Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-07-17

work except the picking up. So is
the ancient drudgery removed 'FRONT.'
the farmers; shortens his days labor,
leaving reasonable hours by the i'm
proved kerosene, gasoline or acetyl,
enc gas or electricity to read his
daily paper left at his door by
rural delivery, and lelsurely to en-
Joy the society of his family while
the children make music on the or
gan and piano. No occupation af-
eords better opportunity for the en-
joyment of rational happiness, than
the farmers life, with the flies and
mosquitoes screened out Of house in
summer, with storm windows and
double doors to retain in winter the
comfortable warmth generated by.
the furnace and hot water or steam
heater. i @ss, a5 u S5$
s The life blood Of the world beats
quicker and men are inn patient of
every obstacle that may cause delay
lin the movements OF trade. Cities
are tearing down 8 to 5 story build,
ings and erecting n their stead ~,
|16, 20 and up to "a stories high
The streets cannot afford room for
passage by ordinary means, by troll
] ley, stage or cab for the multitudes
having business in these sky-scrap-
ers; and elevated roads and sub.
ways became absolute necessities to
provide means Of Transports ton OF
passengers. "a; N v s3 III
The Welland canal opened naviga:
1 ton for small vessels around Mia.
CARA Falls from Lake Erie to Lake
Ontario. It is q 81 miles long, 16o
fleet wide and, Is feet deep, with q
locks giving 327 feet descent, and
;Iships can pass from Chicago through
n Lakes Michigan and Superior, the
Sioux st. Marie canal Lakes Huron
Isl. Clair. Detroit River, Lake Erie
Welland canal, Lake Ontario, st
Lawrence river and by ocean to the.
British Islands, Europe, Asia and
Africa and the rest Of the world.
The Liverpool and Manchester ,shiI
canal makes MANCHESTER seaport
town with its great manufacturing
establishments and population q
$50, 900. The canal was begun in
! 1889 and finished in 1894. is 50
miles long, 26 feet deep and cost
i SIS, 600, 900. There, is q ship canal
! three y miles long connecting the
4 Aegeah sea and the Gulf Of Corinth,
and another through schleswig Hol.
stein connecting the Baltic and North
seas. Through the Suez canal and
the Red Sea the Mediterranean sea
was Joined to the Indian ocean, SO
4 miles long, including 81 miles OF
small lakes, at a cost of ninety mil.
I1ion dollars, and is. through low
sand ground. It was at bottom y
feet wide and rs feet deep, but the
large traffic caused it to be widened
4 and Edeepened. It was finished In
1859. In its construction Ferdinand
| De Lesseps its chief engineer reach
ed worldwide fame. He didn't
jsigh because there were no more
isthmuses to conquer but turned his
latttention to Panama, formed q
company, surveyed and laid out the
listhmus for sea level canal, acquir-
Ted the concession that had been OBJ
tanned from the Colombian Republic
and begun it's construction. Great
quantities of machinery were brought
,ver 1000 buildings built and 70, 600
coo cubic yards Of earth and rock e :s'i
cavated Il
The unhealthy condition Of the
Iisthmus caused the death OF immense
numbers Of workmen and enfeebled
Others; miasmatic and yellow fev-
ers prevailed, the funds 100000, 900
were all exhausted or diverted n to
other purposes and the work IN
1889 was suspended and In 1893 De
iLesseps and others were sentenced IT.
10 prison for fraud. A new com
4 pany formed and more funds sub
scribed in October 1894 but as the
death Of De Lesseps occurred soon :
after in December the work was not
vigorously resumed.
Negotiations for the purchase OF
the canal were opened bySPresident
Roosevelt with the French company,
ard an application made. to Column
bia for concession of the canal zone
in case Of the purchase by the y. s.,
which application was denied by
| Columbia. Thereupon Panama de-
clared it's independence Of Colon bla
and established a republic which
was promptly recognized by the u
J S. and the desired concession obtain
ed in consideration of $1O, 100000
i paid to the new republic and an an
uual payment thereafter of $25O, ooo.
The u S. paid the French Co. saw
900 600 and went into possession IN
n 19O4 and John F. Wallace was ap-
pointed chief engineer, resigned June
I19O5. Three years after were spent
under John F. Stevens, native OF
i Maine, as chief engineer in prepara-
Ition for beginning the work OF con-
lstruction. Of the 215O buildings
erected by the French, 1887 were re-
paired and utilized. The value OF
! the French machinery was estimated
at 81 ,OOO, 0O0; later inventions having
rendered large quantities Of the ma