TABULAR STATEMENT PREPARED BY AMERICAN ISTHMUS SHIP CANAL COMPANY 



Length of Canals. 



MANDINGO. 



29£ Miles. 



Curves and Courses. 



The Mandingo is a perfectly straight line at the 

 narrowest part of the Isthmus, and normal to 

 the coast. 



Terminal Harbors. 



Perfect natural harbors at both ends, large enough 

 and deep enough for the greatest demands of 

 commerce. 



Locks and Gates and Dams. 



A sea-level canal without locks or tide- gates, essen- 

 tially a portion of the ocean, where shipping 

 can pass without hindrance or delay. 



Water Supply. 



The united waters of the Atlantic and Pacific 

 Oceans. 



Time of Construction. 



Can be done in three years. 



Capacity of Canals. 



Under all conditions of tide and weather, 2SS 

 ships per day with a headway of one mile. 



Method of Transit. 



Electric trolley, controlling absolutely the move- 

 ment of ships. 



Time of Transit. 



Five hours for sailing ships and others by trolley 

 towage; exceptionally, steamers by their own 

 power might go through in 3 hours. 



Distance from Ports in the United States. 



From all Atlantic and Gulf ports to all South 

 Pacific ports, a considerable gain, both as to 

 distance and time. To all North Pacific and 

 insular ports, a valuable gain in time. 



Incidents of Traffic and Maintenance. 



Transit presents no dangers of collision, on account 

 of trolley control ; has little machinery to be 

 deranged, and no delays from curvature or 

 locks; therefore transit can be counted upon 

 absolutely at any time. 



Permanence of Waterway. 



Constructed practically through primitive rock, 

 banks will not wash and there can be no silting. 

 Destructive earthquakes are unknown. 



Financial. 



The American Isthmus Ship Canal Company asks 

 no money from the United States Treasury. It 

 proposes to build the canal itself, asking the 

 United States Government to gaarantee its 

 bonds in exchange for free transit for 100 years 

 for the national ships. 



