Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-23
Fifty Years !. Ago
I'm The Star

The French project for digging a
canal across the Isthmus Of Panama
was about to be started so
kahAMa years ago, according TO the
nouaI following in The Star OF
February Is. 1880:
THE survey for a site Of q sea-level
ship canal by the Chagres River route
has been completed by the engineers of
De LesSepS and the estimates submit
ted. The canal, according to these es-
Inmates, will cost about $162, 900, 900 and
viii require eight years to complete the
work. De Lesseps proposes to take
American subscriptions to the amount
OF one-half the capital stock, and he
doesn't seem TO have any doubt but that
capitalists Of this country will invest to
this extent. The original estimates of
the Suez Canal fixed the cost at $40
100000. Subsequently the amount was
increased to $4,000, 900, and when the
work had been completed it was found
to have cost $50 900 900, double the first
estimates. Upon this basis, it is fair to
suppose that the Panama Canal will
cost 9 great deal more, If it Is ever I'M
dertaken, than the engineers have cal
culated upon"
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less" says The Star of February II.
1880, lover the question
Garbage of the removal Of street
49,, garbage, the best meth
disposal. DDS of disposing of it and
the expense involved in
the many different plans that have been
in common use. The city authorities of
Liverpool, who have had their share of
trouble over this problem, are now en-
gagged in an experiment that will be
watched with interest by municipal gov
ernmentS in this country as we'll as in
England. They are having built an
iron steamer, in which they intend to
remove garbage. The interior of the
steamer, outside of the space set apart
Tor the machinery, is divided into 10
compartments or tanks, wider at bottom
than at top. These tanks are opened
and closed by small steam engine OPP
Grating on the several levers. The YES
sci is designed to carry a dead weight
OF $50 tons and has q speed Of 9 knots
an hour. The purpose is to have this
vessel carry the garbage miles out to
sea and there dump 1t. After the Dump
ing, the tanks and vessel will be thor
oughly washed by means of a steam
pump. Should this experiment prove a
success, there is no reason why vessels
OF this character may not be used for
cities"
In Illustration of the truth that Gun
easy lies the head that wears q crown"
MoJ Is the following, printed
menaceo In The Star of February
Royalty. 81. 1880;
tablished over the news from the Win
ter Palace in st. Petersburg has per-
mitted the sending of denial of the
statement that the recent explosion en-
urely unnamed the Gear. 1t is now
asserted that he maintained the great
est GOODNESS and decision. 1t would un-
doubtedly detract somewhat from the
dignity Of royalty to represent It as
chivalry with alarm like an ordinary
mortal, but most people would probably
be disposed to grant the Gear some re-
taxation OF this sort without regarding
him with contempt.
IF there is any man who has cause
to be alarmed, it is the ruler of Russia.
No matter how close he may shut him
self up nor how cautious he may be, he
Is not able, 1t appears, to get beyond the
reach OF those who are seeking his life.
In spite Of the telegraphic assurances
that he was perfectly cool after the re-
cent explosion took place, his exslaraa-
tons proves the contrary. Summon tire
guards! Close all the exitsl' he shouted.
and though the order was no doubt
oheyed, the event that had that moment
occurred proved that the guards are not
able to protect his majesty. Royalty
ana power are purchased at q high
price when they are accompanied by the
constant dread that Is ever present with
this ruler. He is denied the Common
privileges OF mankind and breads poison
in every dish ne eats