Show Tt DEWATER CANAL A mistake will be made 1 the isthmus canal not a ide water opening is tho opinion of 0 II 11 kemball who lias long been engaged as consulting of the commission and who ws employed by the de lesseps company and he gives his rea sons he saye that to his knowledge tho surface water often contains a solid inch of mud to one cubic foot ot liquid just think of huge bulks of this rotten water to be kept in that hot place full of wrigglers lers and germs of all sorta where thousands of persons will be passing over it every day A fresh water canal at panama would breed plagues never before heard of in tho history in that locality a constructed with the winter of tho vcr would be the pestilence center of the entire g lobe the present health of the panama strip is not a matter for boasting and with such a thing as a lock canal the present conditions would bo a health resort by comparison the stench alone would make the passage impracticable the water from the in a lock canal would necessitate the con use of dredges and the practical re drudging of the canal every decade then again the expense of the locks themselves Is not to bo overlooked they could at best in this climate last only ten years and in case of a gate being rammed by a warship the whole lot might give away health conditions with tho seawater canal instead of deteriorating would bo vastly improved indeed a sea water canal would be tho salvation of the isthmus from a sanitary standpoint its operation would cost little the only reason I 1 can see for a lock canal is the splendid opportunity it opens up for jobbery in connection with the great number of repair contracts |