. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ilding brick,500,000 sq. ft. of roofing tile, bar-rels of cement, 3 steel water tanks andtowers, 12 standpipes, and 2 ocean steam-ships. The approximate total cost of allthis is about $9,000,000. As to actual excavation and dredgingon the canal, Mr. Schonts says: We arenow working six steam shovels inCulebra cut, which is the largest singlefactor in the construction of the canal,and have removed approximately onemillion cubic yards of material. By thiswork we are accomplishing two thin
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ilding brick,500,000 sq. ft. of roofing tile, bar-rels of cement, 3 steel water tanks andtowers, 12 standpipes, and 2 ocean steam-ships. The approximate total cost of allthis is about $9,000,000. As to actual excavation and dredgingon the canal, Mr. Schonts says: We arenow working six steam shovels inCulebra cut, which is the largest singlefactor in the construction of the canal,and have removed approximately onemillion cubic yards of material. By thiswork we are accomplishing two things:First, we are putting the levels of thecut in proper condition for the installa-tion of the largest number of machineswhich can be effectively operated; and,second, we are gathering data which willbe useful in future estimates of the costof canal construction. On the Culebrawork men are now employed. Weare also building railway tracks andyards, and are dredging at both ends ofthe canal, so far as advisable until thequestion of type of canal is dredging now being done is suita-. A .MISlllP IN TiiH , ZONE. ble to any type of canal. The questionas to type yet to be decided is, shall itbe a lock canal or an open sea level one?The work is of great and worldwideimportance and worthy of the nationsenterprise. It is in the western hemis-phere and it has fallen to the lot of theUnited States to do the work, to main- January, icjofj. RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING tain the neutrality of the canal zone,and open a waterway to the shipping ofall nations. The canal is to be free,which means that altliougli a toll will becharged for the passage of any shipthroufjh it, there will be no discrimina-linn in favnr of any nation or against any Jim Skeevers Explains a Principle,ny JOHN a. hill. .Skeevers fireman, Billy, has beensot up a fortnight now, and the OldMan put Mike Kelly on with Skeevers. Its Mikes next turn to do the touchllic iMittfin, the firoman docs the
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