The Isthmian Canal
The Isthmian Canal
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I ventured a guess that the construction of the lock type of canal would approach $300, 000, 000, and without stopping to consider that the same causes which led to an increase in cost over the original estimates for the lock canal must affect equally the sea-level type, the advocates of the latter argued that the excess of the new estimates was an additional reason why the lock type should be abandoned in favor of the sea-level canal. The estimated cost by the present commission for completing... the adopted project, excluding the items let out by the Board of Consult- ing Engineers, is placed at $297, 766, 000. If to this be added the estimated cost of sanitation and civil government until the com- pletion of the work, and the $50, 000, 000 purchase price, the total cost to the United States of the lock type of canal will amount to $375, 201, 000. In the preparation of these estimates there are no unknown factors. The estimated cost of the sea-level canal for construction alone sums up to $477, 601, 000, and if to this be added the cost of sanita- 16 ISTHMIAN CANAL.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
I ventured a guess that the construction of the lock type of canal would approach $300, 000, 000, and without stopping to consider that the same causes which led to an increase in cost over the original estimates for the lock canal must affect equally the sea-level type, the advocates of the latter argued that the excess of the new estimates was an additional reason why the lock type should be abandoned in favor of the sea-level canal. The estimated cost by the present commission for completing... the adopted project, excluding the items let out by the Board of Consult- ing Engineers, is placed at $297, 766, 000. If to this be added the estimated cost of sanitation and civil government until the com- pletion of the work, and the $50, 000, 000 purchase price, the total cost to the United States of the lock type of canal will amount to $375, 201, 000. In the preparation of these estimates there are no unknown factors. The estimated cost of the sea-level canal for construction alone sums up to $477, 601, 000, and if to this be added the cost of sanita- 16 ISTHMIAN CANAL.
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