Show vs uv the city of mexico drainage canal scheme according to the latest information is going KOI OK to be carried out by pearson son of london they take the contract of constructing twenty five miles of canal which in come some places will be BO so deep that the on cut t will be seventy five yards wide at the top and much of it rona runs through solid rock the dredgers are already on their way fr from m E england there are twelve of them which have been pur purchased chasel elat at a coat cost of the contract requires the work to be comple completed comp lelei tei in three years it will be one of the most moist memorable engineering achieve menta ments of the century and commendable as showing that the modern idea counts expense a small matter when the alternative is debase breeding and imperfect sanitation it is a a particularly hopeful sign that mexico should be so prompt to give this proof |