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es," observed the American enthusiast, " it is a great ditch. You see those flat cars piled with dirt ? Well, by the time the Atlantic joins the Pacific we shall have removed as much dirt as would fill a train of such cars 96,000 miles long, which is getting pretty near four times round the earth. Yes, it is a great ditch."
This is the spirit of the 35,000 men who, between Colon and Panama, are digging and blasting, dam- ming rivers, fighting landslips, building locks, so the great Canal will be finished long before the official opening day, which is in 1915.
It is a big thing. The world is looking on. It is an enterprise which fits the American tempera- ment. It is a dramatic as well as a colossal under- taking. Others have tried to build canals across the Isthmus. The French came to failure
JOHN FOSTER FRASER - Personal Name
1st Edtion
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Panama
Management
English
FB & Ltd
1999
USA
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