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Show JSTHfltlANCANAL ROUTE. NICAHAOUAH ROUTE flECOM MEN DEO. Canal CnntmlMlna llrpntta-Complallan of Canal Will Hlr. fifnilllar of Stoo.uoo.obo. The report of the Isthmian canal comtnltlon whleli waa aubmltted by the prctldent to congreas Tuetday gtrraastha iinanlinou conclusion of that body that "the moat practicable and feasible rout for n tathmlan canal nndcr tha control, management andownerahlpof the United Htatra la that known a the Nlcaraguan route." Tho commlialou eallmatca th cott of this rout at JJUO.110,000. Thlt tall-mat tall-mat la much In exeeatof any hereto, fore made and la due to Increased ill-menaloaa ill-menaloaa and other fcalurea not heretofore here-tofore considered. The commlaalon alaoeatlmatea the cost of a canal by the I'anama route at 1143,313,17V, according ac-cording toon route, or 3110,37:1,33!), according to another route, Aa between the Nicaragua and l'an arna routea tha commlaalon auma up a number of adrantagea futorable to tho former It alatranlao that undnr the ronceatlunaglrin by tha government of Columbia to the I'anama Canal company com-pany that government It not free to grant th neccatary right to tho United Htatea, except upon condltloua mad by the company After golngovcr tho several routea, the commlaalon coualdered th dliucu-alona dliucu-alona of the canal to bo built. Having lu mind th Increasing aire of ocean, going veaacla, It waa determined to tlx upon a depth of thlrly-flv feet at man loiwstor. ami a bottom width of 110 feet, with aoin Increase of dlmenslom aliertalu point. These dimension are larger thau those projxncd for any previous canal scheme. While they may aeeui excessive today, th com mission says that the canal la uol likely to be opened wllhlu ten year, during which time the Increase In marlllm dimensions Is likely to continue. A width of 140 feel will allow all but the very largest ships to pas each other In th canal, while the locka are of a dimension to permit even the largest ships alloat to be maneuvered. The else of locka la 740 feet In length, HI feet In width, In tho titer, with a depth uf 33 fiet. |