Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-02-24

enced ~engineers; but having determined
to put through the Improvement, Ii
ought not 30 be done by fits and starts.
but II ought TO be done as one job, and
provision for its completion ought to
be made by the issuing of bonds, uniese
the current revenues afford a sufficient
amount to complete II within an eco
ncmicai time.
This statement has peculiar appli
cation TO the river and harbor bill
which now has passed In the House
There the Ohio River improvement, u
cost sea, 900, 060. is entered upon, and an
appropriation made for its continuing
The amt thing is true of the improve
ment OF thu Mississippi from ST. Pau
TO st. Louis. and the same river from
81. Louis to Cairo; and of the Missouri
River from Kansas City TO st. Louis
These projects seem to be warranted
by the traffic in sight.
Dneiis ON Canal Cost.
while | am dealing with the Pana
ma Canal, however. / ought to refer
to the Discrepancy between the esti-
mated cost OF the enterprise and tho
actual cost as VIC are now able to fig
IL with very considerable accuracy With
IN four or FIVE wears OF it's completion.
The estimated cost OF the engineering
ana construction OF the canal was $780,
f00. 900. It's actual cost for engineer
ing and construction will be 1927 600. 900,
ia. increase OF about $159, 700,0 900. This
increase Is to be explained first by the
very great appreciation in the cost of
labor and material between the time
when the estimate was made in 1900
n -. Nc ff-o. -.4,1.| kt,. x,tD~l xxa e d..f4A.
between 1904 aud 1900. Second, by the
fact that the canal has been enlarged
substantially beyond the original di-
mansions estimated for. You know
that the great work OF excavation in
the canal is called the Culebra Cur.
This Is where the backbone Of the con-
t,nent reduced TO IT'S lowest height is
cut through in order to permit the How
ing Of the canal; and through five miles
Of that cut. which altogether is about
nine miles long, for purposes Of econ
only the original plan and estimate
made the bottom of the canal in the
rock 200 feet wide. This would not
enable Two Of the largest steamers to
pass each other in the canal with any
degree Of safety, and would require
that one Of them should tic. up TO the
E3 fais xphiin fharH rti,ap Nratat nv Tn
order "a awo,d this delay T., that part
~ tho canal Il hes hsey +norgbts rrise
to i,crsase ths hofto,,, y.,dtb fron, ooo
To aoo sent 81, r,oco ara IN ataria,
that Of conrsa males the chance most
exne,sive % zoe IN order that tba
canal NAV 10 adantad N tbe Iaryoat
sizo NJ stean,ar. nossihla tna dineeo-
Sions of tnn siv iocps i,s vol bee, IN
craasaa fr,,n, en0 eaat ne, ,,,e ie,,1tt law.
90 feet width ia oo0 Teet, ,,sab,e
length, and 10 feet width. This was
done at the instance OF The Navy De-
partnlent on the ground that they could
look forward in the future and sec vos-
sells of a beam exceeding 100 feet.
1T has also been ound NECESSARY 10
change the character OF the canal on
tho Pacific side from O lake with a dam
and locks on the shore of the Bay OF
panama TO u sca-leyel canal running
four miles inland, so as to remove the
locks four miles inward and Beyond the
possible reach of the guns of an enemy
In Panama Bay. These two changes
also have added very considerably TO
the cost.
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