Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-02-23

The Steam Ships Of this line run TO Califors
MIA, in connection with thsropular route Of
the CENTRAL AMERICAN TRAxsrr COMPANY,
across the Isthmus Of Nissragus, every
twenty days. Next Spring they will run
semi monthly. From New York the voy-
age 10 made by first class Ocean Steam
Ships to San Juan del Norte, or Gseytown.
where passengers are landed, and thence
conveyed BY commodious River Steamt r.,
expressly built for this route. up the San
Juan River to the Lake Of Nicaragua.
From the hssd Of the river at Il outflow
from Lake Nicaragua, passengers are tsans>
ported for Atty >six miles. BY fine and CON-
Portable steam ships, across the Lake Of
Nicaragua. which 10 ono hundred miles long
~ about fifty miles wide, passing beautiful
islands, with lofty volcanoes from fonr to
six thousand fee. high. At Virgin Bay, on
the western side Of the lake, passengers are
landed on pier which is built 1,2OO feet
out into the lake, and is perfectly commodl.
Gus, convenient and safe From Virgin
Bay they are conveyed in light four-horse
carriages over a well graded macadamized
road, 60 feet wide in the carriage-wxy,
through healthy and cultivated country,
across the land part of the route, through 4
low gap in the Cordilleras (Mountnins), a
distance Of Ia miles, to San joan del Sur,
e., avl ID. n.
Ocean, where the Steam Ships Ter Califor
MIA lie about leo yards from shore
From San Juan del Sur the Steam Ships
Of the Company run direct to San Francisco,
California, where passengers are landed At
convenient dock. free Of charge. San
Juan del Sur, the Western terminus OF
Nicaragua. is ESQ miles nearer to San Fran.
cisco than Panama, thus saving three days
of sultry tropical navigation. and the dis
eases which it engcnders. The trade winds
blow steadily over the Isthmus Of Nicarag-
VA all the year round. making the country
cool, Agreeable and healthy to northern
constitutions, The transit across Nicarag-
ua is SO full Of natural beauty. that it most
ngreeably breaks the general monotony Of .
ong sea voyage. 1t cannot be surpassed
for grandeur, and is very attractive feature
Of the voyage. The principal cities, vil-
lagos and cultivated land, which are mostly
on the Pacific coast, are full Of interest and
novelty. The country is of great fertility,
and is celebrated for its productions Of CO.
cca, coffee, sugar, tobacco, indigo, drugs,
gold md silver ores, mahogany, india rub
her, hides, dye-woot's and cattle. Il Is un-
surpassed for Its fruits.
The Company Transports frei ght at much
reduced opposition prices. as well as pas
sengers and baggage.
At San Juan del Norte (Greyiown) the
CENTRAL AMERICAN TRANsir COMPANY have
built extensive Works, Ship Yard, Marine
Ways and Machine Shops. for the building
and repair Of steamers, &c. All their river
steamboats, were built there. The CENTRAL
AMERICAN TRANslr COMPANY own the entire
route from the Atlantic 10 the Pacific Ocean.
with the stations, wharvss, piers, steamers,
carriages, and other conveyauces for freight
which are now in excellent working order,
and capable Of conveying one thousand pass.
engers in ono trip ACROSS the route from
ocean to ocean. The Company is prepared
to make arrangements with the Europssn
regular lines Of stesm ships to sell passages
to or from New York and California, at the
foregoing rates. Over loo. 900 passengers
have been transported over the Isthmus Of
Nicaragua since the establishment Of the
route. 1t has been an opposition line fson
the commencement, and has kept down the
rates Of passage full fifty per cent.
Applications for contracts may be ad-
dressed to the "NoH1a AxsalcAH SrRAn
Snlr CoxPAKr," 04 Excbaaes Plsos. q 70
the "CESrRAL AMsaacAx TsAxsrr CoNPAxr,"
"a Exchange Place.