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THE MARINE REVIEW VOL. 44 CLEVELAND FEBRUARY, 1914 NEW YORK No. 2 Panama Trade Routes HE Panama canal will be op- ened to commerce some time during the present year. It will in all probability be open to ships of moderate draught within a few months. Its completion will alter many of the trade routes of the world, though it will not disturb Suez as the roadstead: to India, China: and: Japan from Great Britain and European ports. During the past two or three years much activity has been displayed among steamship lines in preparation for the event, though it must be ad- mitted that foreign nations and for- eign steamship companies have been far more active than the United States. Four steamers have been built by Cramp's for W.R.Grace & Co., New York, which are the first steamers to be constructed in the United States by this great shipping house whose headquarters are in London. During the past two years the American- Hawaiian Steamship Co. has added eight fine cargo carriers to its fleet, the fast two of which "are now in process of completion at Newport News. This company has_ hitherto utilized the railway, Tehuantepec What Alterations May Be Expected When the Canal is Opened to Commerce which runs from Puerto, Mexico, on the Gulf of Mexico, to Salina Cruz, on the Gulf of Tehuantepec. Of course,.. this. expensive -- rail hag. amounting to $2.50 a ton, will now be eliminated. Even if tolls are as- sessed on domestic shipping the say- ing will still be great as the toll of $1.20 per ton net register works out at about 60 cents per ton of cargo. Cramp's are building two fine steamships for Panama canal service, though no announcement has been made as to the interests for which they are building. The Fore River BLOWING UP GAMBOA DIKE, PANAMA CANAL, OCT. 10, MAKING NAVIGATION AND PACIFIC POSSIBLE BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC Copyright 1913, Byron Co.