Show ANOTHER ICE PERIOD A predicted of the isthmus ofil anama the best scientific authorities predict dire effects from the cutting of a anal through cither the isthmus of panama or tehuantepec the late george R marsh said of this that a new ice period be occasioned by the with darwal of so important a source of warmth from the northern zones nd sir john herschel wrote were the limus of panama broken through there is no doubt that the w hole climate of our island great britain would undergo a most notable deterioration the sum of has been voted by the legislature of the state of new york for improving the erie canal system the canal has had 1 spent on it and work has stopped until new appropriations can be made matt quay is using his influence for the construction of a ship canal from pittsburgh to lake erie to cost and a ship canal from philadelphia to new york besides advocating the expenditure pend iture of in canalizing canal izing the ohio and mississippi rivers one of the most stupendous of these engineering works is the chicago drainage canal now in progress which is to cut the divide which bars the way between chicago and the mississippi river the distance is only 30 miles between lake michigan and the illinois river and one can easily see the startling nature of d union of the great lakes and the father of waters |