| Show tho ragus car awer ocean now ill ut ork has begun oil ilia nicaragua Nica canal engineers anti purveyors being actively on the it nill probably biot be long before the fre dell will supplement their los lo s of faith ill the PAD ma scheme by summarily withdrawing from that veritable mollE tary quick sand the panama cabal hits coat thus far and a vast loss of life null of file work but little wore than one fifth ia completed the nicaragua route notwithstanding raised against it is a thoroughly practicable and comparatively cheap anat ter of eugin cering and I 1 ewer difficulties tinder practical than in did gen flavien who theoretically kit P ro c I 1 it several years ago T it e c n iv ye have explained before will mc tend aror n Grey town on the beau sea to the port of brito on the pacific a distance of 1098 miles it the pian proposed byEng inee r Alle nocal ili 1885 be adopted aud ia will probably with few the of the valley of the san franc fiscu iscu will give a natural waterway water way of 1291 wiles leaving but of actual excavation ir a e done like nicaragua which Is ninety miles long by forty wide aud feet aboa 0 PM level has been as the summit level of the canal from there to the PA cefic it will extend westerly cutting alie continental divide with a maximum depth of feet 1 will follow the valley of L be rio grande with a degeest of twelve feet in the mile and ba to 6 level by four locks a fall of twenty bix to twenty nine dept the excavation is divided between the two divisions 22 03 miles being in the eastern an in tho ee e the advantages of the nicaragua route are nu berous ili the teatter of clin aate there is a very import ant consideration the fatali ty of panama is known only too well the cool trade winds that are felt at nicaragua would mak that route preferable to sailors even were the panama canal open to were the saving of distance not a thing of cons that which be interest of americans in the the great com aner cial benefit to this country tl t must come not only ough the control of traffic but with the means a com merical security betwee vIdie extreme ports of the american coast to preserve a shipping preeminence pre eminence that is the future assurance of tho united states these facts bave been recognized for the better part of a blind red years ana it has a ways seemed an extraordinary indifference to future r requirements or advantages that the united states has not earlier undertaken to improve the tuni ties before it to become mis tees of commerce the expense involved in so great a work is noi thing compare 0 a with the benefits to crue the falls to be taken being but bagatelle to the indirect good that must grow out of the enter the work of construction will be conducted with great care itten of known eap exp artness having it in charge and bat a few years will be necessary to its completion if the proper spirit is evinced iii blip port afif the undertaking As an indica tiou of what is tobe encountered by those who engage in the work and as showing abc wise precautions i against I 1 oss of life through climatic changes the following ful lowing order will be read with interest it to the chiefs you will invariable have coffe c s e arved til the officers of u r party under their mosquito Us before rising it is recommended also wat the officers upon arri clap take a dose one and one air ounces then see that each removes his work i ng wit immediately takes a bath and rub down and puts oil a thick flannel sleeping suit louwill ii the brush aud trees in null about the space occupied by the cleall ml in such it loan ner ni to bare the and give the sun free access to the oc aupied by the caknip and its bur soundings roun dings |
