Show NICARAGUA CANAL Engineer Bailey Facts Gives Some Interesting G E Bailey civil engineer journalist sketch artist geologist and traveler is in the city He recently made extensive ro searches and explorations in Nicaragua going over tho canal route The results of his investigations have appeared in the Chicago Times with illustrations from the brush and pencil of the writer The closed harbor at Grey town he said has been reopened and a breakwater break-water 1100 feet long built A parallel pier now 500 feetlong has been started The distance from ocean to ocean is I 16944 miles of which the San Juan river covers 645 miles Lake Nicaragua 565 natural basins 215 leaving but 2678 miles of excavation The deepest cut on the Atlantic side Is 295 and on the Pacific 41 feet feetWhile the company has done little work and is already pressed for money ho believes be-lieves nevertheless it will succeed as all the work so far has been below the estimated mated cost |