The Panama Canal.
The Panama' Canal appears to be in a bad way, and. the chance of its accom-
Slishment grow, more and nmre remote. 1. de Losseps *s faced by difficulties far
more serious than those he overcame nt ...Suez. > He has to deal with virgin rock, not sand ; be has no labour but what he imports from great distances, whilst in Egypt he had (he command of the labour market of three continents. The climate is this year more pestilential than ever and already numbers of valuable lives have succumbed..: In four days tbe Canal Company- lost nine officers, and also two of their ablest engineers. Nature, morer over, seems hostile, and the earthquake which has just destroyed the Panama r.railway augurs that tremendous force may iome day militate against the safety of the -great dam which is one of the chief features of the work. This dam is intended to hold in cheek the river Charges, a tur-
buleDt torrent which faf terthe rain 1 woiild'oontinnftlly threaten the very exis- '* tenbe of the cana), if ever consJructed. But
at .the present moment it seems probable tnattlie Panama Canal will be numbered .. amongst, the vain uncompleted undertakings of the world. In any case, nothings much., has. been done as yet beyond clearing woods and opening roads. Ground has not been broken, and the i*al difficulties of the scheme are but ' imperfectly'understood.
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4385, 23 January 1883, Page 3
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233The Panama Canal. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4385, 23 January 1883, Page 3
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