anaheim-gazette 1912-09-12

LONGEST CANAL NOW BEING BUILT SEVEN HUNDRED MILES LONG LEADING FROM MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO RIO GRANDE COST WILL APPROXIMATE $10,000,-000 AND IT WILL BE VALUABLE IN COAST DEFENSE Dredging is now in progress at several points on what will be, when finished, the longest canal in the world. It will run from a point on the Mississippi River above New Orleans to an outlet on the Gulf of Mexico near the mouth of the Rio Grande, following the coast line of Louisiana and Texas for a distance of approximately 700 miles. In view of the fact that the Federal Government has given this project its official sanction by making appropriations aggregating up to this time $1,021,000 for carrying on the work, it is believed the ultimate accomplishment of the remarkable inland waterway is assured. Engineers who have made a complete survey of the route estimate that the total cost of the canal will be about $10,000,000. This estimate is based on a waterway 5 feet in depth with 1 foot over depth, and a bottom width of 40 feet, with appropriate side slopes. It is recommended, however, by United States government engineers, who made a later survey of the route of the proposed canal, that it should be made 7 feet deep and 75 feet in width, and this enlarged plan will probably be adopted. The completed ing an appropriation to start the work it was necessary to gather and compile facts and figures for presentation to that body and to the Board of Engineers of the Federal Government. The Interstate Inland Waterway League devoted its energies to these purposes and was successful in obtaining the initial financial support which has been followed by additional appropriations until the construction of the canal is now well started. The membership of this league is composed of men who are prominent in the business and industrial life of the two sister states. Annual conventions of the organization have been held each year since 1905 and the good work that it has done is proved by the results accomplished in the matter of federal appropriations and actual construction of different sections of the waterway. At the convention held in Morgan City, La., in October, 1911, a resolution was adopted demanding that Congress recognize the project in its entirety and that appropriations be made to complete the work under continuing contract such as is done in river and harbor improvements. The completed sections of the canal are: From the Mississippi to the Mermentau River, in Louisiana; Orange and Beaumont to Port Arthur and Sabine Pass, in Texas; Galveston to the mouth of the Brazos River, in Texas, through Matagorda Bay, its entire length to Pass Cavalla and from Pass Cavalla to Aransas Pass, through Turtle Cove to Corpus Christi, in Texas. Dredging work is now in progress on the sections between the Mermentau and the Sabine Rivers in Louisiana and between the Brazos River and the Colorado River in Texas. While the Government appropriation is based on a canal with a depth of 5 feet some of the sections have a greater depth. That between Galveston and the Brazos River is 6 feet deep and the section between Aransas Pass and POTOMAC GRAVEL VALLEY STREAM RUNS IN GREAT THROUGH WOODED SHORES PICTURESQUE SOUTH TRAVELERS MAY OBSERVE VELOUS FEATURES IN THROUGH REALITY The great Potomac gravel always, as it is today, or beautiful and picturesque leys. The area is located the Potomac valley where winds in great curves thigh gorge with densely wooded railroad traveler sharp bends of the river a recently issued report meet before they reverse that it takes three times ride between two points go in a straight line, he how the river acquired. In a view from the ridges, it can be seen that hilltops are flat and of altitude, and that if they filled up they would fill level plain. This feature cellently shown by the map which forms a parallelogram Many thousand years ago flowed toward the sea u which at that time was altitude—in fact, so near the sea that the stream gish and wandered about as is the custom of straddle grade, such as the Mississippi River. Engineers who have made a complete survey of the route estimate that the total cost of the canal will be about $10,000,000. This estimate is based on a waterway 5 feet in depth with 1 foot over depth, and a bottom width of 40 feet, with appropriate side slopes. It is recommended, however, by United States government engineers, who made a later survey of the route of the proposed canal, that it should be made 7 feet deep and 75 feet in width, and this enlarged plan will probably be adopted. The completed portions which were constructed under the original survey, can be enlarged at comparatively little additional cost, it is claimed. Of the 300 miles of surveyed route through Louisiana, the government has recognized by appropriations 225 miles, and there remains but a short strip which has not passed into federal control. In connection with this intercoastal canal, it is planned to make navigable a number of the rivers of Texas and Louisiana, which will flow into and through it. Another important feature of the project that is expected to have an important and direct bearing upon the transportation of a vast scope of territory, is that it will serve the purposes of a new tributary to the Mississippi, which river and its tributaries have many thousand miles of navigable water. Running back from the coast line towards the interior of Louisiana and Texas are several rivers which are already navigable for considerable distance, and by dredging and the construction of locks new transportation facilities may be extended to cover large areas of both these states. It was in 1873 that the plan of paralleling the Gulf through Texas and Louisiana with an inland waterway was first conceived. Congress in that year authorized a survey to be made of the route of the proposed canal and this work was done under the direction of Major Howell. He made an exhaustive report on the proposition, going into detail as to the character of country through which the canal would have to pass, the soil to be encountered and the dredging and other matters which have proved of much value in carrying on the work taken up at this later date. Nothing definite resulted from the first steps that were taken to carry out the project. This was probably due largely to the fact that much of the coast region of Texas at that time was sparsely settled and in an almost wholly undeveloped state. Within the last decade there has been a wonderful movement of new settlers to the prairies of the Texas Cavalla to Aransas Pass, through Turtle Cove to Corpus Christi, in Texas. Dredging work is now in progress on the sections between the Mermentau and the Sabine Rivers in Louisiana and between the Brazos River and the Colorado River in Texas. While the Government appropriation is based on a canal with a depth of 5 feet some of the sections have a greater depth. That between Galveston and the Brazos River is 6 feet deep and the section between Aransas Pass and Corpus Christi is 9 feet deep. No difficult construction problems are involved in making this proposed canal a reality. Much of its milage will be through shallow lagoons and bays that are practically land-locked by islands. Bordering its southern course is Padre Island which has a length of more than 100 miles, extending south from a point near Corpus Christi. Along the other portions of the Texas coast is a chain of islands, and through the bays they shut in the canal is being dredged. In some places the waterway will penetrate the main land for distances of a few miles at a stretch. There are seven lakes and bayous along the coast of Louisiana that will be connected by means of the canal. It is claimed on behalf of this project that the completed canal will serve as a most valuable means of coast defense in case of war and be of incalculable benefit as a carrier of freight and a regulator of rates not only to the people of Louisiana and Texas, but also to the people of the Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes region by connecting in one continuous waterway the entire system of the Great Lakes, the 16,000 miles which constitute the navigable waters of the Mississippi Valley with upwards of 3,000 miles of river in Louisiana and Texas, making a total of more than 18,000 miles of navigable streams, bays and canals in addition to the Great Lakes. It is claimed by men who have been working for several years to bring about the accomplishment of this project, and who have made a study of the benefits that accrue thereform, that its importance from a commercial standpoint would be exceedingly great, and that its original cost would be infinitesmal as compared with its value from a monetary standpoint to the people of the region which it is intended to serve. Besides the benefits that will come from this connection with the Mississippi and navigable streams that flow into it, there is in prospect a large coastwise traffic which may be handled through the canal. This service by other marvelous features traveler may observe window in passing three are the great rock folds rock that has been true river and is visible from canal is of such interest that it has attracted parts of the world and most text books on gorges. One stream however; is making a cutting off a meander and cut through a hill, producing cataract. This stream the photographic illustr folio, as are also the reelevated plain on the hills valley of the Potomac. Other marvelous features traveler may observe window in passing three are the great rock folds rock that has been true river and is visible from canal is of such interest that it has attracted parts of the world and most text books on gorges. One stream however; is making a cutting off a meander and cut through a hill, producing cataract. This stream the photographic illustr folio, as are also the reelevated plain on the hills valley of the Potomac. These fossils were creatures that inhabited muds of a sea that covered long ages ago. All those surface of this area sediments that were drowned shore and on the bottom and on the shells of the archeological sites were found them. Now we find preserved in stone. ed and the dredging and other matters which have proved of much value in carrying on the work taken up at this later date. Nothing definite resulted from the first steps that were taken to carry out the project. This was probably due largely to the fact that much of the coast region of Texas at that time was sparsely settled and in an almost wholly undeveloped state. Within the last decade there has been a wonderful movement of new settlers to the prairies of the Texas coastal regions and to the lowlands of Louisiana bordering the gulf waters. Development on a stupendous scale has been going on in this long scope of territory foth in the reclamation of wild lands and the establishment of a great variety of industrial enterprises. Scores of towns have sprung up almost as if by magic in the region that was almost wholly lacking in production and population 10 or 15 years ago. Enterprising colonists who are adepts in the cultivation of the soil along modern and scientific lines went into the new country and have made prosperous and contented homes for themselves. It is still a land of opportunity and will be made much more so when the ideas that are now being persistently advanced and adopted for providing further for the uplifting of the region are carried to fulfillment. The second birth, as it might be termed, of the interstate inland waterway project had its origin in 1905 when a convention was called to meet in Victoria, Tex., for the purpose of discussing the proposition and organizing with a view of obtaining the support of the Federal Government in carrying it out. At that meeting the Interstate Inland Waterway League was formed. Preliminary to laying the project before Congress and request- benefits that accrue therefore, that its importance from a commercial standpoint would be exceedingly great, and that its original cost would be infinitesmal as compared with its value from a monetary standpoint to the people of the region which it is intended to serve. Besides the benefits that will come from this connection with the Mississippi and navigable streams that flow into it, there is in prospect a large coastwise traffic which may be handled through the canal. This service by light-draft vessels will be able to reach many thriving towns in Louisiana and Texas that are now not enjoying the benefits of low freight rates. It is pointed out that the great oil fields of Louisiana and Texas, as well as the forests of timber of the two states, are situated adjacent to the canal, and that tonnage from these sources alone promises to be very large. Already completed sections of the canal are being well utilized, and boats that are plying the waterway handle a considerable traffic, particularly of cotton. THE WAY IT SEEMED TO HIM The stranger entered church after the sermon had begun, but he soon began to fidget. Turning to a white-haired man beside him, evidently an old member of the congregation, he asked: "How long has he been preaching?" "Thirty-five years in this church alone," said the old gentleman. The stranger composed himself in the pew. "I'll wait then," he said; "he must be nearly through." Howard—Bridget, did my wife come in a few moments ago? Bridget—No, sir; that's the parrot you hear a-hollering! POTOMAC GORGE BEAUTIFUL VALLEY STREAM RUNS IN GREAT CURVES THROUGH WOODED SLOPES AND PICTURESQUE SCENERY TRAVELERS MAY OBSERVE MAR-VÉLOUS FEATURES IN PASSING THROUGH REGION The great Potomac gorge was not always, as it is today, one of the most beautiful and picturesque of river valleys. The area is located in a part of the Potomac valley where the river winds in great curves through a deep gorge with densely wooded slopes. As the railroad traveler swings around sharp bends of the river referred to in a recently issued report, which almost meet before they reverse and realizes that it takes three times as long to ride between two points as it would to go in a straight line, he may wonder how the river acquired such a course. In a view from the tops of the ridges, it can be seen that many of the hilltops are flat and of about the same altitude, and that if the valleys were filled up they would form a nearly level plain. This feature is also excellently shown by the topographic map which forms a part of the folio. Many thousand years ago the Potomac flowed toward the sea upon this plain, which at that time was much lower in altitude—in fact, so near the level of the sea that the stream was very sluggish and wandered about in its valley, as is the custom of streams with low grade, such as the Mississippi. Later, OVER TEN BILLION BRICKS Value of Clay Products in the United States for 1911 Over $162,000,000 The clay-working industries of the United States had in 1911 a production valued at $162,236,181. The total production of common brick was 8,475,277,000, valued at $49,885,262. Of this New York contributed the largest amount, namely, 1,143,726,000, valued at $5,818,286. Illinois was second in output, with 1,074,486,000, but the product had the greater value of $6,126,911. No other state reached the billion mark, Pennsylvania coming third, with 774,122,000 bricks. A recently issued chart gives the figures of production for other kinds of brick—vitrified brick, front brick, fire brick, etc.,—as well as for terra cotta, draintile sewer pipe, stove lining, and pottery products. The production of all kinds of bricks was more than ten billion. In total production of clay products Ohio heads the list, with a value of $32,663,895, or one-fifth of the total of the United States; Pennsylvania is second, with $20,270,033; New Jersey third, with $18,178,228; and Illinois fourth, with $14,333,011. MANY GOING TO CIRCUS Barnum and Bailey Attracting Thousands With Many New Novelty Features The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth is attracting unusual interest this season with its wonderful program of European novelties; its rebuilt parade, its complete menagerie, and its recently added $500,000 wordless spectacle of “Cleopatra,” all of which will be seen in Santa Ana on September 20. The parade, which takes place at 10 o'clock in the morning, is three miles in length. In the menagerie will be found the only baby giraffe on exhibition anywhere on earth. The inauguration of Stamps. Never had there been such a com-motion in the little home, and the most wildly excited person was the sister of the young mother who had just presented twins to her husband. Off she rushed to the postoffice for stamps to spread the great tidings abroad. “Stamps, please,” she said, as she flung down her money. “How many, Miss?” asked the clerk. “Two,” she cried joyfully. “What kind?” “A boy and a girl.” PATTERSON IRRIGATED FARMS. PATTTERSON IRRIGATED FARMS. You, Mr. Renter or Landowner, do you want to better yourself? We want to directly interest you in the best irrigated farms in California, an 18,000 acre tract, half sold since last October. Our concrete canal gravity striction as to how or when you should use it. Our climate is good. Our soil 40 to 60 feet deep; absolutely no hard-pan or alkali; will grow alfalfa, English walnuts, and all deciduous fruits with vigor. Our terms are most attractive, one-third down, no payment for two years, then in ten equal annual payments. We have a town with a hotel, bank, schools, churches, many store building, post-office, and other modern conveniences on the tract. Let us send you our literature. Call or write LUNDELIUS & ECCLESTON, INC., 343 South Hill street, Los Angeles, Cal. IT'S WORTH INVESTIGATING. IT'S WORTH INVESTIGATING. ANAHEIM STEAM LAUNDRY Fitted with the most up-to-date machinery for turning out the best work on short notice and at moderate prices. Patronize home industry, especially when you get just a little bit better service. Other marvelous features which the traveller may observe from the car window in passing through this area are the great rock folds. One arch of rock that has been truncated by the river and is visible from the train and canal is of such interest to geologists that it has attracted visitors from all parts of the world and is illustrated in most text books on geology. Other folds, not visible from the train but readily accessible to those interested, have the form of great saw teeth rising above the crest of a hill. All these folds are well illustrated in the folio. These rock folds are the record of the great mountain-making forces which crushed and folded the rocks as they were raised out of the sea. Many of the rocks are full of well-preserved fossil shells. Some that have long, banded, fluted wings are called butterflies by the natives. How did they get into the rocks and what do they mean? These fossils were shells of living creatures that inhabited the sands and muds of a sea that covered this region long ages ago. All the rocks now at the surface of this area are hardened sediments that were deposited on the shore and on the bottom of the sea, and the shells of the animals that lived in these waters were buried in these sediments and were hardened with them. Now we find them beautifully preserved in stone. The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth is attracting unusual interest this season with its wonderful program of European novelties, its rebuilt parade, its complete menagerie, and its recently added $500,000 wordless spectacle of "Cleopatra," all of which will be seen in Santa Ana on September 20. The parade, which takes place at 10 o'clock in the morning, is three miles in length. In the menagerie will be found the only baby giraffe on exhibition anywhere on earth. The inaugural spectacle of "Cleopatra" is produced on the biggest stage ever devoted to an open air amusement. It is erected in the main tent of the show. There is a cast of 1,250 characters, a grand opera chorus of 400 voices, an orchestra of 100 musicians, a ballet of 350 dancing girls, 650 horses, five herds of elephants, caravans of camels, and an entire trainload of special scenery, costumes and stage effects. This is the greatest spectacular, theatrical, and circus event in the history of amusements in America. Among the many European novelties on the regular program which follows the spectacle, are Katle Sandwina's wonderful strong-woman act, and novelty feats by a company of Japanese warriors and jiu jitsu experts, Winston's riding and juggling seals, the Fillis troup of dancing and jumping horses, a brass band of stallions, Berzac's mule and monkey circus, the Siegrist-Silbon family of high air vaulters and somersaulters, Mae Wirth, the greatest bareback and somersault rider in the world; Victoria Codona, queen of high wire experts; the Georgetty family of strong arm jugglers, the Florence, Les Jardy and Les Deko families of acrobats, seven herds of trained elephants, and the fifty funniest clowns in the world. The Barnum and Bailey circus for more than fifty years has stood at the head of the world's amusement affairs. This year it is more interesting than ever before, and twice as big. It travels on a train more than a mile in length, covers 14 acres of ground, and has nearly 1,500 employees, 700 horses, nearly two-thirds of the elephants in America, 110 cages in the menagerie and over 2,000 wagons and other vehicles. The two performances that will be given in Santa Ana will be exactly the same as those presented at Madison Square Garden, New York, where the season was opened in March. Not one detail has been changed. The great spectacle was said to be the most notable dramatic event in the history of amusements in that city, while the circus proper was credited with being the best ever given. ANAHEIM STEAM LAUNDRY Fitted with the most up-to-date machinery for turning out the best work on short notice and at moderate prices. Patronize home industry, especially when you get just a little bit better service here than you can get anywhere else. ANAHEIM STEAM LAUNDRY J.E.FISHER & CO., Props. SOUTH LEMON STREET Anaheim, Cal. REMEMBER THE BOSTON BAKERY connected with Ice Cream Parlor serves Christopher's Ice Cream and Ices. Also Christopher's Chocolates and Bon Bons always fresh on hand. Orders taken on Short notice for Ice Cream, Ices. S.KISTLER 201 East Center Street. Anaheim Opera House, Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Summer Prices. Abbott School of Elocution and Dancing Private or Class Instruction. Aesthetic, National and Social Dancing Germania Halle A splendid Lunch every day. Best brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars for those desiring them. Cold Beer always on tap. Your patronage solicited. We make a specialty of Kentucky. These fossils were shells of living creatures that inhabited the sands and muds of a sea that covered this region long ages ago. All the rocks now at the surface of this area are hardened sediments that were deposited on the shore and on the bottom of the sea, and the shells of the animals that lived in these waters were buried in these sediments and were hardened with them. Now we find them beautifully preserved in stone. The beauties and wonders of nature are abundantly displayed in this region and no one should go on a camping, fishing, or touring trip to it without a copy of this follo in his possession, the better to understand what he sees. A copy of the Pawpaw-Hancock follo may be obtained from the Director of the United States Geological Survey at Washington for 25 cents, or in more compact form, called the field edition, with folded topographic and geologic maps in a pocket, for 50 cents. SHE COULDN'T She was a very dignified maiden lady and she entered a dry goods store to make some purchases. “If you please,” she said to the clerk, “I should like to see some hose.” “Yes'm,” said the clerk, who was exceedingly bowlegged, leading the way to the hosiery department; “just walk this way.” The lady glared at his waddling figure. “I can't walk that way,” she said. DID HE, THEN? “If I should kiss you what would happen?” he asked. “I should call father,” she said. “Then I won't do it,” he answered. “But father's in Europe.” nearly two-thirds of the elephants in America, 110 cages in the menagerie and over 2,000 wagons and other vehicles. The two performances that will be given in Santa Ana will be exactly the same as those presented at Madison Square Garden, New York, where the season was opened in March. Not one detail has been changed. The great spectacle was said to be the most notable dramatic event in the history of amusements in that city, while the circus proper was credited with being the best ever given there. DEEP ROOTS Bobby had the toothache and his jaw was badly swollen before he summoned up courage enough to go to the dentist's to have the tooth pulled. The dentist was encouraging. “All right, Bobby,” he said, “we'll fix that in a second. Open your mouth.” “I can't," said Bobby; "me jaw's swelled too much." The dentist summoned his assistant. “You take this big hatpin,” he whispered, “and when I nod you jab it hard through the seat of the chair Bobby is in.” Then he turned back to Bobby. “Come on, Bobby,” he said again; “open your mouth.” “I can't," said Bobby, "me jaw's——" Just then the dentist nodded and the assistant jabbed hard. Bobby emitted a terrific yell and when he opened his mouth the dentist got the tooth. “Well," he said, "I got her, Bobby, didn't I?" “你 sure did," said Bobby, rubbing himself where the hatpin had penetrated, "but gee, Doc, I never knew de roots went down so far." Thursday, September 12 J. F. DISHAROON Electric and Auto Supplies and Repairing Contractor for All Kinds of Electrical work. - Agent for Sunbeam Tungsten Lamps and John Lucas Paints Office—111 So. Los Angeles Street ANAHEIM, CAL. Gibbs Lumber Co, WE WILL BE GLAD TO TALK "BUILDING MATERIALS" With you whenever you say so. 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