PANAMA CANAL.
CABLE NEWS
(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)
PROPOSED DATE OF FLOODING. (Received La-/<t N:ght, .V> oViork.) Xi\Vv YORK, May 1. It :s hoped t.!i flood wiic Pair ia ma v.anai on October Ist. Am . rican reports state that tho >V<u- Dena-rtmont is hurrying on tho .Itsionces of the Panama. Canal. Guns have boon ordered, and are to be shipped immediately. [The Canal Zoao contains about- 448 -quare miles, of which States owns tho larger portion. Tho total cost has exceeded £-54,000,000, of which the payment to previous companies consumed £10,500,000, and engineering and construction £32,'KJO.OOO. There are six double locks in the Canal. Each lock is a chamber, with walls and floor of concrete, and steel gates at either end. At n • part of the On ri:T? is its bottom W'Hh less than ,'Jooft. Its depth varies from 40ft to Soft, and i takes curves, which are due to the lie of the land.]
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 3 May 1913, Page 5
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156PANAMA CANAL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 3 May 1913, Page 5
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