, 1880-07-27
TIE NICARAGUA CANAL.
To Follow tlsc Ltljbs Etatito nttl to Cost
flttfY AIEaEilit.tlt tltiil.

kANtllltNl ttltllJG&t tlaH HttAtff9ft 1HG ttllh"-
lug very interesting letter t0 Tie President
IF the American t;rugrnphical snriety:
W..s,lNnruN, u. t., July ID, iSO.-ChfGf-
Juxiica IAaiv, i'rrsi,ie7t 1lnte1fc.,n u.a,-
t,,Ytl,l.icHl Soeictu-DEAt SIR: Thu Soc'ciy
l,ls tnkun M much Interest III the nlIstsaet
q,,essiun Ut lilo phyat.nl lnssil'i!lty Ut NJ,
American tntoruerante cNiial, nlsl Inns tlullu
50 much to ,luyelnpn popular knowledge Of
what WAS merely asserted anlt whnt WIS
su1s!antiato,], TINT feet disposed to
ndN further information, tle results
Of the recent lnbots of Civil
Engineer Nenucni III EIenraaun. lit
20 lhiekIy. II wotAlu,l country, md ~
broken, It n,ay well ba supl'oscA tliat te,,ta-
'tiyU loeHl(un for Il cnllat would probably fAlt
fur sllurt III results III .wllnt MI exhaustive
survey might develop; thu latter, III course,
~. nestss|1ry preliminary to tllo cSccnt1o't Ut
For st,ll,e scnfs, indeed over stncu tho pint
ting ni tic work ot thu NtGArhElnl1 survey,
Il l,ts been lalteycl BY, tlH'se wl4 llnsl given
the work thu. must: nt.nAtf0l That u cloSe
lisll lllu possibility Of tlfynsti,g ttlu. l,rad
waters of tho 1ktu RrAn(LC tntu i,itEn SiGntl-
gll;,. which now owa lntn tlo pnelf!c, and, II
SO, give tnlleli hctter location 1hHli tho ollu
heretofore preferred, known ~ Tic lilo tlGs
Nlet1lD rs,tte.
1t Will l,n remembered TINT l>ctwGcn I.'.la
Nicarng,M, mud ttle l'aritfe the tMn ru,,tes
form, us It wHrc, tho nrsIs Of Y. letter tite
iIrit", tic pr"j'asgtl iarl,Gr om tic l'aciIlc.
The Hso iii Mrttio rntte Is the ,M,rti,ntn
nrsi, alld although, the 'lclt!I OF cutting, n''tt
the iHnss ''!se, WIS i,'cl' the greater! II Wns
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ils. t.' Al % %exntninat6N slows , iiat ID din, IF
ftyr fst III. H h I tat Wat t19 ~ ' tSi,E riE
3;; y!SqS i iS S IN; s sf vessels The dis
'u Mt liz IL @ anotI, Of ti,c Sin Cnrlos It IL found
that the canai cs,' lrave t'!e I!'ne'!iate vicl.-
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tmwn n - y ,lls,",r.. ~? ~ :an]v tijrty.yu nete3
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u G;' III, m u,,i;1o @ ns,xt Ivy o M nnsI ~
' elusiya nf II" c.a,tInscnt @ for srrycys s,itwr
yisis',: Interest on Maaey, etc., as G GcslicsI III,
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Ks t."i1s 1o ssecy 81 1let OF Tue ", en!.1.'' i,,at
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tfrA work III it3 fs,l1t,rE{.
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u atth lHtn q Ms's tis saAtnii !tet VIZ
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~ make !illf'}oT " Mfitn. q e'lll q Mlct
Gtll h l1t'l!zeu nNl, asSlSttM . ~ Esavi!nllot!l
t3eltslte;l ~ ny ~ inrnl liln bnlS nt 1he mon
tlraieifetl tltltl infi!sif l'luclt !'1 sEer lihr
u tiie wt;rE. itlet llle nso q ,.litlGlisE lnA
Gtal1es WIZ easlly lle9 ,th2 llta,mtlest hafpo
Inn ctllstrncstt''1 o. ~ S!tnrt caa!ai @ en''5iect
lE tho WAtefs o. iAkn .SttnfhEnN n,M ~ nm
nEtl. ~ ~ nl'pftNtslnte ettst nt p'!N,'N,. w
gtve w@tGr Transportation t. MY Hlhl1ltltyp g
Hsfo,d liuta ~ r. k,uw''', 1t''ing e'',se,tl
hydraulic properties. ls ISe ~ mll
strAetlnlls M!!tt te ttsts ,Wstlsli II t!ns stu0'
t.r itaiiy yeh1s hss.ato tHo iHHt:, WtlatcSE
supplies ll!ly, ~ ntalultei. Nnet!ilier Of i!!t
tertnls or 1'ruslSlta. cH'a uo Ee0tl'tS obtaf1let
hilt! tfnllslhiftMl.
| an NballltAI!t SIMPLY Of Cxenllnllt Rral!lt l.