Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-03

proved by the president on rec0mmen
datiOns by the navy hoard on Jan. Is.
1908. The locks were ordered enlar ged
from % by 900 feet to 40 feet by 1900
feet. disable dimensions, to meet the
anticipated increase in the size of COM
mercial and war vessels.
The Pennsylvania, of our navy will
be ninety-seyen feet wide. or six and
One-half feet on each side of the ship
in the locks. The Imperator of the
Hamburg American line Is 96 feet wide
and $40 feet long. SO that it appears
that the locks may become too narrow
before they become too short. The cost
Of the locks was Increased $j.OO0.0OO
by the change In plans.
A third vital change in the original
plans came on Oct. %, 1908. when the
president authorized the widening of
the Culebra cut for five miles from
200 feet to 300 feet at the bottom. This
would enable ships to pass going in
opposite directions anywhere in the
cut and increased the cost of this part
Of the canal by $l4,OOO.O0O. Since these
three important changes there have
been no substantial changes in the ca
nal plans except the decrease in the
proposed height of the huge Ciatun
dam Additional excavation to the ex-
tent of 7O.811.594 cubic yards was ne
cessitated by the new plans over the
estimate of 1O3. $4,000 yards made in
1906 or total of La, 6G6.594 yards for
the completed canal. But slides that
later developed and further changes in
the plans since 1908 have added A.
100000 yards to that total, bringing 1t
up to %, 100000 yards. Thus Colonel
Goethals has had to dig more than
twice as much dirt as Mr. Stevens ex-
pected to take out and has done it in
less time than was estimated for the
original yardage.
Basing his figures on the revised
plans, Colonel Goethals in 1908 issued
the following estimate of the cost of
the Panama canal: ...@
ATLANTIC DIVISIoN-SEvEN MILES.
Breakwater in Lfmon bay....... 81. $4,000
From Caribbean sea channel to
Gatun locks NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Il, T36, 900
Gatun locks, three twin locks. 25.S240OO
Gatun dam ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 13,5720O0
49,. a.:...@s" $6S,564.0O0
CENTRAL DIVISION - THIRTY-TWo
- MILES
Channel from Gatun locks to
Bas Obispo ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $751; 900
Cu1ebra cut. nine miles. Bias
Obispo to Pedro Miguel lock-. So 4S1, 900
-. f~..s..- SIS. $4,000
PACIFIC DIVIS1ON-E1GHT MILES.
Pedro Miguel lock. 1888. 900
Pedro Miguel dam. 81 900
Miraflores loc6s ................,... 19,1l5.000
Mirahores dam northumberland. 2.156. 900
Channel. Pedro Miguel TO Pa 80 %.-1
cifc 13.17o.OOo
T.. ..s.. .r.:. .$fI,9S5, 900
New Panama railroad. ............ $S.164.0 600
Land damages ......:.............. 100000
GENERAL ITEMS
Municipal improvements ........ s121I4.OOO
Buildings Observation-Disclosures. A65f,OOo
General expenses. salaries. sub
sistence. etc. .....s.................. 2s.7soCOO
Loans to Panama railroad....... S.3O0.OO0
.......,.............. 20.0OO.000
Lighthouses. ships, wharyes....,. S,S0,00O
Double tracking. land and stock
purchases .......-................. lSV.VUO
$S4095. 900
Grand total cost Of construction. S29I. I66, 900
ALL OTHER ITEMS.
s2O, 053. 900
Civil administration ............. 49,. 900
Paid for French property... 100000
Paid for canal Northumberland. 100000
So 425. 600
Total cost for completed canal. .s3I5. 2Ol, 900