| Show CANAL ol 01 alie best measures to receive the attention ot the present congress was that introduced early in age session known as the nicaragua canal bill it has been exhaustively debated in bogli houawa suggested by each branch hae been considered and it has now emerged from abo final or conference committee of congressional action it wants bat the presidents td signature to become liw and thia it will without receive we have jut been permitted by sir deniton Deni aon in lie employ of the western union telegraph office here to earlino ear three valuable charts views and statistics on the proposed propos ed canal which lio has re bened from jih brother who is manager of tho nicaragua canal construction st company in denver they give interesting data concerning the and possess unique artistic As will bo remembered the cyndi cate which proposes 0 o carry out this undertaking is composed of new york and colorado capitalists the route however which the proposed canal will take may not be so familiar to the general reader although the subject lias been widely discussed and farnoly advocated during many years past from one cf diio chaims referred to above it is learned that alie distance from ocean to ocean alone the surveyed route is one hundred and seventy miles but this rather staggering distance is not all of which in fact there will be but twenty nine miles necessary A glance at tho map of central america will show that as tho continent narrows down toward the isthmus an extensive lake running almost parallel with he pacific coast and at no great distance from it lias nn outlet into alie atlantic ocean the lake is lake nicaragua and the aher is the san juan the canal contemplates utilizing bogli lake and river at tho mouth of the latter it will be necessary to do considerable straitening and dredging here also locks will be employed at a point on the lake where alie distance to the pacific Is short and where he fewest engineering difficulties are encountered the remainder of the work necessary to complete alie connection between the oceans will be done atie eastern port of entry sa at Grey town 8 juan del norte the course from there will ba a general northwesterly ono up alie aher through a portion of tho like and phonco into the at ban del hiir the level of hie lake ia ono mondrel hon drel and ten feet above the sea tda number 0 locks eix another of the before us gives a birds eo of alie and surrounding country it is richly colored shows the various mountain peaks streams valleys and lie general contour of the land better than ny written description can explain it another la a chariot tho world bliok bog the sailing distance which will be saved by alie bao of the canal prom now york to grce t w a the distance is a trafla oica two thousand from san francisco to akito twenty five li undred alio distance to be therefore when the narrow neck of land mchall ba pierced and obviate alie journey around capo horn kill be somo ten thousand miles tha greatest saving of course will occur in the distance between new orleans and bin francisco which via the horn is fifteen thousand miles and 11 alie canal will be but four thousand tho project of an inter canal is ono which tg no difficulties hat american engineering and enterprise cannot overcome alie united states Kovero ment should lend every to lie scheme anil no other nation should s te t e a ti aarl lia lla still tha theold doff ao on to bloed |
