Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1897 — AN INYSH-OCEANIC CANAL. [ARTICLE]

AN INYSH-OCEANIC CANAL.

4 K&*t« t.J Wlilnh On* Cnnlrt Succ*. fn'ly Cinumi tivJ "iiie a’l ,"00 new route across th iiti.-ou:* of I’anatna, separating' ,'<m» •> tlftiit a-,i-*u Pacific oceans, is a a <> <■ S' id an t-n/i.ieer lato .v “it first di o iverc by Do Lachanrm > iB6O, was. |* .bUshed In tii .eront macnines and (>.' /)’l’B iu 18.9. ill : i'l l *.■ viueh fuly «, . for;'/. ibu dillicult. -in u of co.,Blrueling can*.l ©nit.icritss from unania to AspinwCl. ’.,y ihe iwe l:o icaragnwi ; - I'lio rout.) was examine r by '.'om i/. io ■ StixiYid )>• 1 l. w o ir.aoo most favorable ivj-vti upon it. rout* is liU'Wii:.- t is i a .• Hoimi”, .. , puß.se I <■*. the j.;© inco oi boa. i' which were sit:i und t ,o i a ■ * 5 gold mines o ' t.li© Indians .•«•/./ by the Spaniard' In 1 4; The 'c at the cana wou. ibe only fiily i V fourteo'i miles of whi> b*n:h ■ i . iklo fcluovgb ",lit:vial 8, il at S' S vei of t.:a yea, and upon the At >•:■)!. *tde six mile i, t.i e the: till. t • m.b jr ering no difficulties. The ' n ■_> <ate • i- m ire t an i- coc s. arv. a> til* :anal would retV 'e at the .st-riio k>v\ -about 1:0 fe above the lev ! of «ea the waters of the riyer Tavrii the Pacific side, and or the" rlvco Oaqulrri on the At i Ratio aide. Beside! there is plenty of the best buildin; ♦tone, immense quantities < f all kind' «f timber suitable not only for *L? jouvtruetion ol the canal, but also fe: the ropuii' and baiiuine of ves-els. Ti t iLtnate is healthy ana Insect annoy .nee mm'l. less tiian along’ the other .'ov.tes. The discovery of tl e new am: setter routs is genuine, but it wa) di waved, as tatod, a quarter’ of a rotary ago by Be Lachanne, and the plat *> li-rt. thtn-eforo. new. It has beer iroaght into prominence again : •Lis time believe that ii will be pv/ ■hm igh tui :evoi'uUy.