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.