A thirty-year-old proposal for the Jconstruction of a canal in Nicaragua supplement the Panama canal has been brought up again by Mr. Carl Vinson, chairman of the House of [Representatives Naval Committee.
Mr. Vinson declares that construction of the projected Wicaragua canal fig necessary because, in five years, the locks of the Panama canal will Jnot be large enough to safely accommodate some ships now being bult.
said that he intended to urge the Jadoption of an old plan for the construction of such a canal, which [would cost about $722,000.000.
Mr. Vinson emphasized the com-Jmercial and defence advantages of such a canal and declared that the [Project would soon be discussed with Sentiment in Congress _predomnantly favours the construction of a the canal will be 172 miles long an the most practical route will be from Greytown on the Atlantic Coast 19 Brita on the Pacific Coast, via the Deseado and San Juan Rivers and Lake Nicaragua—Revter Giant Lifeboats for
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