Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1890 — Nicaragua Canal. [ARTICLE]

Nicaragua Canal.

Work has been begun on the most formidable piece of excavation on the Nicaragua canal. It is solid rock cut about thirteen miles from the Atlantic end of the canal. A great deal of dredging has already been !dne in thj low land from the shore inward. Tire climate is agreeable the health of the surveying and working parties good, and the progress made thus far equals expectations. The engineers confidently predict that the work can be completed in four years.