The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-10-10


showing the Atlantic coAst-line from
Boston to Beaufort, it will be seen at
once that its configuration is such as
to invite the construction of the inter-
connecting canals. Cape Cod bay,
Long Island Sound, New York bay,
the Delaware river, and the long
reaches of Chesapeake bay, Albemarle
sound, and Pamlico sound already at
ford several hundred miles of protect
ed waterway, far removed from the
coast-line, which, if connected by
canals, would afford a continuous in
terror route, protected alike against
the shoals and heavy gales of the At
lantic and against attacks by the ships
of hostile navy.
las the result of several years of
earnest work on the part of the var
ious commercial interests, shipping
and otherwise, congress authorized
the army engineers to make surveys
and estimates to determine the FEAST
DiiAtS VI ehS oSlSlllS, SoilSlucltu DIS dll
engineering proposition; the prospects
of a sufficiently large amount of traf-
fic to warrant the cost of its con-
struction; the naval and military adj
vantages of the canal in the event of
war, and the best size and type of
canal to meet all the conditions, pres
ent and future"
With regard to that part of the route
that parallels the Gulf of Mexico. Cas-
sier's Magazine New York, Sept
prints an article entitled "A Dream
Come True" part of which runs as fol-
lows:
One of the greatest projects in wa
terway development that has been
promulgated in the United States is
the Intercoastal Canal extending from
the Mississippi river through the coast
sections of Louisiana and Texas to the
mouth of the Rio Grande river.
The canal is now open to navigation
from New Orleans to the Mermentau
~ - ~ thol otdlS, oillu lIOiH SIdlN6SlOU
to Arkansas pass and Corpus Christi
in Texas. Appropriations have been
made for the canal from the Mermen-
tau River in Louisiana to the Sabine
river which will connect the same with
the channel already completed from
the Sabine river to Port Arthur and
Sabine pass.
"A hearing has recently been held
by the board of engineers of the Unit
ed States army, and undoubtedly a
favorable report will be made on that
section connecting Port Arthur with
Galveston; also hearing is soon to
be held to consider a portion of the
Corpus Christi-Brownsville section,
from Corpus Christi to Baffin bay. If |
these two latter sections are APPROX
ed and appropriations made by con-
sress for same, then there will be left
only that portion Of Corpus Christi to
Baff1n bay section extending from Baf-
Tin bay to the mouth of the Rio Grande
river.
Thus it will be seen that in the
hear future the Mississippi river will
De connected by an inland route with
he Rio Grande river, which means,
When Mexico shall become TRANQUIL
again, that the canal proposed in that
country will continue inland naviga-
ion as far as Vera Cruz, Mexico, and
there will doubtless be an
inland water route to the Panama
ANAL, which means, in turn. that
'oats from the upper Ohio and Missis-
lppie rivers and their tributaries may
AIRY freight to Louisiana, Texas, and
dexican ports with barge and tug. It
means further that with the compile K
ion of the Atlantic and the Atlantic
o the Mississippi river inland routes
oats may come from Boston to the