| Show THE PANAMA CANAL 1 1 t the he p past ast fortnight the press pres 6 of the lie country ba kliten flooded with th s at st abeal amenta eints regarding b nama canal nal going io 0 o show that it is destined to prove a flit and disastrous disk failure that the funds subscribed tor fog its ts colbi com are almost p exhausted and wat that sp 30 awa as one hird of the re quiren excavation has been made thiis it if appeal la only ope one side ilde of the story and it transpired that thata very different ideas are entertained 7 parties arites hybo 0 are certainly certai certainly nl y in ia a position to ta know whereof hereof they speak A among the passengers on the ste steamer limer Gus gascoigne coigne which arrived at new york on thu the 1 alt was henry E president of the mexican Copt 9 and dredging dredge company Pom pany which i has deen been employed upon the q excavation ca fro from A the begil beginning aning he says I 1 ali ican a 18 0 the aanal panal is more than bof hair I 1 d done one it ks Is open at present aar vessels 1 35 no feet ot of water for 29 20 kilometers bets on the fhe atlantic md side e out ont of a atofau length of 70 wp will have 24 done by july next and the french company eh the pacific end will have five mure more completed ater after long jong 0 and udia in vi diw of the fact that it is ia taking more ti time mend and costing more money to cora compete the canal than alian at first estimated M do de has tp build temporary locks for the diddle sections de lesseps ha has no BO fear about money ta to 10 reason anat the people wao have put plat up fies nearly irly ao lar will p enough boc to P the she canal evenou it it ata uw pe les denies that he ever said that the canal would be opened in february my own jufA judgment ment is b hover 0 1 that ships cross within three years from january lat next |
