Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 428
rty millions away fromthe French, and so rejectedour offer. Instantly the Pana-manians, afraid lest we takethe canal to Nicaragua, and alltheir trade with it, rose in re-volt, drove out the Colombi-ans, and offered us permis-sion to dig on our own terms.And, of course, we were onlytoo glad to make… … SECTIONAL VIEW OF A LOCK, AS HIGH AS A SIX-STORYBUILDING. THE TUBE THROUGH WHICH THE WATER ISADMITTED IS LARGE ENOUGH TO HOLD A LOCOMOTIVE. the strip of land five miles wide on either sideof the canal, before it would be safe to send 306 THE STORY OF PANAMA [Feb., workmen there. This Canal Zone is…
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