The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-04-03
THE DARIEN SURVEY.
A~ship Canal PracticR1-The Paranchlt'
ROute-The Cue Valley.


A"~Ship Canal Practical-The Paranchito |
crvr, HOute-The Cue Valley.
do1bts ofANA Tuyra River, s. A., March 19.-An |
canal across ne npraStnGS6ty OF constructing ship
heneu made from the Pacific coast during
10 he perfeotV rye proved the Atrato. Tuyrs route
that =, within the :s q T New % YORK . State a. sSp S
:;SS Ssie - oe GS Srough g country precisely
Isthmns ofa DNTen oh We nnd mere on oIae 5ae
for navigation in less than ezht years. since the
date OF my last letter from the htrato river every
thing has been going well in the eui OF Darien
The Guard still lies at her old anchorage near the
sTt6Gance to the Gulf, and the Nlpsic makes occa-
Good prog to Aspinwa for the mails or provisions
veys, and the n1a, making in the photographic
able contribution to tlRJ the Gulf Will be valu-
Chief Engineer Barnes is still fng.of Navigation.
route toward the "divide." 'ranchito
SURVEYS FROM THE PACIFIC SIDE.
At present the attention of Commander Selfridge
is directed particularly to the surveys on the Pacific
side on February 5, a party Joined the United
States steamer Resaca, Nathaniel Greene, Lieu
tenant-C Commander, who had been detailed by
the Navy Department to join the Darien Expedi-
tion in place of the Saginaw, recently wrecked on
her voyage to Panama. Ihe vorage down the coast
was an exceedingly interesting one; the scenery,
though not grand,s very picturesque and beautiful
In our course were the Pearl Islands, which in for
which they derive their name, but disease has
lately attacked the pearl oysters, and, in conse'
quence diving for them has almost entirely ceased.
We entered the Tuyra river through the Gulf of
San Miguel, which in many ways is admirably
River Tuyra is upward of a mile in width,
and in its waters the largest ships may
3sS @ 70 the pO ResscS M abou
a mile above the latter town. In the centre OF the
ary II, Commander Selfridge left In a whale-boat,
with four days provisions, to make reconnois-
sance up the river; During his absence provision
camp was established in the woods on the northery
shore OF the stream, an observatory erected, and
tlde-gauge placed in position. The tide here has a
the river runs from three to four miles per hour
The banks formed OF Shiny clay, with boulders
and shingle OF quartz and flint.
OTHER ROUTES UNDER EXAMINATION.
Mr.. Duvoll is instructed to proceed up the Cue
Valley until he reaches the divide, or meets the
party OF Mr.. Barnes from the other side. Every
night signals are to be made and firearms discharged
by both parties 30 that II within hearing distance,
they may come together. In regard to the Cue
from Commander Selfridge, that 1t is one over
which white man has never passed. Gorgoza, who
explored the Isthmus some years since, never
crossed the divide. He went only to the Indian
village OF Paya after which he retraced his steps to
San Miguel bay. The Cue river is tributary Of the
Tuyra and runs through a valley which bears its
name route up this valley, the dvideI will
connect with the Paranchito which, by personal OBJ
carica. The two parties will probably meet in the
course of two or three weeks, and the object for
which the Darien Expedition was organized will he
accomplished. The length OF the proposed canal is
less than so miles. About 30 miles of it will be
The greatest elevation in the remaining 20 miles
will not be over 100 feet and 1t is believed that a
point IN the divide may be found where II
| will not be more than rs or 100 feet in
height report having reached us that it is only
six-hours' walk from the Naipip river which flows
into the Atrato, across range OF hills 400 feet high
to the Cupca river, which emptes into Cupica Bay,
Limon Bay, and the Pacific ocean. Commander Sci
| fridge went in the Resaca to examine the route.
| No one has much faith in the statements OF our
native informants, and the examination is made in
| order to settle the thing way or the other.
Before leaving the Tuyra Master Kelley was sent to
Pnogana with six weeks PROVISIONS for the survey
ing party in the interior. His instructions are to
despatch 600 pounds of food weekly to the junction
OF the Cue river thence it will be carried in packs
! to the end Of the line.-M Y. ITibune'S Cor.