Show I 1 1 GREAT C CANAL NAL WORK Surely ely some sonic lively v k iS' ff going g on the rot roi rote of th the the Panama Panama canal Th i ailway Record gives the excavating atin there by steam shovels in Jul July l last st as follows The two shovels in the Culebra cut in in twenty-six twenty da days s 's 1083 e cubic cibic yards in the district yards in the Gorgoni Gorgon i dif district yards ard in the Empire district Yiu yards ds i in the Culebra di district yards in the Pedro Migal distinct ct 33 35 yards ards in the Pacific district ja yards a a total 1 of Some of the shovels have made ll de deb b better records since The indie indications c ti ns are excell excellent nt that the the canal will Avill be bc completed in about six years more When it is is it ought to be a great convenience to nations which have s1 ships Whether it if will b be any benefit to the United States remains remain to be he seen At present the tile congress of the United States does not seem particularly par par particularly r anxious anxious whether outside e nations shall cv ever r ct with Avith our flag or not 4 S |