Show MEXICO'S INLAND WA WATERWAY TER WA Y it Canal Miles Long Between Tampico and Built by an American Mex The 1 The Mexican 1 government gov gov- government is building an ax Inland waterway waterway waterway water water- way 10 1 miles long to connect the ports of Tampico and It isnow isnow Isnow is Is' now about one half finished and will wUl cost about Mexican money which is equivalent to gold It is 75 feet wide and has a uniform depth of ot 10 feet teet The first division of 66 miles Is now practically finished and is open is-open open for tor traffic It is expected that the waterway will be opened all the way through for small boats within with within in two years yeats This wat waterway runs within from two to five miles of the gulf guIt along its whole length Its construction grew out of the fact that there are frequent frequently ly days at a time when small boats engaged In coastwise trade are unable to weather the rough water of the gulf guIt and that there Is insufficient water water wa wa- ter over the bar at the mouth of ot the river at times to enable the beats to reach the harbor at Another great Incentive that led to the building of the canal was that It would be the means of developing a abroad abroad abroad broad agricultural region that has heretofore been badly lacking In transportation transportation trans trans- transportation facilities for its various products The Tampico canal follows the route of f r an Inland waterway which has been in use for more than three- three quarters of a century Capt Charles of Chicago Is constructing the canal for the Mexican Mex ican lean government on a percentage basis He had made a comfortable fortune I had Just reached his sixtieth year lear and had had planned to spend the remainder of his life Ute in com comfort tort and enjoyment Chancing to visit Mexico on a pleasure pleas ure trip he conceived the possibilities of ot Improving the old waterway brought the matter to the attention of ot the government and undertook to do dothe dothe dothe the work |