The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11

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| It is predicted and hoped In ofticia'
circles that the Panama canal Will Oe a
completed and doing business by not S
later than January Is. 1915. Inc ohlS t
item of uncertainty as to the CANA t
heing ready for vessels then rs the t
.ength of time it will require 10 com, {
plete the big locks. These are 10 oe I
900 feet long, 10 feet wide ana pu''' '
IN duplicate to provide for the passing
If vessels going in opposite direc'
tons.
: By this method a series OF locks ana
, huge dams many feet above sea lever
d have to be constructed, the purpose
S ,eine to elevate the largest ocean'go-
d ing vessels a height of 50 feet above
s. sea level at one end Of the canal ana |
II permitting them to drop through the
If sections of the canal, protected ana
d lowered bv the locks to sea Level al
n The opposite end of the canal.
The canal as it is being constructed
~ mas width at the bottom OF SUI 'ee'
II for 25 per cent of its length. fllty
nor cent of the length the width Is
NE 5OO tO 800 feet, and for the remainder
III 600 feet. The locks are practlcalis
tho same AS those in use in the 500
's' canal the latter being almost as large
ID as those being constructed III tho
OF Panama canal Indeed. the 800
M canal has been constructed to carry
vessels fully as large as any that VIII
'he utilize the Panama canal.
80, ,..l The total cost of the Panama cahai
l'' when completed, including interest Oh
on moneys as they are being expended
- cost of sanitation and government
ou the zone and s50.0000Oo paid u
France by the United States govern
u ment is estimated at S3'o'ooo'oo
ny when finally completed. Presloeh
Taft believes. and presents 1acts ah
"s figures to, substantiate his belief ina
SAM q, Goa level canal would have cost a
on: nrovimatelv SAT- 100000 and the
., would not have been so safe nor exp
'o'u ditious in the carrying of vessels
haro the lock plan.
his, Ohe VI 'he l., +ho oonstrr
10 have been confronted In the cohstr.
tion of a sea level canal, were I
. animal freshets of the Changers riV
-. and the streams pouring into IT. IL
NV c+i,oted that even with the me
vi" elaborate and expensive dam facillt
40 = that it would have been possible
construct at the period OF hlgh wa
'p'N' tho canal current would have been
le.st three miles an hour. Inc o.
: "iu ro,to of a sea level canal that '
III MS romn)eted and submitted for appro
}, was coiiipie.e' INV ,I orrv.trres in
.noD. canal much more frequent than III
iiuo' in tho Suez canal By the eXper'e
'"' og vessels IN the Suez canal II Is
""' timated that in a current or this
nooi' ,octv in the Panama canal OF d
is dis loei's ~ tho donoer To the
w 'lo sells would have been such tha'
mo ~ MERGE would have been delayed
lolc ~ siderable portion of the year. ID
u 'nVo tion to this would have been the
toward cr,tv Of the larger vessels pas
chose eu'.' ,,,,o IN motion Being
wonder GOV, without one of them
Ut lh'o ming and tying up would nave De
MOWERS oonstant cause of delay OF sci
,hrousn oonsooueuce in the rapid handlln
ON the Ionsos
- ond traffic. ..
iie anu Considerable of the recent crit'
ring of ' ,N.,. non,, &C It is being pu
closely Vi 'he ~, .,oa oroeo &c the resu
Devils Tho sliding after an excessively |
u NV rain fall of a part OF the pahk
ie' gray catuu dam. The whole mass tina
liu VI e" in this way was not more tna
ie' "on feet across, and nothing more IN
sh"' - ordinary slide. Similar shoes
lie .1,., -. frequently in the construction o
a'li.uu0' road banks and similar oper
'du oeen where the banks are not proper
anu eh0 apced and do not have the
, slope.
The material taken out OF the
vation contains great deal {
one mas which as Is we'll known, is 81
scarce q II is the positive statement OF
'tyard or dent Taft, as well as Vi 'ne ~
;.0 NOR. ENGINEERS engaged in the Wor
~ future slides Of this nature
ntly filled 'u'uie aaains,
u''e The ulany public improveme
the Aba - Nv the Panama COVE
er waters and the establishment OF ne"
: them IN ,ries OF which note is consta
can fling ing made, render Of signlhca
t, and ex tact that in the dlsbursen
the crea- moneys for 1909. public We
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