Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-30

btg ocean steamship they look like
nov In use i'm New York harbor \
four-mile breakwater is being thrown
out Co one OF the smah oHsHo'.
islands not on account of storms tpi
they seldom blow on this coast anu
ro,-er vim amy violence. but Oh pre-
vent shoaling OF the channel llon.
sUtc1rrying cross currents. nag
breaI,Watcr BE- wen toward conpi'i''I
..Thc most peculiar thing OF a.l
about the Pacific end OF the '',"'
as compared with the AtanAc. PSI 'n"t
here tho tide has daily rise ana lol
of from 90 to o." feet II rect "u'Nt
and N feet below mean water Ihal
means nothing. as far as "a lock canaI
fs concerned. except that the 'Uu-
foot channel will be- given % utp'N
fou feet greater than That OF the
Atlantic entrance. To- allow TOT 'n
passage Of deeply-laden vesses at
thb tide.
"rbe rea, ditch-digging part of the
y,orl, is at what has come To nc SHOWN
ne mo CuIebra cut, extending Tor lhe
nine miles from BIAS Obispo lu I'ai"
Miguel Here tha range ul inc CORFU
Iaras. which is the connecting -nh n,-
tween the Andes and the t'cNl'-' I'h4
down 90 only q little more than s.' lr,'
above sea level ON lhe I"'Ii.
the Stone is sudden, uW ina Al"N-.'
r9trs. more gentle. but in the u.ro-ul''
/ thf,Hua4a of the range there was ODD lh"
FIRST pIlc. a. whole l1t of maternal 10
b.. taken There IS yct-uul NOT SD
/ much
.Ret,,peu the cut and the Gatun dam
there vil have TO De .iil.' ,N,', i.rlir.
/ merely tHc i'll.IE "l 'l " ~
| here ihu lH.'t i,,'l NV 49, ....t,t ,,,iias
! unen'ai .lop.. 'l '' ., by. ,,, Jiprinr
/ boo from t0tun lh'te "l'i "' i,' go
/ at aU lh "..I 49,, ,'4 , good deal
/ ol Oh" mus 'h' I.,",'' ' 80. most
! of excayatue WhlcE Nll rl'' .i.s ~
/ useful But for ah OF ta' 81 e.,
| what Will Doe open IaI, '", ,ig.
/ aU iutcut- finished. Iht h'Iu.s
| eiug here was simpler 'N,H '',''
| worl. ou several cintls NHl''. ."' -
| built iu the eastern states H''
| ID .otuis of rivers Co control rivers
] which would rise higher than ln' 'l.'"'
] excavations. but 30 was only i'' WV
] .r f..o or three feet. and that was sum
I id.
..q-ilo key-plc.es OF thc whole cana
.,.. +ba dams and loct--tne dam ana
| double flight at Mir1llor' Nl'
! siurIc-ift lock at Ptdr" NllsA'I. "'..'
..,.,-'. t.,p b,th of these the great dam
.r4 trIpfs Hipnt of locks 900 Gatun.
| .Gatuu fs the Atlantic water ttl'-
! ,,.,,. 81 thc isthmus. Here 10 l5 il'l
| t,., arr three gond-siZcd riNers-'h'
| f,I..s.rla and tho tiatuUcIilf tlN T'N .
III ,ttors-pour in together ana
| a,t ,ut between two low-Nine
| ,..,,..., ~ mills into tine Caribbean
.... .... ,,,,r. ,,rto>.
NATURE 3 ''-'i '''-'''
..p.,D.,,r G,fln tho country spreads
c.,. miles of BOG and swamp and
'..l ,.,'.,..,.s tlp tsrritlr, which viii
$50, t,. nod of the now lake. Nature
+1 n.rl1, have designed a. better
49, co.. , ,iepntic dam and suillway
III . oiott of locks.
''',. $500. Zinc Z 500 feet between those
i,y- r9prc. the dam is being
-, I'd. IAN, ms feet high and over
r,t-5 81 "a milo thick at it's base
tt,t,,,, NOR. or loss than a big. easy
i't,I ,,a,.,l,- across the valley. II Is
,il t,t,.,' ~, largest nor the most spec
ir dsr, over constructed, but
-, ,.,.,, stand tbcrc aud tool, 70 over
a.. '.,,,,. me "a prcttv big proposition
irh,t no 81 rock and earth viii have
I If only SIS feet of water
-, % and that for but about 500
go 80 its t,pptb but 20 viii hold %
~. th.. ,rea or which will Dee over