Show plan ship road across mexico would compete with panama canal because toll charges will be less new boik A ship railway across tile the entire span of the isthmus of te in the southern mohl part of 31 mexico exico with sufficient capacity for hauling the largest of tile the worlds present pei tiny seagoing vessels Is tile the dream of european capitalists according to plans revealed liere here the program calling for the con of this novel teat feat of engineering gi which for tho the last three years has occupied the attention of some borne of Vu ropes brainiest brai niest civil and meth mechanical anical engineering minds hinges solely on the final granting grant lug of a concession under consideration by the mexican government goern ment according to rudolf Wasser wassermann matin nod and Il enrich german scientific engineers at one time associated with the late hugo St Sti lunes tines who now are in new york on the way to the city of mexico the contemplated ship railway when completed will prove a keen competitor to the Pallia panama ted canal because its total charges will he be lem leas to cost more mere than it Is the contention of the scientific world wassermann sold said that wherever a canal can be built to float a ship a railroad can be constructed to carry one and the present estimated cost to build the ship canal S the isthmus will be between tl and the plans which will be submitted TO the mexican government for or its approval call for or an almost straightaway and level route lying between the town of at the mouzli of the river by the same name on the ba of state of vera vcra cruz across the isthmus a distance of about miles to the town own of state of oaxaca on the pacific coast herr wassermann said the route of tile the proposed felp bl idil railway calls for but one base across the entire stretch fled and tills this la Is at a point known its as chevola in where a turntable will bo be built to make the necessary bend in the direction of hu al in order to take advantage or of a broad slid and level canyon th through the tha sierra madres herr Wasser wassermann millin said the right of 01 way will be built up on SO 00 rails spaced according to standard gauge while the specifications call for a grade of 0 not more than fifty feet to the mile at each terminal tile will submerge or descend lato water at these points enabling the ship to it be e lodged into a floating drydock or cradle for transportation across tile the limus linius the wheeled cradle carriage or dry dock explained herr wassermann iann will be built in sections or units thus permitting easy adjust adjustment luent of the keel blocks which readily can be arranged to accommodate the largest ships the can be drawn by from six to fifteen heavy locomotives dk depending upon the ships tonnage each cacti one of which will be equivalent in hauling power to six of the ordinary frel glit type out of water seven hours every known feature and angle tins has been given most careful study even to the pressure of one hundredth of an inch upon the cradle and roadbed when ships of various capacities are on the way from terminal to terminal herr said heir Fu fastlich who he Is a former artillery colonel of tile the imperial bermlin army says one of the ship loaded cradles can be across the he linius at the rate of 20 miles on an hour and that hint no vessel will be kept out of the water more than little seven hours at the lite most it being figured alint it will take almost an hour hoar to make the necessary bend on the turntable at Ch chevola ivola tile the bar at tile the mouth of the river et at tin in the gult gulf of mexico will linie to be dredged ged extensively to permit the vessels to get into the runway approaching tile the ote kite of 0 the eastern terminal continued herr bastisch Fa as also will be tile the case of 11 auxon thin where an vir artificial till will have to be dredged to carry the scheme to a successful conclusion cl the latter feat alone will require an expenditure of from to |