New-York tribune., 1875-02-27
GARIBALDps SCHEME EXPLAINED.

GAhlbAlADIo cOf1EmE EAI bhAsED'
ASSISTANCE WHICH THE GOVERNMENT Is LIKELY TO
RENDER.
[rnon An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT oFZHE rRIBUNEl
ROME. Feb. 6-I have iust mailed to THE
TRwUNB n letter from Ganbaldi to the Amer
ican p&Ss eniisting their sympathies on
behalf =. his project for the csnalizafion
of the Tiber and the redemption OF the Ro-
man Campagna Literally. he lives, moves. and
has hi, being on the banks of the Tiber.
fear at times for his health, as the air
is calculated to promote his rheumatism'
As yet there is no bad sign. He looks much better
than when he arrived, eats heartily sleeps well ana
even fancy that he walks better than at first. his
whole soul is in his project aud he has injected every
one around him with his enthusiasm. VI
course this idea of doing something to hberate
Rome from the constant menace OF Inundation, 10
ameiorate the sanitary condition OF the CITY, Is
almost as old as the hills. There was project tor
that purpose in 1893. In 1870 about score
were published. Some Of them arc limited
to deepening the bed OF the river ana
shortening its course by cross cuts
Others suggest canal, tO start from the nortn Oh
the city, and carry off the surplus waters pouring
them again into the .Tiber below Rome. Others,
again. propose the system Of entertainments adopted
for the Po and the Adige But safe authorities affirm
tDat tHeSe prOJccL5 arc jill insuequa0S " VIZ SNA
gency, and that the cost would be enormous.
Garibaldi proposes to force the river to run back
ward in the bed of the Arlene. its chief tributary
as far as Porta Mammoo then, by a new channel
to lead it down to the sea to allow the old
bed to remain for the of the city, and Tor
the irrigation of the campagna on the Lombard
SYSTEM and at the mouth of the new river to con-
struct q seaport to be connected with the Old and
New Tiber BY cross channels and with Rome by rail-
roads The idea meets with much praise from COM
peaept engineers The originatOrs of other schemes
and their partisans are of preudiced in favor
of their own plans but the only real objection that
have heard is thlt, until the Roman Campagna Is
purged all excavations are fatal, and that the NOR
tality among the workmen will be enormous.
At any rate the Government only too delighted
to keep Garibaldi employed, and away from the
Chamber of Deputies, has agreed to devote large
sum for preliminary expenses of surveying etc. and
MingiIetti is disposed to support q bill for the
guarantee of five per cent interest on the capital
stock. Still. up to yesterday. people laughed and
shrugped their shoulders and predicted that nothing
would come of it. But an enthusiastic friend OF
Garbaldi, T. B. Potter NJ. p. ID in Rome just now.
He would be delighted for Garibaldps name to be
associated with such enterprise and he wrote to
Antonio Gabrielle advising him of the scheme.
This Gabr1eli. who has successfully executed
vast works in Vienna, Chatham and Malta,
had scheme of his for reducing the Iiber,
but it was rejected years ago. On the receipt
of Potters letter he came in great haste, had an
interview with the General yesterday, and agreed
to undertake the entire work if the Government
will guarantee the FIVE per cent on the capital.
Undoubtedly much opposition must be overcome
before such an arrangement can be effected There
is to be Commission for the study of the best pan,
and am sorry to hear that Signor Sea, the ablest
and most honest of Italian Ministers declines
to form part; whether his objections
arc from financial considerations, l do not know.
After the report OF the Commission, Garibaldi will
present his bill to the House. Then there will be
long discussion of the question whether it be right
to allow the TIber to be turned out OF its time
honored bed. We may, therefore, safely calculate
that this session will pass without decision Carl
balch is not aSsailed by any misgivings. The King,
the Ministry the Parliament, tho province, and the
commune are all agreed.