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Union Of The Atlantic And Pacific

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Parent Issue
Day
19
Month
December
Year
1842
Copyright
Public Domain
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i'hc compasy clioFtered by the Govornmcnt of New Grenada to cons'ruct a Siiip Canal connectie tlie Atlantic r.nd Pacific Ocenns, have completed their survcys, made ;i roar! over the TsÜimws, and are proceedin io riinfeè the Cnnal. An aalhentic account in t.'ie CincinnatiChronicle says: The compnny hnviiijr compietetl a provisional or temporary rcad froni the bay óf Charer son on t!io Pacific to the town of Öhdgrés oír the Atlantic Ocean, snot only freed from llip neceseity of reqötnng1 additionni time, bnt the Repub'ic of NewGrenda coald nol refusc it without violatinjf iis engra'-.enient?, e'r.ee the company lias completpd its contract before even the expiration of the time limited forthc construction of any commnnication whatever. Bendes this, it bas caused the vhole country wliich the projected cannl s to pass, as weli os all the rivers and water courscs which mustconíributc to ir, be thorougbly explored.- TiiO.se c.vplorations, conducted with great tal ent by the Elimineer, Worp], have demonstraíeil ihat the isihmns of Psnáffrá, instead o being n rido of rocks, as rnany geogruphers have describcd it, is on tho cuntniry a vally fram 4to IS miles in widïb, and iscattered ó ver with couical hcights of fron 20 to 60 feet elevalion, whicb, ou tlio east a ml west rest lïpon Iow c.'imr.s varying froni 110 to 415 fee n beïgh.1. Amonio ihcse ssmall cortical hejglits wind in ai] dtrections various etreams and rivers, which descend frooi tho tenninaiïons n toa Andes nnd unito in two principal chiírrfaelí. The one, wliicli is the river Cliagros, th'rpws itseif into theCaribbean Sea; ihe olherijcalled the Rio Grande, flows towurd the Pac:iic 0ccan, 'i'lie dividiiirr country hetween tliosp.Rivors. has an elevation of o"niy S7 feet aboye the bigwet ktiown level of tho tea, or of 04 foet r-.l'ovo Iow ti(!cs; the Jood tife sojnetimes attainin? a hcight of 27 feef. Tlie excavalion or cuUinor necessary lo unite tho AtlanUc nnd Pacific Öceans, by mem? ol'tiio Rivers Vino Tinte, BornanJino and Fasfüü, is only cwfuve miles nnd a half'; the fall will 5e regulated by funr donblo locks, of 183 feet in longth, l-2.r) feet in breadlh at the surfaccof the waier, nnd 55 feet at thfi bottom, 20 feet in depth, ü;h1 will be nav:gable for vessela of from 1,000 to 1,400 tons. Ail the Rivers uhicli are to serve as pnrtsin the canal, have, at the lowest watcr.adcplh yaryi froin 3 to 10 feet; they will be swept and excavatrd to a depth of 20 feet, and kept atthat depth by means of two Gnard Locks. The country íhrqugji wiiich the can-il wjll pase presenta a clnyish ond coalr seil, n-ith norock excefit at tho mouih of ihc Cliapros, whcre tlio furm;it;on is so slaty that it will present no obstacle. Althoujrli the constrnclion of the canal of Panama will require no purchase of land, nnd rio outlay for filone, lime or cement, all which materials are to be found on the spot, still t'ir; company has noi liesitatcd to estímate its cost at the highest rates of constructinnr eucli works, ns thosa for example, of the Ca'.edonian cana!, of .Scotland, and tho Louisvii'e cona! the rato of 3;i2,000 fnmes1, or SCG.157 per müe; so that tiie 42 miles of canal, properlv so c-iliod, will oost 14.o2l.o00 frarjes!, or about O-2,778,G 1 f. In these esim;.tes are incl'ided t!;e co.sl of fuiir stèflCH tow boats, two fuMin? bndgcá of cast ron, 140 feet in jength, and seVetol smaller oncf;. This junction of tiie two Occans. by bring1ng the Ishiuds of the Pacific, Chinn, Japan, Australia, Borneo, Sumatra, &.c. some 4,000 leacrne.; neáref to us,by renderingtïe navigation ot-tiie ocean less (langeroup, less éxpensivt nnd more éxpeditioui--, wiil cfiVct a grreat revolu'.ion in Iho comme: ce'of the whole world, a revolution of which America will expenencc the üe;iofits bcfoto all other nations.

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