The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-07-26
The Atlantic and the Pacific Coumuni.
cation.


From the London Herald July ~
Our advertising columns Of this day contain 4 dncu.
mtnt OF great public Importance whether l. viewed in
commercial on geographical ap,ct-namey, the oaga-
zaiicn Of company. under royal charter from the
British crown for the construction OF plank road
the lsihmus Of Terra ina Proper in the of ye
reta The plan merits the attention Of our .r,aicrs
end deseIyes ard will trust receive the support OF
tn public The position of the line Of communication
i ~ - deg IL min west Longitude uhou, 26 geo phi
col miles TO the westward o Chagres and 1856 from Pa
mama. in the direction. In the meridian men
nuto the cordiler8, which rises very considerable
height on either hand j. cut in two by dep valley
formed as II were by the hand OF for aGorog
say and spcedy communication between the Atlantic aud
IUeihc oceans the summit land ol which valley Is only
about Ito feet above tho level OF the and this hct
continued Tor short distsrce only thc laud dcci ping
gently into plains 90 tho Pacific ti.c ou III q < thc
anchorage j excellent well shelter "a mi th7 approaches
good The country everywhere the line OF road
proposed Is dry aud healthy; 10 fact remarkably
the enc coil being chiefly Of volcanic formation Tho
yey bg her NaIcstys ship Thunder. Csotan DcrDctt.
about fourteen year. ago The Atlantic side. aud that
by Captain kcot o the Herald very lately and not yet
published TO the world have bs correcting the latitude
and longitude proven the distance from The bottom Of
the Lagoon Of Chui on the Atlantic to the shore Of the
Foel TO be only forty geographical miles in direct
line thus aHoroing short lino of communication une
qnallcd In any other part Of the whole ishmus. The
di. Of the Nicaragua ue l. from sea to sea IL al
line l40 oeraphicol miles and the summit level Of
The valley near - Juan del sur The Pacific Is 80
feet The railroad line at Panama is dfy muc AMI the
summit level oft above 2G0 feet aud that after coajc
raic distance Of deep tunnelling. Neither Of hccc lines
have such advantages oiapproach and anchorage the
GhruU count of communications while III reference to
sGlubry. the coasts Of the former much inferior
liank reads are well known in the United States aud
tanca These prove excellent roads FOR travelling and
transport of meTcbaudse, and constructed AZ
pepse very mnl compared e. any other mode y
mUpcaton such as iron rs,lroadt &c
HE hnc ofIoad To which advert runs through the
tcautifu province Of Neragua which II i ve Nnpwn
Wts gant 20 the great Columbus ipT his oryce to his
coury by the discovery Of america II i Included
Ia The republic OF New GrsnedA aud from tho provincial
authorities Of The province alluded TO- the important
| conc -stn bag been obtained accompanied Nv great
puyil Ges In favor OF the propocd company IL II
workable act that such eligible end valuable line of
| communication shoud have remained long unknown
tu tie world. but when perceive the of
tive correspondent, Mr. James Mcucen. well known
for is general geographical knowledge aud research at
tachcd 10 the undertaking. have sure guarantee Of
the accuracy Of the deiincnon. The prospectus i
cupanied by maps showing the accurate position Of The
isthmus, aAd also The distances from England and the
United states by thie and the present rolts 90 every
part of The west coast Of America, Australia aud Eastern
Ala The traffic on the proposed road mus, certsnly
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