Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1898 — [?] INTER-OCEAN[?] CANA[?]. [ARTICLE]

[?] INTER-OCEAN[?] CANA[?].

. R»ct» ay Whleh One Coaid Be Sueeedf fully Constructed 'The a’leged new route across th etlimus of Panama, separating tin n tlantic and Pacific oceans, is an old .me,” said an engineer lately. “It wm first di. ojvered by De Lachanne ir 18G0, was published in different maga tin -s a.d p: p?r» in 1869. in article! which ful.y sot forth the difficulties in the v,ay of c istrueting canals either across from I auama to Aspinwall, <r by the iouie of the Nicaragua C-ona*. rhe route was examined by Comraan der Selfridge ir. 1811, who made th* most favorable reports upon it. Tht route is know n as the Faya Route, and passes through the province of ’Lil boa,’ in which were sitnared the rich--Bft gold mines of the Indians corked by tno Spaniards in 1814. The length of the canal would be only fifty mile*, fourteen miles of which on the racifi* tide ai-e through alluvial soil at • level of V.;e sea, and upon the Atlant’ side six miles, the other thirty mile !)'■'. ering no difficulties The supply »’ water £ more than is necessary, as tht ianal would receive at the same leve> —about 1.0 fe. t above the level of ih< ica the waters of the river Tayra us lire Pacific side, arC of the ilvpr Caquirri pu the Atlantic side. Besides '•here is plenty of the best building ♦tone. Immense quantities of all kindi! timber suitable not only for th« > n-traction of the canal, but also for fto repair «r;d biiluingof ves. els. T.i« nate Is healthy and insect annoy-i.-.ce mncl. ies« than along the other fo-tes. “Ti c discovery of tl e new and ‘.o'tter r. uta is genuine, but it was dis.•oveied, as iated, a quarter of a cenI .ry ago ny De Lachanne, anti the plai > u-:t. therefore, new. It has beet J oiyht into prominence again anc this time I believe that is will be put tbmigh »u< iossfully.