186 THE NICARAGUA CANAL. 
to Spain, see it, in fact, bringing the whole Pacific close 
to our doors and to Europe, and making most true and 
forcible the old motto of ocean commerce, that 
«The seas but join together 
The nations they divide.” 
TEHAUNTEPEC SuHip RatLway (proposed)— 
Length, 134 miles. 
Probable cost of construction, $100,000, 000. 
Probable receipts (gross) $12,500,000 ; (net), $6,000,000. 
NicaRAGuA CANAL (proposed )— 
Length (canal) 40 miles ; (river and lake) 130 miles. 
Locks, 7. 
Floor of canal, 80-120 feet wide. 
Surface of canal, 80-300 feet wide. 
Depth, 28 feet. 
Probable cost of construction, $100, 000,000. 
Probable receipts (gross), $12,500,000 ; (net), $12,000, - 
000. 
SuEZ CANAL (completed)— 
Length, 99.9 statute miles. 
No locks—a niveau. 
Floor of canal, 72 feet wide; surface, 190-828 feet 
wide. 
Depth, 25 feet. 
Tonnage using the canal in 18838, 5,775,861 tons. 
Receipts from tolls during 1883, $13,702.413. 
Cost of construction, $98,000,000. 
PanaMA CANAL (constructing)— 
Length, 46 miles (statute). 
_ No locks—a niveau. 
Floor of canal, 72 feet wide; surface, 100-164 feet 
wide. : 
Depth, 28 feet. 
Probable tonnage, if canal is completed, 5,000,000 
tons. 
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