New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-27
Canal Providing New In
side Waterway Will Be
Opened Wednesday.
ELIMINATES FAMOUS
COAST "GRAVEYARD'
Fleet Of Naval Craft and Yachts
10 Pass Through During
Ceremonies.

Shipping interests in this city re-
ccived with attention announcement
YESTERDAY that he Cane Cod Canal
would he formally opened on Nedncs-
daY and that tho first regular traffic
would pass through the waterway on
Thursday.
The canal was built BY the Cape Cod
Construction Company. Of which August
Belmont is president. and the opera ing
COMPANY viii he Known as the Boston,
Cane Cod & New York Canal Company.
The object OF The canal is to provide
safe way for coastvlSc shipping ny
means of IN inside passage to Long
Island Sound.
In order TO grasp the need OF the
caral il is necessary TO have only
s.izht LnowicGoe Of the geographical
conditions. At the extreme eastern end
OF Massachusetts, a long leg OF land
Dr0trudes into the ocean and AZ us
end a shoe OF land turns up. apDroxi-
mately OF the same length as the leg
to which it is attached.
The sea side Of the shoe. wfich is
known az the toe as Cape Cod. IS long
stretch Of dangerous coast. swept by
winds and obscurcd by fog. Below the
heel Of the shoe lies Nantucket whose
shoals add to the treacherv OF inc
coast. while 10 the west Of Nantucket
is Nariha's Vineyard.
Along this coast the sea has taken
hcavv toll Of navigation since inc days
Of the early colonistS. and the tape
Cod Graveyard is a phrase familiar TO
mariner. Back in 1895 the loss Of the
English passenger ship Sparrowhawk
was the first wreck off Cape Cod that
got on the records The list grew from
that date. until in the last nifty years
there have taken place on the average
- shipping disasters annually WIN
fifteen total losses of vessels.
The Cape Cod Canal IS sea lever
canal and, therefore. demands no LOCKS
1t is greater in dimensions than the
original Suez Canal or the famous Eng
lsh Manchester Canal. There IS
trcakwater on the Cape Coz SIDE 3'ooo
feet long. containing 3o0.OOo IONS OF
granite. The length OF the often is
eight miles from shore TO shore. me
only curve in tho channel has radius
OF 7.6i0 feet. The canal connects cape
Cod BAY and Buzzard's Bay
Two highway bridges cross the canal
one at Bourne and the other at saga
more They have n span OF 100 ieer
At Buz7ard'a SaY railroad oridee
crosses the "dtch.' At Manchester
England. the clearance between Dridge
piers is less than that Of the cape tod
bridges There arc three passing
noiofs in the Cane Cod Canal where
tho bottom is 200 feet wide, and the
general bottom width is 100 feet. Al
the eastern end the width for nearly
mile is 300 feet and the approach IN
Ruzzard's Bav is $50 feet wide.
To deliver passengers at the opening
ceremonies on Wednesday special
train will leave Boston about a. M.
with the guests OF the company. IL
will arrive at Feirhavcn. Ncw Bedford
about 1890 o'clock. New Bedford also
can be reached direct from New lorh
by steamer via the New Bedford or + All
River lines.
The feet Of vessels assembled for the
ceremonies will leave New BEDFORD AT
II n. m. and will proceed through buz-
zard's Bay and the canal. returning 10
the western approach about p' M
After the ceremonies on shore me
snecial train VIII leave Buzzard's Bay
station at p. n. on the return nrlP
% BOSTON. probably stopping at Ire
mont and Middle boro 10 make connec-
ton for New York boats.
The feet will include boat when
will carry Frederick d. Roosevelt, As
sistant Secretary OF The Navy. and
tornedo- boat destroyer. having on board
Rear Admiral Austin Nj. Knight, com
mander of the United States Naval
station at Newport. Among the private
yachts which will attend are j.. T.
Morgan Corsair, Commodore r.. 6
penedict's Oneida and August Bel
mont's fast motor boat, The Scout.