Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-03-26

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suez Canal may be recNoned as one o'
the most stupendOu3 feats of modern
engineering II wos through the energy
and talent oT that n,slcriui and euiin
,nt French engineer Monster Ferdln.
and Lessons. that n waterway from
the Mediterranean 10 the Red Sea ha.
beon so snccpssfully accomplished.
fms oIlowipr shius Of luga tonn1g
ia mass through the deso.t without
having 10 make tho tcI.ous ana cir.
,uitous uossap. by way OF the Cape of
Good Hone.
After Damietta has been passed.
rne's attention Is drawn to the mag.
pidccnt lighthouse erected on the low.
living sandy strip which guards the
Mediterranean entrance to the canal
The masts OF Arab Nile boats can be
uloinly seen and II Is evident that Eu
rome is now behind aud thnt we are
on the threshold of Asia.
Port Said has been lastly or unjust.
~ termed The Sink of the Universe"
IL is certainly most cusmopnlitan
town and n very vicious one. AS the
shin comes to an anchor AM the gang.
ways are Iet down. a motley crowd of
naItesese. Italians Arabs and Asia
ties of almost every denomination
swarm upun the deck ana begin Il very
aggressive though highly amusing cam.
uaign of barter in n perfect Babel OF
voices. AS the shin has 10 take on a
rupply Of coal and install the electric
scarchllght In the prov In order that
she may proceed through the canal by
night. advantage is taken of the few
hours delay by going ashore. To many
the Casino affords uarhans the great.
,,t attraction. as rs evidenced by the
,py vacant ulaces round the roulette
tables. II one shCud have the luck
ia win II Is advisable 20 30 ON board
M once MS bolduus a.c of rreuul lt
occurrence. A ride around the towa
on ono of Tho many dunkoyg. whogr
,wuers have christcuod them with
sucb high. sounllng n,mcs as Mrs
Lapgtry" princess Henry" and even
.Mr DooIpv." is both novel and anus
ing
,,hn coolIur is done Nv wnmen rs
wei, MS by men AMI In very adrolt
mon,ar II IL truly wonderfu
thourIt unchiyalraus sight 10 see thes,
Arab women CARRYING the helvily.iil.et
baskets pc,,sed gracefully upon theil
heads up tie narrow glngways. tn,
while laughing ami Joking amon.
themselves without apparently feclin,
any fatigue whatever.
/, Il not my intention Ia touch upoI
the construction aud present workin.
of the canal in this brief article. SUI
flee II tu mention a few facts. Con
siderable help was afforded the engi
ncers ut the outset by the severa
large deEressiJns In certain parts o
the desert through which the can II HI.
been constructed. Lake MenzalCh
near Port Said was particularly help
fuI, rs also was the region near thu
present town of lsmailii, now on Ln'l
rimsah whereby some five miles wa
practically saved. Tho Bitter Lakes
twenty.three miles In length. however
afforded perhaps the greatest saving o
labor These two latter depression
were quite dry before the waters o
the Red Sea ana Mediterranean com
mingled reducing the actual distance
Of cuttings to about siXty-siX miles.
The total length Of the canal 4
about Cighty-eight miles, of whicl
fourteen miles were made by dredgin.
depressions. while eight miles reQuir
ed practically no work. The cost o
this immense undertaking was approx
imately 500 600 200. including the en-
frances to Suez and Port Said. As on
would naturally suppose In this deser
region, the great problem of supplyini
the vast labor force with drinking wa
ter had To be solved, making It I'm
pcratlyc 10 construct fresh waite
canal from Cairo to Ras-el-Wade
thence 10 Suc2, from which place
feeder branch was thrown out to Is
MALTA. whence a supply was, ana still
IL. pumped TO Port Said.
70 enc who has never passes
through the canal the oyer-varyin
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