The New York herald., 1879-09-07
''what is tho prospect for Lieutenant wysss canal

scribe. and an effort by H. de Lesseps' agents TO
raise funds here has been equally unsuccessful; SO
the whole matter Is an open question
Your report to the Secretary of State rs dele
gate to the Congress has been published in full
publcl'
IMPRAcrIcABrLrrr cHAeREs CHANNEL.
yes Here Is an extract that would like to sec
Le,e@ants wyse and Reeus had been before the sub.
Advocating such notifications to their scheme
inrsa different changes equally onjeeti%naoe:
that tie eaSa hoSa m ss % SsoeH Ss M
tho Pacific sie and that new clannels be made for
@ % ana 49, Tributaries from Maiaeha to the
was reported avoraby upon and estimates of cost
AIDE 70 determine the possibility OF locating the proposed
is undertaken it win 80 more dincus
% irnr ta Is r sy tho authors Of tho pre-
ise u in AN artificial channel is always requiring
desired 10 be eontroieds toential river q: the dmsn
pSss aaa to- 10" pspoe o @ ,annIS In soss
orsy feet below The bed of the river then such work
''At one session of the Congress the sub-commttec
reported estimates for the new scheme of inunda-
ton proposed the Panama route which tho
HERALD has already printed, and in referring this
i'll my official report said
l then requested to be Informed by the committee
actual sarysy er examination of the ground to
ssmSs ss sSsu its msas for that snd sns as
sssvi Snss data sub
could attach its figures thought add
a conn
before Congress all the information relating tho
n,eroeeanc cana. question is possession Of the
many years OF well conducted surveys and large
ss E Of the same and that
comparison and discussion OF oil the reliable
decide inteiigenty the best for canal In
psussd e, had been those from the
TO that they were weighed on the same scns
Es.hmus sone & them the result nights
tion.
coScrpSrSf IrrrTENANr wYsE
"You have anything but an exalted opinion OF
Lieutenant Wyse and the Panama Canal projectY'
'.My exact opinion OF tho men and measures Is
given in letter which my friend, A. D. Rice. editor
Of the North -in.erican Rerie~. telegraphed me to
write him. Here it is in FULL
A temporary company. called the Commission Inter
rationale dExploraon was organized IN France IN 1876
tor eas m ne m
amount OF money raised by subscription to dc.
the sums thus subscribed should be returned
every the dollar invested wyss Il.
French navy was placed at the head OF an ana ana
after years returned without having
%s iA' had Ssen ' SrssHias R
TO TO s ypaee and the
tion obtained by several tentative lines and recon:
by the United States surveying expeditions over
conGnod to that Of a surveyor and explorer He had
visited Bogo and obtained grant for the
tory of the United States of Colombia 1t very
broad terms as location of proposed canal since
that a matter which Lieutenant Wyso ana MS
.Wssr's cnisr rso1 UNITED STATES Or coLoHnIA
Lin IN s reports was syor 3" his
sanguino friends That grant however proved 10 havo
Of nss.a to the Is%ss n ms
first OF his TO the T., -, SSesy
OF temporary company in Paris, based information
from the maps % Se aaaa & % hs
prepared from lines Of levels through points more or
speculation topography, watershed and other natu
then eaod by Lesscps and the Geographical society
q Paris and Lieutenant Wyse was sent TO the United
S to GS i & the the asa o
Expodision Of 1873 The latter he failed
had failed in similar % o, ae%p, hs year aas SsaIs ,Ss
Navy Department did not feel disposed 70 giys, him .
for Lieutenant wyso who had already contemplate
the Canal Of and ass rsa's s'n
hun will be be, sn wa and
the method Of selecting and appointing that tho
msrr "ay q, s IL the form OF an
by majority OF votes In ,a.or h 2, p,%s
backed the powerful Of NJ do ssseps and his
Sensly SSsps ospee,sd would be Sufficient 70 give
IL w su, franMd did n"% no ss In
i frequently stated by the friends ,o.s OF tho the
ginesrs at present. holding the Sues
that a." M hy seSss the s Sa "ean
line well as tho methods by which the grsvess en-
for adoption would be ~ss r0r
Of S eosd be- with
element and engineering skill the canal would be con-
invited by dc Lesseps and the a Society
and sxty.seven from foreign countries, and Of this
a Of ny sseh S %s sSs
from the osraphea Society and especially fro@ that
society which be particularly interested in the
success OF the Panama seneJ As ey yc,ur the
Panama Tho presidents Vice president. and
support proposed by Lieuton wyse aud whea
beforehand Admiral La Roneiere 10 Noary president Of
the the snS
he sna s S s Ms @ 'S SSFss @ ~:
committees, and read the names OF the delegates WHO
Commt,oc ADMIRAL Eoneere 10 Noury namod is prss.-
Sn vice 30 ass besn for the
OF giving their 70 the transactions OF that body
the Congress SS took vsry important part
son ~hsn saS %a be appointed
and % e Id Ss ss o of the sehn
cal Committee, urging the appoin,%en; Of such deegasss
was that the majority Of that sub-eemmitsee wa;
PsSs%s osns Those ''SsI Delegates who s%lsS
the Congress only for the purpose Of examininf
s tnr cxamnson anS deciding IN favor
sing the greatest advantages as 20 i"sass en- % .. @
ned tScnsevc. and Discussion o. the
jcct OF the meeting They were h9weysr in IN:
@'noriiyy S yo apeosoS. eopased Of par
ties aud their friends. II may be proper TO
state here that only reliable aud we'll dgcsted plans
nresontod foe the the Congress
those prepared several surveying expeditions scns
out by the United All others based on un;
trustworthy data. more speculation as to natural
conditions In fact the hnal result Is concerneds
the before discussion took
place as evident from first TO last that the Wyse
party. backo. by the typographical Society and NJ DO
Lesseps had previously arranged All the details with such
skill that success virtually secured from the
Whom the mpractcabilty of tho Psnamn scheme.
originally prcscntod was made evident before thc
Tcchnical COMMITTEE it's suppor,ers became much do
pressed aud demorazed but they soon rallied and intro
In less than two days several notifications to their
plans intended to overcome the obectionabo fontues
less lmpracticabe cost OF labor
and OF proposed. but Of them
with further alterations by the Sub
committee Locks, which Lieutenant Wyse had so
much con tubuted In naming. Another subcommittee.
composed OF eight of tho most sminens onsi.