Show CostlyCaIs The oldest and the most Important ship canalIs that of Suez begun In 185G and completed In lS6 In IB 100 miles in length and cost 93000000 In ISDli 10000060 was expended to widen it Ships arc allowed to pas through It at a speed of live and onethird miles per hour HO that Its whole length can be traversed In eighteen and onehalf hours Night navigation IE niado possible by l electric lights which were Introduced in J Ugi The tolls are 8 shillings pam ton In 1870 480 ships passed through the I canal In 3SSO 202G In 1IIOO H1 In the year 1SOO 22131S passengers were transported I trans-ported In 1837 the Emperor William canal to connect the North sea with the Baltic was begun and the canal was opened In IS1 its cost was 40000000 Its receipts re-ceipts do not cover expenses Still another canal I connecting the North sea with thC Baltic wan opened In 1000 Its cost was 50000000 The Manchester Ship canal cont SrOOOOOO Amsterdam l Is connected with tlm PCa by a ship canal opened in 1815 and Rotterdam clnal olcned ll folerdnm likewise connected with deep water by a Canal opcuefl In 1SOC The Gulf of Corinth canal was finished In 1S93 I coat about 5000000 J i |