
suffer by waiting for the completion OF this
undertaking
Il am surprised that those who are
supposed To represent the best interests
Of the American people should try TO throw
obsta cles in the way Of realizing the benefit
Of this work at the earliest possible date
When we get a better canal for le-s money
and receive the benefits ourselves. why
wait why make II a heritage To our children
with the possibility Of their being deprived
Of its benefits through some unforeseen
contin genoy? | have spoken of a gull
Now, how wide that gulf shall he depends
on the people. Do you want TO reap the
benefit OF this undertaking yourselves. or
do you want to transmit n hope OF IL to your
children. or your children's children?'
In the preceding part OF the address MIR.
Shonts had told why he believed the lock
canal was the best, and spoke Of the dis
advantages and dangers OF Il sea-level
type. One Of the things he said was that
il the canal were built along the lock plans
adopted by the minority of the engineers
and advocated by the Cana Commission,
it would be open for traffic in 1918. Branch
ing out from a discussion of the lsthmus
as a market for Southern manufactures
and supplies, Mr.. Shonts said:
But, gentlemen. between the time Of sell
ing your supplies which will enter into the
construction of this canal and the period
when the opening OF the canal will result
in the development Of your country, a gulf
is fixed. How great and wide that gulf IL
will depend upon the type selected.
The present commission believes that
the type of canal the people Of this country
want Ia the one which will provide adequate
and safe passage for the largest vessels
on the seas and which can be constructed
In the quickest time and at the least cost
The commission recommendation in other
words. has been based on the idea that what
the people van is the nearby practical
rather than the remote ideal.
1T has therefore recommended the con-
struction OF an eighty-fve DOT level lock
canal, for the reasons that. first, in its judg-
ment, it can be completed for about half the
cost and in half the time Of the So called
sea level canal second. because i will be
adequate for all the which can
be reasonably expected to seek that route
during the next $50 years; third, because
if the tonnage should increase beyond
such expectation it can be enlarged more
cheaply and more quickly than the so-called
sea level canal fourth, because, from the
operating point OF view large ships can be
put through more safely and more quickly
thar through the sea level; fifth, because
when the interest on the difference in cost
OF construction is added to the cost Of OPP
Grating the saving to the Government
every year will be 81, $40, 900.
THE so-called sea level canal is a deep.
narrow, tortuous gorge, through which
large ships cannot pass, even according
to the estimates of the men who recon-
than four miles an hour, and which will
contain at times, according to the same
authority, a current in one direction of
two and six-tenths miles an hour. | ven
as large ships will, 40 per cent, Of the prism
through which it will pass, can navigate
at that speed, with hat current, safely
under It's own steam.
"The lock canal, on the other hand, as
recommended by the minority Of the con-
sulting board and Endorsed by our oom-
mission, will have t~hirty-five miles of free
lake navigation, 80 that the difference in time
of putting large ships through the locks
will be more than Offset by their speed
through the lake portion Of their trip,
which is more han two-thirds Of the entire
length of the canal
Mr.. Shonts then discussed the capacity
Of the canal il constructed along the lines
outlined in the minority lock canal recon-
mendation, and spoke of the manner in
which the canal could be enlarged in the
event, at some time in the future, il should
become inadequate to handle the traffic.
MORGAN THREATENS CROMWELL.