THE CANAL
TO-DAY

AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT

OF THE CANAL, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE
EARLY ENTERPRISES OF THE FRENCH COMPANY
AND THE UNITED STATES; THE INCEPTION, CON-
STRUCTION, AND COMPLETION OF THE CANAL; A
SURVEY OF the first TEN YEARS OF OPERATION;
AND A HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY TO DATE, TO-
GETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF ITS PHYSICAL
FEATURES AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

By

FORBES LINDSAY

Author of "Panama, the Isthmus and the Canal," etc.
and

NEVIN O. WINTER

Author of "Mexico and Her People of Today," etc.

Copyright, 1910,
BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY

(INCORPORATED)

Copyright, 1912,

BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)

Copyright, 1926,

BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)

All rights reserved

Made in U. S. A.

First Edition, October, 1910
New Revised Edition, January, 1912
Third Impression, May, 1912
Fourth Impression, July, 1912
Fifth Impression, February, 1913
New Revised Edition, April, 1926

Electrotyped and Printed by
THE COLONIAL PRESS
C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A.

DEDICATED

TO MY FRIEND

J. E. Durham

IN APPRECIATION OF HIS STERLING CHARACTER

AND AMIABLE PERSONALITY