The Panama Canal
DeiLesseps npw ; proposes to build 4be; canal with locks instead of the tide- water plan, but will: adopt the litter eventually. Henry B. Slaven, President of the' Mexican' Oontraicting and |Dredging ; . Company, that has. .been jßwtively'enjgaged^d the w6rk "of dredging a> ifiacr n catfal . sinj^ * the start, arrived in November 29th, ! and inf ornis -the v Sun, that ; the can^l is nearly |half .4one, (1 and; in his opinion ships .^cjrJpsi} within, i^hree. years from January , 1888^ . The canal is open at preseent for vessels drawing Jsft ojf JEaier f Qr 20_ kilometres on the AjthintiQ Bide,;out/of a total! length of .7,4. kilometres, and 24 will be done by July next. The French, .Company on Pacific side will have five more completed. '; jD^: Ijejiseps i;depies ; that .he ever said the CanaLw^d be in February, 1889.
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Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 87, 10 January 1888, Page 3
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138The Panama Canal Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 87, 10 January 1888, Page 3
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