The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-28
FHE PANANA CANAL
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To TIE EpIToR or INV suN--Sn nave
recently received an interesting eommunlca'
tiou from q man VINO Tor years oirecteo I'M"
portant departments OF ToIh AZ rAhanla.
He quotes the aaRacious remark OF another
tsthmtan engineer mere nAs etosh w IN
Panama circles eomeWhas % = ..uuenoy 10
monopoliSe pAVtiottsu en1 SL "
oticth designs, means. meshoob ehu nlapsFe'
ment. Dissent or . olneIeus poine ~
TOO often haleu Nltn cIieso hheuhes VI 'pe
oanaiT MY irleno tnep Bove on IVY
that unless theIe ~ eVIs t.el' tHpIoNe
ment the cost oil the oenal xnh b.ea''y eaeeeu
the original appropriation ne poIn,n put 'nHC
since ones Nbei enefsy On the is'hthus "
depieteo ~ per cent. oy the cI,nate. no"neIe
In the world 70 tnere Iess enioieres peI "s"
than ~ fenanA; ~ l1eon u
caYhIloh stI6ineu ~ !. ~ dn,hied "a -
force on the isthmus must De oouoieu. shu !,
the rate mainteiheu throukn W my ~
ioOe-O1 " v take y" seare W 'ui'N ~
canal.
nave also recently reoeINeu W,
Bunau' NariIiA Icmei entnheeI wv pe
Leesepel' a copy Oh ms pAper Iesu H"I. "lutvs
pelote the lnon1on' ouole's " -
ne gives q detailed statenlenv VI H. .he az
tons OF the universal SohpAny ~ mSt
uhree years 10 aaAusrs /. ,''H; "m
the very consloersoie "oIA VI heSaiaton.
no less than so'VVo,VvO cuOac sa,u' nau
excaVated. January d. leeo, eAse y.
Bnnau-Narhla. rhie = vas S snnadtnn
OF tne company J heu = = .o,oi -
In the auanuty OF "orA eAecu'eu = .,
100000 cubic metres q month .Snl1n ~
. gong .imo . 49, %a,rss ~ saz ooo onh,c
ducing l,Oo7.s2 CUBIC metres u'SS''ooV Cubic
yards during the month OF 1Ghusty. me
work was interrupted at the ene OF 1905 Ine
total cubic volume executed o! the DeLessepS
company amounted then to I2,oOo'oOo CUBIC
Is.hn,i.n C.naI CommissIon In MS reports Of
80 Ia 900 rhIch oorresnopds IN an aver
lbOl anu ibVo nv -
aee cuD.c monthly INV ~ ~ sTsc,ivs worry
r. ~ e.. ,,,,s, he sdded about 5000. 600
a,hso "a srec,t al nv the new Panama
San.I Comn.ny hetwcpn 1904 and 1904. the
vssr rhsn me American Government pur-
cchssoS tha canal
ot this Quantity e1osyated by the French
covnsnv the commission estimated thiIt
30 aas 90, o,h,o vords could he utilized in the
@Sev,Lan st'ths american mans. From II a
80 ~ NJ or Rlsck in behalf Of the com
$500 .nok ever tho work in MAY of 1904
-" S-~..,r ~ ,oo7 the a,nount NJ
.sS..Jn, a.ide frofn the work OF installa-
90" III ~ msrnIae.nt sanitary achieve
sIon y - nv = nno ooo cuhic Yards To
49, ,ncs ~. ,o,ai .rcayat,on Ia nearly
> ona nco o,,h,o vsrdS In other words. for
800. A.. 60 nSonths ~ Ion7 the monthly
= "s' r." snnroyimately 10000 cubic
n.sda' ha,f NJ rho hest . rate attained
Snth ~. T.oas onmnsny
~ All ,ooa ~ shor,s reported 10 Score
.tn r., ~, h.1inring With ,July a rate Of
.% az 40 nrh;o ysras a month would he
i.voJ.o Thov.h IT. nro6hecv has not
49, I'JeI.S ,hs accelerstion during the
-, 49,. nnoo,h. ~ ne rstc ~ nrogress has
y 49,, so,i.sscthry The 6oures.
'en cybt, ,.ard,.
January. 1907. 5000
February Cs working days. '"'''.'.''''' S%'e y
hsrnn' 1887
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2'soo.lll
These figures are not mere estimetee DUO
are based on cross section measurements
1t is to be noted also that the excellent snow
ing of April was made IN spite OF the en-
barrassments incident 10 a change oil ad-
ministration and the beginning OF the rainy
season.
How long, at the rate OF a million cuolc
yards a month-a rate that VIII very soon De
exceeded-will II take 70 dig the canal! Inc
time OF constructions II is conceaeo. Is con
ditioned upon the time II WIZ take 70 nnlsh
the Culebra excavation mile $3.50 TO Mile