General ideas concerning the project
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Lo que dice el Arxiduc:
Plans already existed during the reign of Napoleon, “the best and most powerful” of all emperors, but they were never carried out. In 1875 when Franz Joseph I visited the area, he was presented with the project to drain the marshy area near Stagno (Son). People from Stagno Grande had emigrated due to how insane the climate was there. They asked for at least the Stagno canal to be dredged and the canal be built to shorten the route to the open sea.
“When a country progresses and its wealth increases, the value of time also increases, and the speed of communications is the primary condition for their well-being. In public projects like in private ones, thinking about a project is often accompanied by not completing it. But if the work is done, it is paid for and its advantages can be made use of. A brave decision turns a dream into reality and isn’t left to rot. If this project had been carried out in Napoleon’s days, its advantages would have been enjoyed for almost a century now. How many terrible expenses are accrued during war, and wouldn’t it be easier to spend small amounts for the country’s well-being during times of peace? Can public projects which serve the general interests of a country be considered an expense or can’t they be seen as a simple change in the national wealth? How many benefits there would be in terms of jobs and paying the poorest classes! How much could be done in this world if all citizens were interested in useful matters instead of wasting time on futile fights – how many times does just the opposite occur?
Insignificant questions normally take up more of people’s time than carrying out important work.
If we compare this project with the giant buildings constructed in other countries, crossing the Stagno isthmus seems “trivial.”
A.L.S.: Über den Durchstich der Landenge von Stagno, Prague 1906
Three canals were dug in Greece during this time: at Corinth, Euboea (or “Negroponte” in Italian) and Leucas (or “Santa Maura”).
Datos proyecto Nixe III:
In hisbook, the Archduke took advantage to analyze the project to build a canal between the two Stons in economic, technical and political terms. Only a couple of kilometers separate the two towns.
The fact is that the canal was never built. They opted instead to dredge Ston channel between Broce and Large Ston.
It’s interesting to see the Archduke’s critical spirit and his well-informed and reasoned arguments. His thoughts clearly refer to the idea of superfluous expenditures by some states, including military expenses which compete with smaller investments that would truly provide added value and prosperity to the people. He also points out that futile political spats lead to money not always going where it’s truly needed.
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