Note 148 — Chapter XX · THE SUEZ CANAL.
Reading edition
The following are the details of the contracts for works on Suez Canal:—
Dussaud frères, Marseilles. Aiton, Glasgow. Couvreux, Paris. Borel and Levalley, Paris.
20th October, 1863. 13th January, 1864. 1st October, 1863. 1st April, 1864.
250,000 blocks of 21,700,000 cubic 9,000,000 cubic 24,500,000 cubic
artificial stone of metres of metres of metres of
1 cubic metre each excavations excavations at excavations at
(35⅓ cubic feet), at 1·35 fr. 1·60 frs 2·28 frs.
and weighing The plant ceded 14,000,000 frs. 56,000,000 frs.
20 tons, at 40 frs. to the contractor 560,000l. 2,240,000l.
each. by the company Enlargement and Continuation and
10,000,000 frs. brings the price deepening of the completion of 53
400,000l. up to 1·60 fr. great El Guisr miles of cutting
34,720,000 frs. trench, over 8 from Lake Timsah
1,388,800l. miles long. to Red Sea.
Contract afterwards
cancelled, and Second contract.
transferred to Transfer of Aiton’s
Borel and Levalley. contract.