New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-02
THE ATRATO CANAL

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SIR: IL Your valuable paper Of yesterday hu' Oh
,-,;.,e.,u.d y s. p " 10 toe SUBJECT OF the AihAio
su1p C,>,L, whi Il c.eu' sted 10 give i4e npfe'-
,,fav,lu.ba I'D iup,Tt.st eSie;pn c, sni :. re
M. a.. e. fstoIably sid ulIIsIy ~ on the
secretary OF ths Navy.
yonr corr..por oset e evid.ctiy lsboripr u11sr
ns col et piion OF fscts .rd as the pubf5 se know
your oorssnt ibo utiitm faiI1ess - the iavar'aoe
cou,ss TBf rEIsuSf bs, purueo tiwsid private and
pull enterprises j. is douht 10 accordance With
v NJ own serse f justice, .aAt the case should be
vies,c in II. true hst L. the frs place it Is called
"srtculs,ive j"h." R-sp.c:ps toi', hsye only to
nv thE' 90 is' n u seieg spe,ulsuon au the eA-
p,ir-s of five .xyorr parties have oern pN' by one
=, Ii man oS Your city who quietly pursuci In
ys,geti.ns sno has frequently rsfd.,d seT' ~ erips
,fls TO Ipl II iuo stcB cUGp,uy, s-yog, taat uohI
[ Tute sball b>ve bern vsr fed by Vern nent en-
gI,ers eIt rely d'slnf.restst, you'd not Drug the
10 .tt,r 10 pubho notice. Your respoudence teen
save that "a; the lus,ssce of interested parties
tie Secretary Is tue Navy scot an tx
p.di i"n 10 'Xsni.re the rae THls Is again
an error. The iar,s sr that The ANAlNth Congress
tae President 10 cause the surveys 70 Dc maze
By proper cfie,1', ssd appropriated m0Gey for this
unrDOss, -r0 iuiDt ComDissiur, coIs-urS OF Lieut.
Mcnler, Typographical cpgiuerr, atd Lieut. craven,
o, tie Navy, .ere sept, as the low authorizing tue
,, d tbO OLE r,keb st private eIpesse. Lieut.
M:Ll,r has ROT yet parted, but his plans aod pro-
Il are b.ssly cOdprte, and he ststes toat the
fTmer surveys aIe cub tnniaDy correct. Lieut.;
Craven, WOO - D,t 80 sEElLeer out naval
,fi,,r and is not suypOsrd 10 know more t1an
az other prof, ssioTai gs, ilemau about bnliloS
canals, -sspaIuculsIly assigned TO make the eAsm'-
n.iioIs Of the ryeTs ood IL every respecs ne sgFees
VITO tie former surveys, so for as facs 20 out Ia ms
r.per' he made an estimate OF cpst ana 40 aguneat
sguiost the Ira ucebih'y Of the plan. Nos" give The
Devil lis due, j. IN ol1 s~yug, perhaps aPphca9ie
here. Many leTsuBs cersuTs the Secretary OF the
Navy, bot Of tbi, | know 10 h'ug, except 10 the
particular core 10 ha, d arc here he h4s done every
thug he cond tO ,us'aD Mr.. Craven. There ~ss
sIuts bets,en The ctfi ers rs 70 ~no conmancedi
this serlsd By thu Prvsliett sn1 oOto Nefo IL
r.ci,d send in Their pore. Mr.. Tpucey, however,
favored Mr.. Craven az u ucn as oe cooli Secretary
ToJcry, lar ron d,s,bg to c1ncesl anything, has
gwen pUsuv- orders Tor Oh the f'It 10 Dc ncluied 10
lac rr. rt; but the o-nste, tins nth of January,
pnssed o r. solution directing tha toe physcsl features
~ sl,Ie chou reported ~rbOut ekreheous
matter, ss msL.s of the st bsscd Ou Toe FORMER
surveys were air aty msde ard before Congress
when they directed ibs vrfi6 a'i)n Of the measure.
ututs 1yes- sstimztss had been made by several 81
tie most able engineers OF 1is country, aud proved
by IN. f. ghsn les itu'i,n Il ClVll Engineers and
FIeu.h CumuIssicn; sD0 Il Sss upon tois highly rel
abe csa thai GIN. WaId brought up the sabject IN
tur Hous. OF k preventative.
As 10 the SrcTr,sTJs OGc'r ~ Mr.. Craven 10 after
hs rpcrt, It Is n.r.ly 'ti- tie hsd incdded stgu-
SJuaie do cab AID contrary 10 TIE Secretary
,IceIs under the la%i Lie therefore directed Nj.
CraVeo TO emit them.
IS 70 the I'd ,auiress Of The country, il ueei only
he Iemsrs.d that Of the ak expeditions t1at have
tetn On the N-li-y # tue Aif.to I'ciaiing Mr.. /
CfaVrJs oRn parry, th,Te ga- 10 more sickuess than
i u-us 20 such uecsssa exposure II any other part
Of the world
As TO The taJbors n the Pacific, Admiral Eitzroy
reported them txc,uett, G. -. k-LCec', who male |
ID accurate 'nI,sy Of hem says they are good acd
been there IS, that the whole coas alOlg thai part
OF CbOcu y = has bJr
1'u4 ,onssl oDceB, makes Al other grave bGuder, /
hy raybs tast tie ATsto rupu-s over Lagoon OF /
"sbusl veter iato the the Boy vi Panama II he /
had kroEn but h,tle OF the geography Of this in |
ptTtaGt r. gOu, De wouS h.Vo knO that the A'raO
-mptes into the B,y OF CtucelaT. On toe A,agt'c, !
the Bay q Panama being over three hnodrsi miles
cistart ard On u Pactc Ocean, on the other eide OF
tie CoLtnert.
Your correspondent. further ssys that every one
bLoW- tbst the prime clfli ul'y sood be- the desdly
c0eisctrr o. the ell lat. tage seen I've officers OF
le expedition tuis 400 they a cay a. they
nrd t. veil all tie tiI~l, and that the /
Pansn Railroad is ptveo NTH tne bues o. tue work
men. IN tbe report If the Colef EoEioeer 81 that /
suIk made after q yl1tiUn iAdg 1850, | lad I
pese words; The mortality IN the t-tnmu- Il much 1
'le's tBsn has been snppDsed only 2s3 wnte m-n /
20 ej IN the work IL h'eyeAIs vuI o QUO coustanty
"ergnleo.
on - whole, the fac's are simply these. "a Gen.
IT, m Ocesc 70 si'tUut cks for about S73 0Ol
Go. bot tlese 's'mat.s pre1lc4'ed 'he prices
aid upop The Panama RaruAd; tte. t1-y have been /
careful y made by experienced engineers ard all the
OATS cCr hfG'rd by the ur-m. MS mad u1d.r the
direction Il Li.n. Mchl-r, l. posraphicsl Ensineer; /
that, for from Mr.. TJoces DeIog 10 auJ way moh-
cstso LIE has obly cs,i-d ou' toe laws % Congress-
aid that there hss never been spy speculation 10 toe
matter from fTt 10 lat. The G., veromen. il not |
sskeo Ia DO anything Ia he cub Irassed condition
OF the Treasury, bat EogiaCd aud Fcause have sig.
Lit ii wih gttss 10 unite .h the United States u
VI o.iake 10 rome pr)I-r say the construction o. this
work, wtIcb, buIlJ mus, fret the gr, ates. benefit
Ct The c. uLiry Dir War; ~ h = speech showed from |
tbs Tr-assTy re'ufrs that S35 M 900 you'd be enna.
ely saved tie Coed States sloue, by the constTGc-
ton Of the Arato Ca sl sud that il cond be doue by
an tXierdiVr- OF lLttrsst money averaging only |
3 $1,000 year tor tseive year, and that Tue yearly
saving sou be over Sc 500 90 tran the Cnitsd
Stsfes If it IL derio TIE work slooe V0nd have 10
pay in twelve y.sr-; OF stated, the United
Sts'ss csn p.y TIE interest The cOst and cave !
$50 sOI coo year. -
HaMnges, 10. % 1889.