New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-05

science and liberal capital cannot overcome. But the
expense Of supplying the canal with water from a
feeder with tunneng and some heavy cutting the con
dition of the country, the OF labor. the political
revolutions Of which the country is constantly the
scene deprive Capt Shufeldts OF the earnest
given by the officers appointed to the
survey OF other routes.
Capt shufeldt says in concluding his report:
through hmus Of rehuauiepe extension Of the
Mssssp River the Pscae Ocean IL converts the Gun Of Mexico
into American lake In Tine Of var closes lh 'a 10 ell eee
territory crcunRaygshe IL brings hsworean,
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eanAbosi load ST. Louis and discharge her freight California
politics, economy therefore veil Of commercial necessity aesns
acre '',ums, the gr'Tet PF9p'rioA' may be that .ae
in the Of which principles Of Government,
S d.yeopnn ua they are reached an sush tie rsmo. cor
~ of tb Fast And the rdes, baTb.ans Of the Pase Ie. or
lean space sni freedom to 1--we in disregard Oft
raj law leave another nation glorious mission anfulssJ
Finally although We are fu n,tsl IA reporting 'n canal practice.
pumbe Of locks the
The qses,oa becomes serious that val probably
quirs national resources 70 build ii.
NICARAGUA
Ship transi, by the route known as the Ncarasuan
30 called from its passage through the lake OF this name
has long engaged public attention and favor The pres
ence the great inland Ito miles long by IS miles
wide lis actual navigation and that OF It's outlet 70 the
Atlantic the strip Of but ten miles dividing lis
from the Pacific and the absence OF necessity for
deep cutting might well attract aud concentrate public
opinion In idNOr Oi THIS route MIuy eminent names
have connected with IT, including the late French
Emperor From GreytowD, on the Atlantic, To Lake
gua the mode OF proceeding has been the In
most Of the pansby tue bed or valley OF the san Juan
Del Nurte From the lake 10 the Pacific various routes
have proposed Three OF these pass through the
Lake Mnnagua the north Of Nicaragua, one ter
inmates AT BrtO, one at san Juan del Sur,
another proceeds from sapoa River TO Salinas
Bay, and proposes TO cut from tue
River sau Juan 10 Nicoya gulf The route
terminating AT BrtO, and following much the same
course that quoted length below, was surveyed By
Messrs Chilcs Fay 10 1850 81 for tue American, At
autic and Pacific Ship Canal COMPANY III was regarded
by competent authorities Trustworthy survey, but the
un Of operations and The costly nature OF tue improve
eus required AT the lake entrances ana at Greytown
aud BrItO the two seap0rs, gave the f0ute no public
favor aud IL TO- the time dropped as lpractcabie.
The survey OF Capt Chester Hatfield was by line from
the mouth of the River Lgjis eDptyng into Lake Mica
ragu from the west three miles 10 the souh Ot TIE Del
Medic TO the Rio GTLndc, aud thence on me same line
~ that Of Capt LIN detailed below, 10 Brio on the Pa
cfc. accordance with instructions tins line, known
as the Lotus, rs well the several routes proposed
through Lake MBnasuA aud those from Lake Nlcirlsna
direct atrOs, tbs country the Piclno. Wrro carefully
examined " Capt. Lad AMI pronounced lnprIoaoADlo
10 tlsdtase do5rt,SuJn. glO rJuLs tsocisias tho