Highways and Highway Transportation by George R. Chatburn

WATERWAYS AND CANALS 70 Coastal, Inlets, Rivers, Creeks. Canals -- Europe, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Other States; Passenger Traffic on; Prosperity and Desuetude. Ship Canals: Sault Ste. Marie, Cape Cod, Panama -- Inducements for, Early Schemes, Routes -- Tehauntepec, Nicaragua, Others; French Participation -- DeLesseps’ Grant, Company Organized; Other Promotion Schemes; Indignation in the United States against Foreign Building Canal; DeLesseps begins Work; Clayton-Bulwer Treaty; Hay and Pauncefote Treaty; Commission Reports Favorably on Nicaraguan Route; French Company Bankrupt; Colombian Congress Refuses to Sell to the United States Control of the Canal Strip; Panamanian Revolution -- Roosevelt’s Part in Revolution; United States Secures Control of Canal Strip, Colombia Protests; Construction of Canal Begun; Description of Canal, Canal Traffic. River Transportation: Small Boats, Pole Boats, Large Boats, Rafts. Steamboat: Construction, Mississippi River Traffic, New Orleans Levee, Mississippi Steamboats and Steamboating; Steamboat Fares. Government Attitude toward River Improvement. John Fitch Granted a Right in New Jersey; Calhoun’s Activities, Monroe’s Attitude. National Aid for Internal Improvements.