The Portland daily press., 1884-01-28
Notes from Washington.
nIr. Eads and His Proposed ship Rail-
way-BIackbnrn and Carlisle
Especial Correspondence of the Press.)

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Washington, Jan. %.
Hon. Alexander T. Cochran, of St. Louis,
the attorney for Mr.. Eads OF Jetty aud Mis-
sissippi Bridge and proposed ship railway fame,
has been here several days. He discl inns any
designs upon the present Congress, snd says
that Mr.. Eads is done asking anything of
this country SO far as bis proposed ship railway
is concerned.
"Mr Eads was not at all anxious to zee his
proposition of last wiuter accepted" he said,
speaking to your correspondents, "bat he felt it
a duty to offer the advantages OF the control OF
an Important matter Of this kind to this coun-
try or st lesst to psople.i in this country. As
Z vas not accepted be feels that his duty IN she
matter has ended, and he now goes TO Eng
land with It,"
"How is he getting On In the organization Of
his C mpauy there, Mr. Coehran?"
Every we'll. It's a great work. Fifty uil-
lions is considerable suna Of money to embark
IN an enterprise entirely new aud novel, as
this is, and of'coarse il must take time TO get
it, bat he is succeeding as we'll as could be ak
Dect8d. The engipReIs over there speak in the
highest terms Of tue proposition, aud say they
nave no doubt as to the feasibility OF tho pls1.
Some Of the most eminent engineers OF kng-
laad have examined ig, sad agree upon the
praciicability OF the proposition, and a. that is
the principal question to be settled there seems
20 be little doubt of the success Of the enter
prise. With the average mind convinced of
the pfactiesbilitY Of the system and made
aware at ufe same time Of ths chsapnsss Of the
proposed railway as compared with the Paua
ma canal, there is no hesitancy in deciding In
its favor. And there Is no douht
of the need for method Of getting ships aoross
the Isthmas, or Of the preft of raethod Of DO
will"
tHow docs your proposed systsa cost a
compared with the Panams cana, on which
work has been already begun2"
$50 much less that the money sad tina
spent upon the Panama canal already, with
scarcely a beginning made, would have bssn
sufficient to have mplatod and pat to rnH-
ming cur railway. What the PAnama canal
will cost if ever completed, nobody can tell.
do not believe it viii ever be completed. Thers
are cats TO be made three hundred feet deep
through solid rock. The money that hAs bssR
alread spent there is something enormous."
sand is the work going on?"
Eyes. DeLeseaps has plenty OF money. He
has the confdencs Of the people in France and
can get all the money he may choose TO ask
for is wonderful"
Don't you fear that with the plentiful suB-
ply of money and the start hn has a. to TINA
be may get his canal finished and the n onopely
q the 6gsiness before you get your railway on
its feet?"
'No. Indeed 1 don't believe the work will
over be completed, OF il it is it will be many
years. Our road can be constructed in four
years. LII VIII Do c0mplsted and running De-
fora the DeLesseps canal is fact"
"Aud all with British gold7'
GAS it now looks, the enterprise Is likely to
be carried through entirely by English capital
1t is to be regretted that this country did not
see fl 10 take hold OF il when the opportunity
was offered, but there are plenty OF people
abroad who have Sufficient confidence 20 back
it with their millions and Mr. Eads Ia not la
clined to ask anything further here"
BLACKBURN AND cARLIsLA.
This must make Blackburn very wrathy,"
said Kentuckian yesterday as he heard OF the
apparent detection from tho Blackburn
strength to Carlisle. Blackburn hates Car
Isle, and 1t would be wormwcod to hia TO be
de sat d in the way it looks nov might, b.
spontaneous feeling in favor Of Carlisle. Re
has been growing more and moro jealous Of
Carlisle all along. He has sat here in bis scat
in the House and seen sn unknown man, cons
in from his own State and quietly bat surely
work his way to the front, going away ahes4 sk
him, and defeating him in his fondsst smbi-
Iion, merely from sheer force of superiority.
Now should he again win tho prize Of tka
Senatorship, and that again bseaHse Of
superiority in point OF comnxndnK ability,
Joe would scarcely hs able to contain himself.
II he is beaten in this contest as he seems
likely to be- he will soon get out of public life,
and none too soon either The main differences
between the men Is that Carlisle never made
speech on the hooe OF the House sor ths sake
OF buncome, while Blackburn never made one
IN any other spirit than that"