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Show inn Mcaragua Canab On of 1 1 j mmt Interoitlng fitnrei In tonncction wllh th Irginnlng of tho great canal la tha way In which th aand bar at th rntranc to th fUn Jnan harbor har-bor b llntf ma le to wailt ltlf away, eating Hi own hart ont, an to epilc Vnn ago there wai the iwi ami of bit It the month of Ih Chicago rlrer, prv renting lb crowing of large rmacU. At length a itrong jlr or breakwater wai built ont Into Ih lak on the north aid of h month. Agalnit Ihti pier th north wlndi of whiter tat with fury piling up great nn 1 hoar. Th cone" qtienmwM that Ih water iwrpt arodn I tha north end of the pier in a Bern ed ly The conitant wah tconred away the and of UK thallowa, Inlktmr deep water The lame henomenon ll wit nwtd In the cat of erery aanlbar henrer ther ll inch n bar there linn cdly of deep water on th aid away from Ih win 1 or current. Taking adrantagaof thli well known fact, tha fmt taik of tho canal company wat to conitrnct a great tiler ont Into the water of tin Ban Juan harbor to th windward ilde of tb obatrncllon. When Gnlihed Ih pier will b more than a quarter of a mile long More than a tbontand feet of It hare been built, and llio effect U already apparent Band It piling up in great drtfta on tho wind ward ride of the pier, an 1 there are now fourteen feet of water on the bar Tlim what aurmed to b on of th inoit fcr inidabl cbilrnctlonl In the wltole nn derlaklng will bo reuored by elintly following natnn own proceuc. Meantime, while the pier b In proceit of coiutrucllon, tho hufe dredge are at work In the nXIninl leading Inland. Tho b'icaragua company bought 000 000 worth of ma:hluery from th oiplrlng Pauama Canal company, ao 1 at ll where It b doing the inott gooM. The French enginei'ri anI workmen nerer craaoil cnrtlng and abuilng the Aineri can dredge, but If report! are to b be-llore.1 be-llore.1 they teem to bo wotklng properly nough lu the han b of American rngl neera, Forty fire mile cf dredging 1 through the Mill, then ality Or lullot j of Ih Sin Jnan rlrer to LaktNlcaragna, ' thrn through Lake Xlcarajna to the town of IlivAt, from Ilifaa a cutting through of th butt for alitocn mlht Inert, and then th Padfla ocean will be rcachod an 1 tho moat itupcndont engl neerlng enterprlM tier attempted In the weatem hembphen will lie completed. |
