, 1879-08-12

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40 Lessep' - soile1tlne SUBSCRIPTIONS tof ma
Daricn Canal tho N'caraeuan Government bat
,,nrt Of q ship canal almost ready for business.
II w,1, In r.m,n,hern1 thot a. tho r.,rn,t "a
49, Nt.os,e,,,.n r,er,r1,rnan, Ch,ns r.r;ra".
"a ,Se noa has
hccn granted five months iehve ot absence
to yt.tt .Nfcarae1a, md comp|ete Ger
lain ,nnnrtant in,nrov.ment, n}annn,
sn' r,a;.atoa ~, ,,,o, T., thst s,nto v,ses ago
This request we made through tue Conauf.Grn-
ernE Of Nicaragua Ia New York, who forwarded
The letter 10 the State Department about tho
m,l',,n o,1as, ,non.h rho H., rrnve n,.n,a *oonrn
y. us y. 'ass ., "uns1. 49,. e'' T,'s sat
o. are on me sntf Juan aal tie eah juan uet
Sortc Rivers on the direct route from
the Caribbean Sea to Lake Nicaragua.
MT on1v h,e ,he N,caro1ran r1nvern
men+ unc.,,oro, IN .,,,,iotn +hooo i'm,
uso'ehehtst out eVe6s psan mas oeeu pue'ec.eo
Tor opening direct navigation with Lake ME-
aragun. The Importance Of this work cannot
~ nrcr.cttrrotrd frn,n ct,hcr n national ar
en interna,nnoi nont H' n S"v virw' 'T Thc con.
plc.ion Of the cnrtneertt,g work y Which
Mr. Menoral roes out "a suncr,nteni.
bcst,,es ereaiiv facilitasinr tho proIect Of m
IL rptcn ,ni e co,arcc M sn a1reag ~ n4eat.
, lc
country vi that At promises "a greater yield oi prod
nets and wealth than Is cla!niel from the
tbc Mac1,,tca I,npds Ia nearly completed. and The
Nfcarnrtian Goyernment now pronoscp to build
a canal with Inc ncc.tsarr locEngo nround iha
Castillo lsap!ds which vii! 2ea,,o, open up ~, "a
the sc, to i.ake Nicaragua. There viii then 70.
main n' bus T. abor; distanca to be- cut, sald to bs
Icss ti,an thirteen miics. bstwcen tue western
houpdors of Lake Nicaragua aud the Pacific
rrniv carefully surveyed Tor tic interoctautc
rsnal. Tho adyanced stars OF the
,rnrir n,onT tho San Juon I2frnr and
uu.A thS encrry E which ,Ia @ N,cararusp Govern. .
nict,nr lie roito between lie lake and Tie sea
"a MI insurance to our Goycru,ncpt that il Az
in,er-ocsanic canal Is to be constTucrei ii will
be by this route, in which ths United States IL
or,w,n
A'4eos'
,,.rpnr,vv u,r,, rur cnuer,r nrrrntr, NJ Me-
" Aaaau.,
A J,.-,,5 -.nort" ~ "r III m fntrrriov 1nat ryen-
,,t, ,,It% IL Afnr,nHar i Cn.hrai' Cnn,ni.
Hcn.rns ri N,carnoua. in rcrari to ihe re-
sources OF a. well az tue improvements at pres
ha "a 1 ,ha renrsscn,nfive TIE writcr hny,ne
'..sa y. ,hisot ~ it. ris,t IL cn,hani
snii. .sEor sSvcrn, rcars mat the GOV
ernp1ent @ Of Nicaragua has been turning
tfA otk -
imnrovemrnts. Thrv havs had long time OF
.aas n. +,1 ,hnrwn.t ~ tsto sdvantsue ~
neI y Ihasn tmnroremcnt. "rn WIRE commsnced in
I'm ptrsr San atron mi thc Tfarhor Of Ban Juan
III Mar,,, H.ro,t nrc,s whare thc wnrk IT trer,p
ms mi his.tny ronk i'as hcen ,nrr,e1 On fnr
soTrrn; I nj" vears. torcther viii ljastin. the
focHs I'D 'do r,1cr Thia wo1i, If nia,,In and
.ircar;nr ,rorrn.aea sfn,r1r M Il cnn only ia
carrisi =, d,,r,nlr n nortjo1, of the ycar. when
tho ~s,ar il Inv IT. "a tha in,ention to makc q
channni nj tis feet At low water ali the way up
to The ,,rcat Lake Of Nicaragua, for tue beneat
san .Tnan. Thc Cnar,iin Hnnids. on tho river, is
= thrit;~,< sntt1smsnt hnt nj 1,rnaent IL ca,
nr,v hr re,rhctl hy ANAL boats, cxcept
during tho rainy season, when the rivur
!. nnttuiv a,vn]Ion Hfr. Nohorat. civil
cnr;unsr' u 11nItea state. Nayr, ,s now about be.
tn,[ .n,,, ,,.n-a ~ H.. Nfrarasnan Goyernmenz
m rnmmenrc prcnarntlous foF the construction
nt loess bY means OF which the river boats may
In n1sscd nrnnn,l ti,e ran!ds. from tho lower to
liz l,tvhrr ,rnicr. Instead Of dscharetng their
orn.,,'I bc ron,,1s hv1,n No IT nrescnt. Tho Me
nrs1,,on Gnyrrnment hns rrent confldcucetn Mr.
Wenncs1 uui viii, I heIieyc. carrr out p1,y SUE.
ressons he he NAV make. liz has been down
tl,crr before several times, surveying for the
iIni,rd stn,cs Goyrrnment' mud also for The
Sicnror,,on Govcrnment 40 That be Is vel,
,hs ;n,r,rovemcnt @ nf ihe whole River San Juan
80 ns II, MAX a il uaytgabte for the steamers.''
wt "a ,s i,nnrnrr,nent :, have nny bcarir,. on
the urunosetl intproccanic canals"
Wnst nsst,r",I,v n viii. A soon A. contjnu-
MA nviroei"n I. n.,ohsfej an thn rIyer # viii
nfrnri rr2nt rnrii,fIns for thn constrtcsou OF at
intaro.snn;c ronal ri, tic Njcarapua ruutc, il
,a, rs,,,o s,oII cv.r Ia iontrtl. as # proba
~. ,n.t 1r,,i s5i'i. i, o.'t'' !. e'~' ~
Wy RI. III oS i,,,ovemcut NJ The Fan Juan t)er
,v,d T.. ra,'sr a.Iysrse " 10 @ Tho DarIen Inter
se"or,,. muM,I "c e,,roi .n,S, ,r,1.r'in
I. vomid. t,eca,,so the success Of that schem,
,uori,, ',.u., ',,sot msasnrc unon ,Ht
Gstura Goaiu f,inu iradc " Tia. IL buiky traJc al K
that reapcct y nluers !lo us tka1u IT, ohsptaI "
nfsf? hv ,. n ,e tan' .eh wero opcnei w up
what Is your oninon OF tne rc.at.Ye Gle.'is sI
o. tl,e tSn caaal foutes '''oS' p'o''a'"''' III
Vosaieui u,,,ooa ,,,., III, Etcar.o,,,,
~ pts.ce., p aaat1naIto n,a 80 fnr NJ, in,rr
roats Is ihG ony ~ PM ,or ra,..e n
ussas eans. aa '1ns ,s,n n' ~ ia etns,,nerahia
dliiieultlea tG oe o7eFtonae. .1, l.,
~ tue Niearaehal tosesn"s''1 y, s"s"see ="
auY ntHee 1mp.ovemsns r,t,ro., !, cpr,ct the
- IL Is constructing fAuCOnA ~ Sonost ~