Deuxième projet de loi a été présenté à être la moitié de Monsieur Jacques. B. Eads et contenait une position pro pour les améliorer l'embouchure de la rivière au moyen d'embarcadères Cette proposition a rencontré une forte position op a n d'armée et les ingénieurs civils ont rivalisé avec les autres son absurdité aveugle. M. E. L'Corthell intitulé "Le col du Sud Liens Jet' lire avant l'American Society of Civil Engineers peut dit : "Les propositions énoncées par le Conseil d'Army en prend fin. était instable. Et être petit trou ble dans son con struction i f t h e gouvernement n'a pas de législation ou en s'engageant à le canal du Nicaragua

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second bill was presented in be half of Mr. Jas. B. Eads and contained a pro position for im proving the mouth of the river by means of jetties This proposition met with strong op position a n d army and civil engineers vied with each other ing its wanton absurdity. Mr. E. L Corthell's paper on 'The South Pass Jet ties' read be fore the Ameri can Society of Civil Engineers says: 'The propositions enunciated by the Board of Army En ends. was unstable. And be little trou ble in its con struction i f t h e govern ment does not by legis lation or by committing itself to the Nicaragua canal scheme injure its pro spects a n d defeat its aim which is to furnish a cheap rapid and safe pass age for ships across that narrow strip of land which heretofore h a s proved an effectual piring canal builders. The promise of an original undertaking may be said to be directly as its author has succeeded or failed in previous enterprises and hence it is but natural that the Eads. Ten years ago the bars at the mouths of the Mississippi below New Orleans bad approached so near the surface that it looked as though the great city of New Orleans would be tion. A gradual shoaling had been going on for years and various devices were suggested for deepening the channel subject. One of these came from the headquarters of the Engineer Corps of the army and advocated the construction of the Fort St. Philip Canal leading from the river to the adjacent ' 2THE INTEROCEANIC SHIP CANAL—SECTIONAL ELEVATION OF PONTOON AND RAILWAY CRADLE. 1884 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN INC, 1884-12-27

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