| Show THE CANAL grand preparations for the com emeul of operations augua july 18 this hitherto dull little town destined to be the atlantic port of the nic araucua canal is rapidly awakening into new life and is already blossoming bloss oming out as a scene of considerable activity tho american engineers and their assistants are doing everything possible for the health of their employees and still further ef fons will be made in this direction portable buildings of all descriptions are being continually shipped from ow york to Grey town and the engineers and mechanics will soon be practically as well housed in grey town as they would be while at work in any part of the united states the fact that pure water is a source of good health the grey town engineers of the construe ion company have just received orders to survoy and lay out the ground and plant for two large water reservoirs and fifteen miles of street water piping to convey an abundant supply of perfectly pure water from Dea scado basin to Grey town the example set by panama has been a most useful lesson and guide for the american canal company all oc currencies curren ces in which the french company failed have been avoided by the american canal managers and it may bd said every dollar squandered by de lesseps syndicate has been a lesson to the american company sickness desolation and despair marked the route projected by the financiers of paris but health plenty of good food and quiet energy are characteristics of this so soon as the jetty and wharves are completed an ocean steamship will be able to water at the companas comp anys dock the town of Grey town otherwise san I 1 juan del norte will also receive water supply through the canal com banys pipes it is reported in grey town that the canal company is figuring upon a line of three american steamships which may be established between Grey town and new york and san francisco and baltimore oae of these steamers is to be devot 1 ed to carrying stores and machinery for tho companas comp anys use between san franciso and brito for the construction bf the pacific harbor of the canal and the other two to perform a like service for the company between new york and Grey town property about Grey town fort carios and brito and all along the line of the canal blute in fact is rapidly advancing in value some contractors from san francisco and chicago are announced to be coming this way several from new york are still figuring here and it is expected that by january a san francisco constructing party will be stirring up mud at brito while new york constructing parties will be I 1 digging their way toward lake augua from the atlantic side for it is said to be the plan of the augua canal company to attack tho esth busian problem from two sides the atlantic and pacific at once if this plan is actually decided upon the augua canal will be open for navigation in a much shorter time than abc first contemplated tem plated inside of say two years and a half the grand fresh water basin of lake nicaragua draining a watershed water shed of square miles will be thrown open to the world say in about two and a half years more or in 1894 95 and the whole canal will be ready for business as a rendezvous for the american fleet and as a coaling station and dockyard for american men of ar and lake nicaragua will form an em densely advantageous addition to the war power of the united states for a fleet there assembled could coal provision and repair and sweep east and west strike north or south and have a safe refuge should such a sate guard be thus will be readily seen must be distinctly understood at the start that the nicaragua canal is an american institution and that th growth find strength of our navy keeps pace with the growth of tha nicaragua canal oven without increasing the number of ships this conclusion is arrived at from the fact that our Altlan tic fleet at a few hours notice could reinforce the pacific fleet or vice versa while even u small squadron anchored m lake nicaragua would be extra useful from tho the fact that it could strike sudden and unexpected blows either in the A alantic or pacific notice |
