PANAMA CANAL
\pˈanəmˌɑː kənˈal], \pˈanəmˌɑː kənˈal], \p_ˈa_n_ə_m_ˌɑː k_ə_n_ˈa_l]\
Definitions of PANAMA CANAL
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The Panama Canal Company (French) was organized by Count de Lesseps, March 3, 1880, and under the concession obtained from the Colombian Government, was to construct and open the canal by March 3, 1892. The face value of the shares issued was approximately $500,000,000, but after $266,000,000 had been expended, the company in 1889 became bankrupt. The total length of the proposed waterway is forty-five and one-half miles, and the work actually done is variously estimated at one-third, one-fifth and one-tenth of the whole. In 1891 Lieutenant Wyse obtained an extension of the concession for ten years, provided a company be formed for its completion; otherwise the Colombian Government will seize the property. In November, 1892, the French Government instituted criminal proceedings against the leading officials of the Canal Company.
By John Franklin Jameson
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