t.corrigan@wsj.com:
Dear Editor:
On September 25, 1513 Balboa discovered the South Sea or Pacific Ocean
500 years ago.
Frederick M Kelly was a New York tycoon who sponsored four expeditions
in the middle of the XIX Century to discover the Interoceanic way to
comunicate the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The fourth in 1854
lead by Civil Engineer William Kennish discovered the route
Atrato-Truando. Following Kelly's instructions, he found what
Kennish named Kelly's inlet, at 7 degrees Latitud North in the Pacific. The
expedition crossed the Baudo range, came to the Truando River, then to
the Atrato River, and ended 106 miles in the Atlantic Ocean.
Kelly wrote books in English and French, trying to raise capital to
build the sea level canal, without any locks, but he did not succeed.
Kennish proposed 160 years ago the construction of two tunnels 3
miles long to cross the Baudo range. In 1857 LT Nathaniel MIlchler
sent by the US goverment confirmed the waterway and reported to the
Congress.
In 1970 the US Interoceanic Canal Commision studied all possibilities
and concluded that the only place a sea level canal could be built was
in Colombia route # 25. Nuclear explosions were recommended to cross
the Baudo range, but this was not accepted. The Canal of Colombia,
will have no locks will allow passage of post Panam Plux 250.000 tons
ships.
This will be the time to fullfill Kelly's dream. Estimated cost will
be 10 billion dollars: it will require a double way electric railroad
standard gauge, parallel to the canal. Two maritime ports and one in
the center of the route over the canal. A Railroad tunnel under the
canal to connect the Zone of the Canal with the rest of Colombia.
Perhaps some investors after reading this letter and learning about
Frederick Kelly, will decide to make it now.
Thank you,
Dr. Jim Gomez
Board of Directors
Sowing Seeds for the Future Foundation
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