THE PANAMA CANAL.

Western Star, Issue 1055, 12 June 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE PANAMA CANAL.

'»« bcw u>'jilrt«iijgj(fiSjsßunaß^>»NighftßU ~' Lessees and| nis sph, : M! Charles de Lessops, have Just arrived after crossing the' Atlantic' to' inspect jthe works "of' \ the 'Panama. OanaK !LMP. QharleSj'de'jlieasepSj,wijp JEsthiiius pi" Panama!ev'enlOnger.than his father,; arid who has, perhaps, studied ibe situation, there' moifr;'jthorou|h f ls th'att M-'de Lesseps ; ,gave ine ihe'.bepe'M bf 'the impressions which'he 'h'aa; back'. He said—" My father is l quite 'right in affirming that the Panama '.oaMl ! Is h'alf made^,lt.'ls jq,'oi'thai 1 ib*'De Wcayat'ed has been removed, "Sfit 1 komeihirig more lmportaHitjtliap eJren°inalnS& been j achieved, > i ile'techhlcal questioning'' eVerV ground along the whole - course, or ihe future canal, we ,hava establisyd'the works"of the canal' wholeyway aoroil the l No one unacquainted witiisuch matters can imagine' wakt' Effects that 1 setting to wqrk in earnest represents.' , We, have,' hoWfeve'r',; done miic'b. more tnau, that..', pr6y;fded''.a very large' number'of'dredges aHd yatihg, machines, .ana we have 'already removed*, a ' considerable proportion "of .the. total... of bubic''metres 'of ground which must be cleared away to make the canall ' By the! work', accomplished,,, we have v moreover, ascertained that we' have set to'work in tie 1 , right way, arid - that the completiori of the Panama Canal is now ouly.-a question of time and money.'' , )Wifh regard to the capital still wanted to insure the succes. of the enterprise,, neither V M. de Lesseps nor M. Charles de feel any uncertainty with regard to Government "granting their demand to'lje allpyted to, issue six hundred' million francs of with prize wings. Before doing so, the French Government pent ,M. Rousseau' to tue Isthinusp'of Panama to inspect the works. He" has not yet returned to Paris, but is. expected, to arrive in a few days/ '.'... , '