| Show i py v vI acau 1 I now 1 OPE lJ IS 7 I THE v A GE CANALS CANAL g I C ERS AND A DIGGING DI DEEPENING NE NEW Y It J r WATERWAY i 1 AT ER IY I Ys J U i r I I Special Correspondence of the ills Ducr New a by ly Frank G J I Carpenter l c tier I Copyrighted by IY Trunk 0 a Carpenter renter Holland II olla III Jan 1 16 In the BIt age of oC It nUo to bo the age IIII of or anal Water H li II still cheaper than any other 1101 th the European nations nation are arc aretI deepening tI their rivers liver and anil con ennui to Join i their It ft t U la only a s aque que of at time When the United will do the came pm and anti when Ah n we wei i i u Il have chip canal Joining moms of the principal parts Marta of ot our country I tam came from Antwerp to 10 by IJ boat bruit to learn about Ih the i or of the Dutch and since then I II I It their In the I J Holland li le the canal canol laud land of oC the world It U has more Interior In w wa wai i uY than any ay An n legion except XIII the IheI I valley about how and It U I nil all told t I i only J IV about im RI hit big an as j but If It you could stretch UK Ita It I 11 li I J f waterways out In one line Ihle they th would carry carr you ou from New Vui York lurk k in to t San Ban SanI I s II 1 back to hirago i before you lOll got to 10 the end of or them m mj There are In III nil about two tuo thousand antl j nr sr IR enough to reach from New York to Ut D nver and aINO three thre I thousand of other waterways In eluding little littie rivers rh and th mouths mouth of or orthe the and hi Rhine and also tin the Zee Xo mill and other pines where the Ihl rune rum Into Inlo the Ih lend lendA A H 01 OIL JIo I i Indeed there t Sa is to me much water hers hen that OHM ens ell of the th most Important nt duties i of oC tho the government nt IK Im I thi 1111 taken taking la cure rare of oC It II TIm The go government eminent Imi ha n II known nn am 8 TIll The and the queen has haa ha In III her cabinet Cabin t H It of or waterways waterwAY Thle department lm hl line wane Homo of the beat of engineers It till has men inert who devote to eto tin d y Ig tl how holY y to keep keet the North berth sea aea milling in lu unit and un drowning out the country lor for nt of unhand Holland U le b ow the Iv level l of ur the no so that In some the th t t o ral 1 li tsa wlm alm lm huh high above the till house f It U has hag ram men who are err engaged In plang pan panning ning ullI and canals sah lIdl KIK li UN as the I mighty 11 III hi Waterways which with the ocean HIM and It I It II hai hsc others who Nho are arc re scheming how tu to build C I rolt dyke Irke acro the tho Zuyder Zee 2 to toi i om aa am much lend land ai as A n ed which when redeemed will be worth hundred of or dollars dollare an all acre Thug undertaking U is for lor n II time In ht abeyance but bill there 1 I ii no doubt douht that 11 l will wilt eventually be bl carried carrM c out The Tha have hava done teach much or of much judi re rt In III ii the th pa Dart About fifty years yearn I 1 HBO they thoy lifted I a billion ton tens of or wilIer out or Of the near steer Haarlem and ami tide made I If square re miles of uC good 1 tA ale lend land It 11 cost cant there them th rn more morn that than I million and a II halt of or dollars but thi Ih anti wae Irae worth it 11 in another place Mace they hey have leave urea at nt a II putt pint of ot about 11 t four million UK nil son non a as the work worl wan done A n foreign Syndicate Offered them hem 0 for Cor the ns ae n a I whale The rite ruI ed 11 IhlA off offer r and eventually got gol i hundred thousand dollars more r I than It Il CURt cost It II to make the tune Improve As Ac 11 to the ZU re P mo this Is i a 0 Waver bleger lr one than my any an that hats haa hn yet been belm undertaken taken It H t In ii I that It will willo willoat o Oil oat t over o r tilt but It II will In the Ilse ft It vast a t tract of lend land The work will take tako years and the taxes on Its I h lurid laud it covered Io pred will then biln bring In III 00 00 a I year to the government k 1111 the th matter a good lon longtime n At AI present the U is of oC It and although all the tits plane plan hm have been b n completed no work haa ham been Leen ac actually actual actually I done Iton IN IM TIlE THE ISLANDS OF GILLAND Have Ha ve you ou over ever heard of Shela Z nil It ItIn Ithe In II the province of Holland of or nine l lying In the Ihen mouth minis n of the th und antI the Ihl Mans Mann formed farmed by Iy the I hl milt lilt brought down dotes b by tim limn ih Ill discs In m The fhe mom of ot the III 1111 la le helots ma men If level el 1 it against the Hie clean un by mighty lyk n It II Was Willi iliN Ihl l re et that I tams cami from Ant to III Hotter mi ua n i the little lUll At Ac A I mO down the Beheld t T i pawed ed edtill the till of ot our on own Ann i lean lint line tat lit up u with a raga 1611 from fram New NewYork York tin fur Antwerp anti and t little I Ider ter on ran In I eight of oC the Ihl ilki Ik Near Nar lIr th lh Duth the rl i t K is 1 with cline HI I Maid held between bt pi Ii tV WI V e rude roil hIgh above the thin rest rehi rl 1 of f r Hi Ib II rY unit mint tic ere I the fonts i I 1 ih th I boil a n nand and houses even ven with Ih thi M of th Ih ti fill Ua in tit the Ih 1 It 1 s lid i Cie ie p In hill Dili Ilk II tI I M lilt he all I oil na 0 ii 1 i n ui Ut the fh ril IRn tie am fur ft I im us nut I t ey ej u iM thI 1 1 i I a i h hj W y passed j HII ed tit tin i lr fin forty flirt H ih that it mini II Ilsie n u in t I K i it 01 I sent ent it ii n u on to th Ih the p NI edg l f til Ih iho t I l lilli M s It I ruail I Id to It U ti Milt drills I M i tin till ullI iri I 11 Ua e tut t h i line ii ii i tin Ihorn in f rn i ru tin 1111 of f tit In murk l i MI nn Ii the Ih pail r sit t in li I 1110 tr tv Ieh hi bt h in m i i I g over nr tit tin Vitale nl ui e In i bag iii tn t of f hi Hi H s lag Inn to 10 h 1 I ulI inan V 4 PlIT f L I IWI We WI Vs coun I t lift It ft the thi i nd HI parsing h Im I H mine Into Inn 1111 Ut Ih r anal of oC u uI Hi 1 uth ulli I M Ind hl t H I 1 I n M 11 I I I ot It r vhf hI h e lan luiT eat Ht i r non 9 nf I t i t id II n d It lc 1 H 19 1 wide 1 pM mi I HI i that Hi Iii lute tut t u and arll tin uil I hilt h III It grunt Bum and anti i t d 1 blo k t IIII i he u mm I In tin to i n Th looks lek i n me ate old Thi v ni on 1111 mac l liy hy b tw quaint rid old hi a in II ra calls a a alII d 1 f fut ful t just l in n At AI every 1111 lock look Dulls ili ails IK urh ht t out fruit and on I to tn tu sell mil t I ht the fhe They rho ui aver WI pretty and I 1 liked like their th lr quaint ri H a They hey wore wor short i ti li SH Ck and black a H etui cent but luil im un bright vent vel and anti two had Imd hoi horns n i f r gold CollI over over earls each of oC their eyes the th Inn horns us around In the th shape or of n II miniature ure old bed bod spring I e others othera had gull gold ll and anti silver nel 1111 mete titled fitted tight to th their lr heads JI show showIng Inn Ing out OUI through lush theli lace caps cap They laughed hi ui to we VII dealt with them but hut in got gol ot the heat beat he l of or the bargain R MAN A AND D uJ Most Mont nf of the omit of ot this canal renal Is eRr ear carried ried rind along br hy huge although some barge barges are aru pull pelt d 1 by men and women aid other others by horses Ho So far but little haa Irae been b en applied to the there o hits antler III Is III gir b by the lilt Dutch At 1 every Ivr ft r few w Ht steps im along the tho way WA are arl arel l lists for tying IIII tit and we w e now Wed rd then passed laats lit at anchor Leaving the South HOlth Ile canal we the ent e n r d Ihl hi I n II sort florl an of oC bruin hr nn li h l r tin the MUI ssu cad and thou uit III n bo be the Ih of and l 4 lumber were I I I noted the name of the till It was teas b bed I am an nil evidence that tho lum 1 Biff Bic Canal Schemes o of Russia and he Dutch Canal Sas tern tens and am IloW It is Managed The Queens and Its us Cabinet Minister A 11 Tour Through South Dutch Boat People and floW Ilow They Live Lite Hollands Shit Canals Rotterdam Rot Rota the Gate to the Rhine 1 i d H i I I I 1 i I I l L Ll l 1 t t f I I r J I I I 1 6 a r w r 17 4 I 1 r I I jL h t 4 1 l I 4 CS d a d I L L w i T r 1 r k for tor tho the Deseret ret NO By l ronk r n O G tt t HII H Jj J AMERICAN FLOUR ON THE AMSTERDAM CANAL CANAI Into the tho Muns ru a anal its nut The n tars of oC the him Ouster Oo are 1111 wide and with Islands We WI ie d l many sailing Railing craft and 11 situ now nol and then linen went by hy a n tug tUR great barges With the glass Klass we could see nee schoola of oC black seals 1114 on the lists round mind flats HatM und and farther bark back hundreds of nr Holstein cattle lying out In the sun Bun euniVe We iVe mitered the l lp and amI then Ihen tho the canals canal anti and mouths of ot the Mane Inna now going by Ly villages on thu brinks banks and now the second ator lee lea I of ot other ether village MUI s which were More are apparently looking over the dykes and watching us un go IO by hy hyA AMONG A THU rm BOAT HOAT Tin Tilt canals ate are almost 1 OH as thick thickly ly h populated an OM the waterways of or tuna Every barge we WI i hind Its fatuity family upon uon It an evidence of oC tho the v H i or t Dut Duth h t s win h hive HIP 1 I 1 and c tile lilt u uon o on hails 1111 a i r born 1 orn upon hem anti and many hall luu t nu nt e r rI I I 1 homes hames hom Vic ive W Ha tsuu u i n trotting Ui up u down the nf of the Ih barges within lx itches of drowning and Inti now and situ then a n little one ene tied lied with witha a rope tn to the matt mast On many litany of the boats boat the woolen women were cooking on some Mme they the were Well ere hanging out the th washing wa and BillIon on one n 11 1 little Dutch girl held up UI her hor doll baby and laughed aa as WI we s went by lIy livery village plant along the canal had tits It own oui boats bonta tied to the Ih tits bunks banks and nIl the larger towns wore were cut act up by 11 canals cn so sn that Ihal boats boatA from the main canals could be le taken Into them by II moans of oC locKs We ise mopped for far n it 1 Ume sIme Jm at which In lit the middle was one of the th richest 1 of or all nil the Dutch It hunt had palace nt at that limn and tutu its ItA build buildings ings now lOW are lire m and quaint to toan toan an all extreme Just below the HIP city there thereIn In is a 11 lumber yard nt ut barges of or her Lr men of at Holland can compete In profanity with Ith our men In ell at III hone home honeIn homlIn In mutiny many places along ulong these canals there were er dredges 8 at work worl and anti here and there we 10 lAW enty the of ot the tho Water tu t superintending the building budding rt rr nest nev embankments The canals ore are almost everywhere walled with stones atones the size of your two lists Hits anti and as I looked at them the enormous work wol k that It must have taken to make mako 2 2000 mile miles of If such stack came comae to mo me Thorn There lire are areno no stones atones In Rolland Holland pebble hums hus to Iw he brought In III from other othor coun loun countries countries tries and every fery one of those thore stones was laK laid by hy hand Mach Each one une took a 41 part of or ofa orn a n mans life to put It In Its place so 80 that in iii reality the lives of ot generations have been beell by these canal canul bonks banks You have hap all 1111 heard of ot tho the windmills of ot Rolland Holland Thoy rhoy are arc to 10 be bo steels seen every where Along some soma of oC the canals there thero are hundreds of oC them They spot fl ot time the farms hums und and you see sec them on all the th edge of C till the towns town where they grind lour Hour mm atilt lumbar lunder and do all torts surte of oC things They give a n 1 great charm to 10 tho the land lund landscape landscape They loop look so 80 alive e that pant I dont dOllt wonder onder that Don DOli Quixote took ono one for lor fora lorn a n giant anti and wanted to light tight him hunt mule mills lire are alt all old and It must have hao rust many ninny millions of or dollars HI W build hum data Their tiny day till however Is la past end and lint hut few rew new ones are building Lul 1111 The rhe gas J aR engine und anti the steam engine have hilI nn ii their places anti nr lI WI we v may yet lava hll a I Holland without windmills HOLLANDS SHIP Sill CANALS has hn made its chip Ahl canals pay u w 1 II Amsterdam hai Irae the Iha North Sea howl Is ls about IS 16 mlle running nc the th country from trum Am st to the ocean It 11 In Is l 30 its feet pet deep 1111 art tins has two dicks pi II tel It from fram the North son sea nt lit h htiU Ids tiU I tonic a 11 ride rId along It rt n a 1 w bek iK ago KO and Inspected the th breakwaters at lu Itt The work IB Is well done bin LII b tn thi th locks lua rk do not Mt compare compOI with h t thoi tho h n a fir at r the Site Ste Music between Lake bake and all Lake IRke Huron The canal C Cst sl t about of oC which ll one r 11 ih h was paid by hr thus the sale lah of oC thu Ihu re r aimed land which brought an nn nor hi of or almost an nil acre P This Ibis Ihl ton of ot otter In Is l a n city of or ofru ru i ml td u rivers The Ihl I l j II peen fn so that It now l I ih 1 nf of o oI olun uin lIl I ll to Unto Into i hi and t the n 1 connect o lull a with Ith tl ho tho Hil lid aid mite parts of ut J mope are elN au ii uh h i that this illy Ill hll hunt become one Otte of the iliK hlf I ports oris in nil tits tin continent It t j i ime ne nl of nr our gateways 1 for tor thet n Europe 1 lna Antwerp in UN Its It ni 01 a prod ri l l i f Antwerp r us Uy 9 tar fut aa as tr t I fl e eI go gothe hi I tit the t hI greater IOnn t hut nf of f IK II I aunt In Is made ut of sit I Ps which h lilt nu rely built while hll that of or Hot Hoth h in to y of Mi 1 1 in which take taki on nn und mitt cargo callo Id about Melt holt as 1111 much shipping a nl am Ih Humburg and about I ne I v 1 thAt IhAl Al of or or ur rond The shipping Is III t y IIII g and It now nil coin COlli I ls 11 to 10 all parts ol of the world In I there thre wore Ire about GOO COO OO ships from tie the United Ste lee This llda In Is not one come comet onet t th of the Iho whole whoa I number came luc here but they carried r icI 1 almost on a d dM I II o I M the cargo of or that thai year The rite chief if of these ships ore those tho of the line which go Co from hotter Rotterdam slain dam direct to 10 Now York Yolk and teen n doing so 10 since Thera rhese ships are arp t tile cne f of them being tout taus and andover 1 over oler TIlE THE GATE TO TUB Is fa our gate to the theand Ih thin and to the enormous country tributary In I ti It Our goods are lil here Ino Inu the huge barges har iP from rota to tott Lott long In lit which w h they Ihl are orp carried up tip the The river freights are ov cc I Ir r low lou and the lute Rhine Untie li Is I About of ot all III nh till thus P prods H that come through up UI tho Thu to In different parts of or Germany Switzerland and amid dente tho the number of oC river ships shillS anti and boats Loate ton Iff which carry corry them being sonic nome linn thing like annually There are arc ar connecting the thine with sIth the tilt Vine anti the mill Ilbe The barges go as asfur fur fill as All Hasel anti ami seine of them themore MI ore 11 tauten up tip the IhL Main Ruin to the Danube fc s that is III actuallY the ren renter r ter tr point of if Ir ii a network of K n embraces utmost almost all alt central Bui opt ope The Increase f r K Jre cn 1 o 1 f Ud laul about t I II t I 3 t I l r y A 1 green bay hilY tl 11 i h Its 1111 an 81 u II I n III amt mile long I u and BUrl 1 l a 13 In hI r I lion Iron which hill iii ItI i 1 b beel eel teet wide ami and JS 26 i b r HI tIt I sent 1 Rotterdam win m j h II ry It U 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