The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-02-03
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1he PanaHan.
..csiyed the Report OF i. Butler
v" lehman ~" Of the Naval COMMITTEES Of the
kiHg' f,vor Of extending governmental aid
hoa a-.,Tucting the RairOsd across the i''hmus
% e0H' 20 Messrs. Aspinwall, Stephens AND
Chancsry' ...d,nglv able and valu-
lh' -, embodying a large amount oil
s''1se information, and in reference to an
iHiPO' ,i.s which is destined to effect revoia-
sn''iP'. commercial world, and vastly to the
s.n.6tO Of our country .,.
W. ", propose, by brief extracts ano statements
~. Report, to furnish our readers with the
h'"' .n,.r,alned by the Committee In relation
~ ~. important enterprise.
Of the Railroad and aPpurtenances
ll' - a, IS 600, 900, and the Report re-
'', ..n1. a grant of s25O,OOO year. for
''a, wears, to the projectors to enable Them
W" -. the rOad-st the end OF which period
" ~ Ter expires. The charter allows eight
"' - buid the road, but it is proposed to DO
\ in three years
y f,I,owing extracts will show some Of the
h.Os6ts predicted;
81, .o,nmittee will now proceed to state more
Inc m. some Of the benefits which our com
sr,;culture, and manufactures, WIN 0e-
Asf1 80 The completion of the proposed work
i've HO Tsthmus of Panama. In the year
seross. s Zen American ships cleared at the
IVA ~ 80 of Canton, and it is believed,
custom ~. Incarnation, that there are now al
from rss ,.,;.sn ships engaged in the China
leas' % ~, 81 voyages are annually made in
ifsde, v .,.,aa BIZ merchants engaged IN that
L. ,hs new route across the lsthums
t'aas, u'. an average of $4,000 voyage, or
WI i., an DER anpum, in our commerce WIN
So'O,O'S .Iidss the saving Of interest on the cap
Onlna l,,aIoyaS in il, BY making two voyages
hai Igts.3 Of one. This may be set down at
;ljO,OOO per annum. o,ovad IN whaling
!. consumed in going TO ano returning
,,,hs fishing ground. The annual products
rom Wv och Of commerce is about lO,OOO,-
o. uias .bows an actual loss Of time equal to
wv, 80 millions and half IL is estimated
50, ,bs nsW route will save about one hall OF
"a az Il $50 900 per annum. Inc Iength oil
'l',orsra now causes an average loss OF ten
90. nj Of the oil, or an annual loss OF 81 OOO'-
kSa II IS admitted that the new route VIII pre-
-, his There will be, therefore, saving In
~. tam Of Al ,O00, 900 annually. As We have
:. ,s,urps of the number OF voyages mace 10
=. rss, coast Of America, and as the distances
a. ,hs nsx route TO Chill, Peru, Ecuador, San
md Nazatlan are reduced more Than be-
- the United States and China IL VIII not
!. considered an over estimate II we assume
A.,,hsrs will be saving of about the same per
en-, on our commerce with those ports, es mas
zen stated with rssPsO, % the .saas VAN Emma
Tsi,giys little over s2OO,OOO per annum.
Tn. rsDOr, estimates, that at the end Of three
,,.r.- there will be 500 900 people in CalifOr-
nd, recurring an equal number Of barrels Of
aoor. beef, pork, &c, annually. That the sa-
yiug Of freight by the new route will be one dol
l., Der barrel, equal to one million Of dollars
v..r on these agricultural products; to say moth
ne If the new market afforded, the saving Of
,m. in the voyage, and interest Of capital EN-
,lov.d in the trade. That there is no PROBABLE
~ ths, a supply OF provisions will be raised in
California, by reason Of the mineral wealth,
,ad the supply must come from this side Of the
I.,bmus. This would make the shipment round
Cape Horn very expensive, and the transit over
the Railroad an immense saving in 20 years.
The amounts sa0ed upon the fouritems above
mentioned, are thus estimated in the Report:
Ia the China trade, 1000 per an
nun, FOR twenty years, SIT, 100000
In the whale fishery, s., 250,0O0 per
snnum, for twenty years, 45,OOO,c GOO
70 the trade with the west coast CT
America, exclusive Of our terrific
RES, S70o000 per annum, Tor
twenty years, 4,OOO,OOO
On the freight Of -four, beef, pork,
&c, &c, 800, 600 per annum, for
tsenty wears, 10000 900