The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-10-22


The Committee are the more confident in so reporting be-
cause they are IN possession of undoubtsd information that the
same view of your rights entertained by the Department of
state at Washington, and by entire Congressional deega
gon between the grantee the delegation and Secretary of
ton the security with which the work might be prosecuted
anu me certainty oil protection by Government TO the
this enterprise were asserted by all particularly BY the great
salesman now having IN charge our foreign relations and
was considered by all as not open or debasbe point
independently Of their action in relation to the grant the
COMMITTEE iet necessary TO gather from every available
all the information that could be obtained in relation
the pracucabiy Of the enterprise, the probable dcu 10
either coast for vessels trading the terminus of lie road
The only information accessible to the public al the period
panyng maps by GaetanO Moro, the under whose
direction the of the lthmus made for MIR Garav
the original grantee. This survey although very
points, especially regards the natural features Of
the mild and doce character Of It's inhabitants and the modr
ate elevation Of the summit level TO be crossed by the
could not be relied as regarded the two coasts That
teman himself Declares IN his report that he did not sound
the bar OF the CuatZacUaCO River he able to give
thorough examination To tie Fqclhc shore Repeated sound
iugs had, however, been made at different periods the
subject than entertained the suitable
Dor the Pacific coast The Committee WERE however
at former PERIOD made examination oil the lshmns, and
was possessed Of much information the subject This gen
tleman Mr. Frasour the request of the Committee
tended one OF It's meetings bringing with HIM maps and plans
of the country, but its geological formation and the
depth OF water in the CuatzaCoacO, from its mouth to its
gable for large vessels and he also expressed his conviction
that the OF practicable
easy He had not, however himself sounded the bar of the
nor G9R,d he gYS The required information
Under these Ccu instances Committee deemed it their
duty to taks for reliable information doubt
Engineer Corps whose ability and reputation well knowa
to our community and who consented to undertake. the
for locating the road establishing the
iemn and determining the question OF safe habOr the
Pacific provided leave OF absence could be obtained from his
superO Our request to that effect ayoraby received
at Washington but the rainy rendered the
when i viii leave for the ihmu5 10 the mean tme, how
ever Mr. TaOur dispatched The lsthmus for the spe-
gal purpose OF dey9ng ms efforts 70 an examination Of the
Paltc shore, as well as 70 give us nioTmaOu if possible in
The latter purpose has been accomplished and the Com.
nee have received from Mr. Trastour map the mouth
marks and bearings, and careful so0nngs of tie bar from
end TO end 1t isnQw ascerane that the western
fifty feet and that the waer gradually shoals each side OF
depth Is mantained through pass 80 feet Vide TRs lar,
moreover Is Of rock and only eighty feet thick, admitting
easily OF being deepened, necessary But its present depth
is entirely sufficient for large class Of steamships and all
doubt is now removed on the Gnlf shore.
yeys made e The present time and every source OF norma
Gonsueeu himself warranted 10 assuring them that the ente
enterprise was feasible provided harbor could be found
the roadstead the Pacific coast would suffice for all com
mercai purposes if harbOr could be found. The
NewYork where he has made gement for The survey
as SHOWN by the following extract Of letter the Commit
tee dated on the 9Th September, 1870:
large part OF our Intercourse with Mexico during the war,
we carried in this very way face OF the violent North.
barber az Uhagre but lay off unprotected they would
oe al shqaHepsc and that even at Panama they lay in an
open Huh could not feel much doubt about the matter,
therelofeIyet mo- being seaman could not speak with
given me. Since that time have co1s1it5d eyera naval
officers well qualified give opinion subectamong
ngton, and Lieut.. Radord who has cogsted along tile
shores Of the Gull 81 Tehuanepec. They all without any
hesitation or Qua caOn express their belief in the perfect
Pracucabiity Of he matter Capt. Porter thinks that
bser place than Chggre for to touch, the strong
he
our Committee nov feel justified in reporting, that all tie
dbcmties hat o55trUccd tie formation and
Of 1otaaRtepec RarOad C0mpGHy Nc,c Orleans, are
rimgtG tha EqW depends on the citizens Of Louisiana
alone 70 act and this vast enterprise will speedily reach its
valid grant of right of way across the Isthmus prv
UNSURPASSED fertility in tropical climate remarkable for its
| to be perfectly practicable.
In relation to it cost We can give you YET reliable
N million; Our reason for doing was that have sup
hsea te length Of the road would be about 100 miles
double track, would be about $50 Os0 per mile. This es
Eineers the Hon. r. Butler King On the iih JqnuaTy
lss IN relation to the Panama Road, aud in the absence
we DO not feel authorized 10 hope that the Of the road
'O V u1 [eGaCea De,eW I'VE million N any contingency
hOlT Omm'uee, IN conclusion would remark that they
are entirely convinced that tie enterprise one that must be
e4HeHty profitable to those taking share in it and this, in
mere Investment Oi the u rect returns in it, influence on
orbear to present. let sFoud be to +, HI 5
But not too much to that, opinion the return:
from the disposal of the lands alone will pay the cost OF The
o%d Ills TO be remembered that the Company will have FOL
sac not only the immense number OF already mentioned
Tor agrcu tuTaI purposes but that 1t viii the al
eaC terminus at which the of
VIII be centered Let each estimate for himself price that
VIII be obtained tor the lots IN thus situated if Judi
cousy disposed OF and we feel satisfied that the least
gune VIII not consider autCjpatOns unwarantahe
The work another aspect peculiar to itself It will
begin paying revenue from the very OF the fOrm
Gon OF company and long before the noise Of the steam en-.
Elne lsthmus be
that the shortening OF the distance by this route will make
difference great in the California that will b,
the preferred line for travel and mail carriage
snail be possible 10 use It. temporary communication by
mules carriages and boats organized by the Company Wills
the railroad in progress of construction could not, there
lore, ail to afford heavy profits, and the road made as
| were, part to build itself.
subscription and organization OF the subscribers are one
now required to set thing motion. 1t true that
difficulty presented for the moment by of legs
auOn on this SUBJECT but this that can readily
remedied by amendment our corporation law viii
you lies the procure the legislation for that purpose
anu your Committee leave it to yOuTelges TO dsteTlainf
whether that power shall be eNercised.