The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-23
THE PROPOSED N1CARAaUAN CANAL.

THE PROPOSED NICARAGUAN CANAL.
From the London Times, February 81
The following is the correspondence which has
passed on the subject OF the proposed canal
through Nicaragua between M. de Lesseps and
the Nicaraguan government
To Count FERDINAND DE LEssEPs, Minister Pleni-
potentlary. President OF the Company Universal
OF tue Istlmus 0 suez, Paris:-
sentative OF the Republic Of Nicaragua 10 Her
Britannia Majesty. and OF Consul General in Paris,
Inter oceanic. canal destined to unite the
Atlantic Atlantic. and Pacific across the lstnmus Of
ser "a n h' which nss usoreed yoai
name IN glorious letters on the immortal
81 our hs s.S By the
lstnmus OF Suez, you have opened 10 the maritime
world ROAD toward the extreme East. The In
teroceanc canal VIII complete your great WORK;
II Is the natural road OF mat crowd OF magnificent
ships, which leaving the great ports Of almost all
the nations OF Europe, carry to the west coast OF
America and the oceanic archipelago the pro-
ducts oil commerce ana Industry. several respect
able persons intend to JOIN their efforts to those
OF the nations interested, and 10 try :nis colossal
affair, 30 frequently studied without success.
dertaking We should ike TO see the capitals OF
the whole world employed In It's accomplishment,
asking only lor the support oil the governments
grand road OF COMMUNICATION. we SHOULD be
WHO, Ike - ycurse H. ie comte. have attached
Their names To one VI tue greatest works oi the
occasions, to affirm in the kindest manner the
interest you bear TO the interoceanic canal also
we, VINO represent we Ia hepaonc o, Nicaragua,
maritime questions thought to serve this grand
cause by calling your nigh solcitude toward 1t.
The surest ana the most constant protection Is
assured 10 the undertaking by the actual Presl-
dent OF the Repuonc Of Nicaragua, His Excellency
Mir. Vicente Quadra, as 1t Is also assured to IL 10y
MIR. PEDRO Joaquin Chamorro. VINO has Just been
elected President Ior the period beginning the lst
Of March next by the immense majority OF the
country Accept N'i D. MARcoLErA,
ARTHUR PETlTDIDIER.
The Consul General oil Nicaragua in France.
PARIS, JAM IA, 1875.
M. DE LEssEp's RELY.
60 His Excenency M; DE MARooLETA. Minister OF
tnauIiR PETIrn,n1rp tonsml General Of N,cai a.
qua, IN France
GENTLEMEN-I thank you for the letter you DID
Oh the subject OF The project OF the interoceanlc
canal. aest,ned to unite unite the Atlannc and the
had already occasion to inform the governments
Of the United States OF America OF my opinion on
The best solution oil the problem or an interOce-
anic canal without welrs by the almentation OF
the Two seas, the same as nature ana art have
permitted to do LOT the lsthmus OF ouez. But IN
the impossbllty to obtain such result IN one OF
the American lsthmuses. conslder the project OF
the canal OF Nicaragua Is that which offers the
greatest facility or execution and tue greatest
curlty to the result large nuviatic canal with
wers, communicating win the Two oceans oy
meaos OF different blels, and with good
number Of welrs must nave an inexhaustlole
the only one which. in my opinion, can offer this
Indispensable condition. The principal argument
against the weirs IN u large maritime canal Is the
necessity TO repair them from time to time, and
Ihe lear OF their uselessness during the repara'
mons; but one can obvate this inconvenience by
placing, Wherever they may be necessary, TWO
weirs alongside OF eacn other SHOULD then id
wise TO construct welrs OF at east l5O metres, be-
cause OF the actual tendency oil shpbuiiders, who
give to-day to the SHIPS without damaging their
nav!gaDity, lengtn which one would not have
Jared 10 admit some years ago.
l place myself at your disposal for ell the In
formation you should ike obtain concerning
the compal isons which might be maze In the
works OF tine Interoceanic canal and the Suez
CANAL In order TO profit by our experience
shall be happy to lend my concurrence 10 an en-
erprlse when | consider the complement vi that
which mad Deen aole TO bring to an end with the
lid Of French and the capitals OF France.
Accept, FERD DE LESSEPS.
PARIS Jan. 16. 1875.