Show art wf P ISTHMIAN CANAL ROUTE nicaraguan ROUTE MENDED canal commission reports completion ot of canal will require expenditure of the report of the istl man m an canal comm BS ss on which was submitter sub mitte I 1 by the president to congress tuesday gives as the unanimous conclusion of that body that the most practicable and feasible route for in isthmian canal under the control management and ip of the united states is that known as the N caragian cara guan route the comm comin assion estimates the cost of th s route at 00 jia 40 ibi s est mate is much in excess of any hereto fore made and is due to increased di dl mens ons and other features not heretofore cons dered tl TI e commission also estimates the cost of a canal by the panama route at SH 14 ac cording to one route or according to another route As between the N caragua cabagua and pan ama loutes the commission sums up a number of advant advantages aes favorable to tho the former it states also that under tl e 0 concessions given b the government of coll colt mb a to the panama canal corn com pany that government is not free to grant tl ti e necessary essaiy r gats to tl ti e un ted baates except upon conditions cond eions made by tl ti e company after go ng ovet the several routes the commission cons dered tl e d men s ons of the canal to be bu it having I 1 in mind the indrea ing a ze of ocean going vessels it was determined to fix upon a depth of th arty five feet at mean low water and a b atom width of at ac feet with some increase of dimensions at certa n points these dimensions are tire larger than those proposed for any previous canal saleme set erne while they may seem excessive today the corn com in 6 assion sio n says that tl ti e candi is not likely to be opened within ten years during which time the increase in mar time d men meu sious is likely to continue A width of feet will allo v all but the very largest sh ps to pass each other in tl e canal wl lie ile the locks aie ate of a dimension to permit even the largest ships afloat to be maneuvered the s ze of locks is feet in length 84 feet in width in the clear with a depth of 30 feet |