, 1879-03-13
INTER.OCEANIC CANAL.

INTER.OCEANIC CANAL.
Possibilities Of fts CompIotton-1ieut. N. II,
Wyso'a Walt ia This Country-Thc History
Of the Flrst Hurvrys.
!Ttn Tnrk Tribune Harch 10.
Tho mission of Lieut.. N. .. Wysc, Of the
French Navy 10 this city md Washington. re-
vEved interest in tho question Of shin canal
acruss the American Isthmus. Lieut.. Wyae,
who Ia relative OF Prince Luc1cn Bonaparte,
l,as mudo Two surveys ncrpss the 1sthnus In tho
interest OF body OK Frcpch capitalists untf sci.
cntsts, his own enthusiasm for tho undertaking
having excited them 10 renuer the necessary
financial assistance. Ferdinand dc Lcssops,
whose name is tuscparably connected with tic
suez Canal, has interested himself In this more
s,upcuilous project OF canal, either
over or through tho chain Of mountains to which
The narrow Central America owes lis existence
above water. Whichever route Ia chosen, In tie
event Of the cnterprisc's reaching q practical
beginningit will still be n question for the enE-
,lecrs to decide whether tllH canal shalt be car
ricd over the highlands by from twenty to Thirty.
five locks, or shall bo cut through the mount
aims. The latter plan will involve the novel
fcnturo OF tunnel six or seven miles long, 1O0
feet wide nt the base, nn,l about l!U feet In
i ,;T1nrn,,i rn,,tn. -. hcintr mrnrt;aat1 ",o ,
etnrcrs think, for either tunnel or q canul with
locks.
Bincs Lieut.. Wyse malo his last survey, md
Gmve,nnnnt thc Fr"ncI, rcnt,c1ncn ,rh,, hnx,,
interested themselves in tho enterprlsc huve
shown dspostion 10 take active mud Ir1c-
tcnl measures to realize what would benefit tllr
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;n.nrnatin,,al tt IN cnarnster. r. hi. end
II y" csaena hns txsiica invita-.
,ion, ~ o,1 maritime countries 10 send d,|c-
,atns uns IN ~ n n nternatioal Eonpress which vii
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