, 1876-04-15
lNTER.OCEhMlC SHIP.CANAL.
Tho Nicnragllnn and 1st1mus-ot-
Panama 1toutes.
An Argument to Show the Superiority
Of the Latter.
Comments upon t1n Report Made By the
United States Governmental
Commission.

Lnltt0 States Governmental
ro,,,n,ssfon.
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10 fht Editor ~ tn chftn7a ffaoanf: -...-.....
TURIN, Italy, Asrct 15-HaEing fecentts seen
an eof1dgcd report Of tho commission appointed
ny tho prcHdent on tho norris OF the sArlons
intet-oceanio ship-CauaI rouses' which contains
Bono opinions ra1A.ivs to tho ealubtity OF tho
climate OF The Isthmus Of Panama route In COM
nar4aon viii, t,., - lin N,rnt.un.b one. and In
,a.s;,,,,,. ~. N,a.rsr,,s ro',. ,n,v
"l.en 'no 'o.a'e't.s % tu' '".o@1"ku"" WY
ID ocfoonsFatea. oeR loaso 70 MAKO "oMo CUM
nonta on tho various reasons submitted by said
Commission In support Of tlctr fRyotitt route.
Having oeen a rosj1cnt OF thu Istbu,us Of rana-
~. for tha .n,c. ~ .ovontaan venre. fro,n Tim
spring Of 1860 to tho aprhs Of 1867, at chssrea
md at Colon, otharT'ao called hspln"h'l. Do
levo that I mar, and ought to, know batter
about tho climate and many otLor things rolls
tivo to ,boac trnn,cal rovions Than tbosa tua,.
.,1,',.".' '. '"ooo .oh.s,
Flaualo VIII may ha7o nos fesluou oo tno"y lea'n'
either on tho 1alhmus OF Panama or tn N!ca-
rAgua rpehapa they may have lfvod only few
vanka in Tho tsrv season. in one or Tho other
...~" '..,,1s'. ss .,.e sa,,.,,,, -, !n.ne ~,
fcct1V reearulng Ino supP'y y. "atet, suo
healthinesa Of tho CLINE, the feasibility
of tho routes, and many other thinGe relative
.,,ra ,,,,..ro.. .ud ,,,f,rtvn n,snr.r
way 4"pettoe' All" o'tee1'o 'nA"A't'
TIE coah1sssoS
ato Of tho opinion that tho NtcaraGuan route Ia
canal from 1rito' on tho Pacific. 10 san Juan dol
esus. AAo" ,;. -n VI liz, G.A...a 49, 49,. - 49,.
MOTTO aomeHmea e@heo useyso"a, on TOO ~.
snts can DO o A. tea ,, Sos' Of s nos
tions Of almost an lnsnrmountablo nature vero
found in ali but tho Iatltnus OF Panama and
Nicararusn routes: and, noswi.hstantIug tho
Rreeter leugth Of Tho latter, Of nos.y 1871 miles,
thoy give tio preference to 1t. for ths following
ressons
II IN thn on1v ronte wh..e lin ciin,ate ia not
dauporoiis To- i;ealth
IL In fownr routna, 1sfnrr,ns 10 thu {sthr,ps
n, pantn,n ronto nn,onr othars tho 1uaiarIa
wouhl ,Isatroy Tia creatnr ,ortion Of tho vDrk-
mns, hcfnrn liz anil co,,i,l bc nnmnfotnI'
Thc Nicaraauan routs is. TOO. tho oniy route
whnro nj, unfaiiine and prouer supply Of vntcr
romtc ho;nr- AHA In annnlr a cnnstnnk and mi
forn, .mnnn. NJ vster
-~''N' "'''s' MALARIA.
This op1oion about malaria ouly existing On Tho
,,Snr rni,tss cnn,nns,mn thn Ixth1nvs y PAM
| mn nr""ateu a Checres'-n small vIlInro
~ ~ ,,o nnSn,ti n Eh,ercs 6RiSar +whaTc Il wss
reno,,et3 once. In sonc pubilca.}on ti,nt yosaei
tunchel at that opon roadstcad. md that ali tho
of thc constr,ction ~ t},e psnnma Usilvnw tlIo
nosr.t;au,nnd nira.tara ~ y a,n,ovaa n,os,1y
,rI,,n a.,o-cta tn IA tiroa ret vc.Ia frn,n III
i,nitci EIntoa and Enrot,a' A. onn linn there
en-. airset frou, irslsnd, reeolieot thern well.
! Tbov wsro IN rood h.slth, Win ronv checka, aa
T woli rnmher tnn latter pecul;arity. a.
| rosv chcekg wato d raro nrticio IN the
istGmua. we'll, In tho coureo Of svnlo
ciol,t months. All hit fifty of thoso rnrrv ioy-
rui sons Of lie En1osald fRle lad eoto into that
e1cnn Yr,n, which fhnv win oniv ih wn1,nj n, tho
Judgment-Day.
at Tansma: bit W thsy did not survive iu,'v. .AsN
Balt provisions: froah 1ucat when to 10 had,
b.I .vhiakv. shanfiaa thnt did nat nTonerly
uro.eet thot,1 from tho tro1icnl ratns md iii
iniIiity nn,l frnm The rAvs ~ troeicn1 ann IN.
tIc ca,o in HickreHs thnn THAR tlnya vArn aoon
ended. II tho forcpojuc co,1see mar be added.
for tic Ch.nose, suici1o, {1igguot houoeucLnea1.
Dut, whsn . bistor and Costly experience had
tsaeht tho Directors Of The railway hard Lesion,
toTn. in lhs Untad staes of coIomba olo and
| from tho islands of Hhyti and Jn1na!cu, in lie
Wept Ina!cs. From tiint time Ito dsatl.rato
probably WA not greater than it would bayo
| Eenn In tho Unitol Etatns in similar work. Tho
nrnrsnnrs nf el,ch a work wouId Of conrao la
white mon: brt they should DO changed. or
allowed to 10 to d colI climate to recruit their
| stranrtit II q railway or canal had bean eon-
structod from tuc Atientio to tte Paciilo
/ Ocean. across lhoue healthy regions Of
Nicaragua, instead Of from Colon to ranams, by
| means OF ,rhlto lshorerB, tho BANJO Rad 1esults
| would haye bocn experienced: for tic same
,iroxie maIara. tropicai diheaane, tronioal rains
and humidity. .rotiusl rays Of tho sun. tronIcai
hDats and tropical tlouitstjnc influences. md
vail In onn A tha nthbr vbtthcr on thn lnnkn
| nj Tim ChArrea and Colora,lo nlyeru m TIM
| Igthmus OF pann,no, or along tho shoros Of
NicaraVuan Ihkoa aud rivers.
Tho Commission did not know, or thoy
mirht not hgyo remembered that hnndrotta
OF Californian c1ligrnnts, In tto oariy dsys
| "a
making tho transit from Hau Juan del Norto On
tho Atlantic, 10 San Juan del Sud, on tlo rseifio
from yellow foyer, cholera, aud lho pests and
foyera OF Nicaragua, aud sll this whiie passne
tnrpnp], tho ho slthy rseIons OF famed E,csrau,;a
ruE NluAnAouAN PARADISE.
H',,a Foro,iuu,rn f,nva faJln, ;ntn tla anna. ~