El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-16


that cotton center 10 compete with the
Before the canal was built the large
manufacturer were leaving Manches-
ter for Glasgow and elsewhere, but
since then many Industries nave been
started and 10000 houses have been
built TO accommodate the incoming
people.
The city has constructed great docks
there In the heart Of the land. and
these have a water space Of 25S acres.
while the length of the Quays Is more
than five miles. There are large ele-
vators built By Chicago men, filled
with grain which has been flOated
down our great lakes and across the
Atlantic There are warehouses for
American cotton; and American meat
Is brought In BY the shiplOad.
The Big Waterways Of Holland.
i look flying trip to Europe this
last summer and ran through some Of
the main canals Of Belgium, Holland
and Germany. Holland is known as
the land OF canals. 1t has big ones and
little ones The whole country Is cut
up BY water 1t is only about as big
as Massachusettss but its naviga bic
reach from New York TO san Fran
cisco, and almost back TO Chicago.
There are altogether about 5000 miles
OF them. including the North sea canal
Wnlen connects Amsterdam with the
Nortn sea This is about rs miles long,
geo or 500 feet wide and so feet deem.
Amsterdam has also q canal connect
ing IL with the Rhine, and there are
numerous canals which make it pos
slple 10 reach every part OF the cOun-
try BY barges.
Rotterdam is cut UP by canals. and
II Is fast becoming one Of the great
ports OF the world, having canal con-
necripn with Belgium and Germany.
and also reaching Germany by the
Rhine I went from Belgium to Hol-
land BY canal, making a trip that way
passed through one Old-fashioned lock
after another, the locks being moved
by quaint Dutchmen in caps. round
abouts and bulbous pantaloons- Pretty
banks, ana at every stop they brought
fruit and knicknacks 70 sell to the
passengers
The New German Canals.
Germany has recently been building
canals TO connect its great rivers. Its
people are the best traders and the
best manufacturers on earth. and they
realize the value OF cheap water trans
which connect the Elbe and the Oder.
and the system viii eventually en-
brace the Rhine and the Weser One
can go from Hamburg to Berlin by
canals IN eastern Germany, the names
Of which are not known in the United
states. The present plan is TO stand
ardize this canal system. making il so
mat oarges OF thousand tons can be
taken 70 any part Of the country.
The Kaiser's Big Ditch.
And this brings me TO the big ditch
the kaiser dug I refer to the canal at
kiel, which gives his men-or-war a
short cut 10 the ocean out from the
Baltic. This canal is so miles long. F.
and IL cost 100000 to build Ii has
reduced the time from sea TO sea about /
two days, and. has for all practical pur-
poses made the Baltic a German lake. {
The canal has locks at each end which I
control the tides and these are so for 4
tried that the navy of Germany can I
pass in and out through then, ~
other shi~s can be kept out.
The harbor at kiel is excellent and ]
II forms base for the German navy
It Is II miles long, and, In places. four /
miles IN width. Except near the shore
he water is 40 feet deep. The kaiser
has built great forts here. and he has [
Try docks ana shipbuilding yards. so
ions chief military assets.
Frank G. Carpenter.