Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXXI, Number 17, 23 April 1892 — No Ke Alawai o Sueza. [ARTICLE]

No Ke Alawai o Sueza.

Oka loihi o ke alawai o Sueza, he kanaiwa kumamalua mau mile; ke akea, he like ole; ka hohonu, he iwakaiua kumamaooo wau kapuai; a o ka loihi o ka oki ia ana he utnikumamakolu mau makahiki. Ona lilo a pau no ke oki ana,ho $85,180, 000. Ma ka la 16 o Novemaba, 1869, i wehe mua ia ai ke alawai okl, me ka huakai hookahakalia o na mokuahi Beritaniaa me ko na aupuni e, imua o na alo o ke Kedive o Aigupita, ka Emeperese Eugene o Farani, ka Emcpera o Auseturia, ka Hooilina AIU o Perusia, a me kekahi poe e ae. Oka uku o na moku e komo ai maloko o ke alaw&i a puka ma kekahi aoao, aia ma ka $4,300 ka averiga paka. hl. Ona mokuahl, ua hiki ke holo : a puka ma kekahi aoao iloko ona hora he kanaha. Xo na moku pea, ua hoomakaokau ia na mokuahi koiomoku me ka uku hoo ae he $3,000 no ke koio hookahi aiia. Eia ke noho ona nei ke uupuni o Beri* tania Noi ma ka akahi hapalima o keia alawal, oia hoi i ka ua lilo mai iala he 176,602 mao mahele oke Kedive o Aigupita no ke komukuai he $24,883,000. Mamnii o ka hoiopono ana o keia alawai, ua hoopokole ia ke aia moana mawaena o Knelani a me ka hikina, he akahi hapakoiu ka emi iho, aua pau ka holo kakakU ana malalo ae o Lae Oode Hope, Aferlka*