. The railroad and engineering journal . dam, having inview the re-location of the canal-line, so as to utilize thechannel, avoiding, as much as possilile, the hills on eachside, and enlarging the radii of its curves as much as thetopography of the country would allow. This re-location of the line of the western section of thecanal made a much more favorable route. By thischange, which was completed in 1885, Mr. Menocal esti- * See pages 203 and 204 in the May number of the Journal. 352 THE RAILROAD AND [August, 1890. mates a saving of $16,000,000 on a previously estimatedcost of $52,000,000.
. The railroad and engineering journal . dam, having inview the re-location of the canal-line, so as to utilize thechannel, avoiding, as much as possilile, the hills on eachside, and enlarging the radii of its curves as much as thetopography of the country would allow. This re-location of the line of the western section of thecanal made a much more favorable route. By thischange, which was completed in 1885, Mr. Menocal esti- * See pages 203 and 204 in the May number of the Journal. 352 THE RAILROAD AND [August, 1890. mates a saving of $16,000,000 on a previously estimatedcost of $52,000,000. For the next two and one half years surveying was con-stantly going on, to establish absolutely this re-locatedline, and the canal-route, as now located, undoubtedly oc- The San Juan River shows a minimum flow of 11,390 per second (9S4,og6,ooocub. ft. daily). The estimated water required for one lockage on bothsides ^6,249 cub. ft.; and estimating 32 double lock-ages daily, will give 129,479,986 cub. ft. required ; leaving. cupies the lowest existing depression between North andSouth America. • The accompanying illustrations show, in No. 8, a gen-eral map of the canal and isthmus ; in No. 9. a map of thecanal line from Lake Nicaragua to the Pacific Ocean, andin No. 10, a general profile of the line arranged in sec-tions. The total length of the route, from ocean to ocean, is170 miles, divided as follows : Canal in excavation, east side i6 miles. Canal in excavation, west side iii.£ ** Six locks J^ Total canal in excavation Basin of Deseado 4j^ miles. Basin of San Francisco iij^ Basin of Tola sJ^ aS miles. Total navigation in basin ai Free navigation in river San Juan 64)^ miles. Free navigation in Lake s6H Total free navigation 131 Total length from ocean to ocean. 170 miles. The dimensions of the canal-prism are as follows : Widthat bottom in ordinary depths, 120 ft.; width at water sur-face in ordinary soils, 180 ft.; depth, 30 ft. In hard rockth
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