New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-15
CROSSING THE ISTHMUS.
CONGRESS AND THE SHIP RAILWAY PLAN
cvpvAx AGENT IL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
,,,ur\js PI'NGrNT LETTER.

crcvAN AGENT IL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ANMrNS PUNGsNT LETTER
,r,oy sr,tF coLEEsPo>pENT OF THE TRIHuNEI
" ,su1NGToN. March 14.-lhe senate Nolh-
nittee on Commerce has adopted severn ""' ,,
90 tho I'm for tie construction of the Eads snip h'""''
uov, evenly divided the subject OF rcppr"Hs
=, mo casting vote lies with Senator Jones' OF f' U
,he Ioye-s.ck swan. who IS drawing i"rSo S''"S
,be Government while he spends his time J" No.,
t a;,e,,,t to win the affections of woman VINO "''
No, want HIM Mr.. Jones has not been " ""
-, ,,,o ,s>ion becan but IL he should be pers'"." "
como and vote a favorable report lIo'"'s, sa,1
,odc nm the Eads scheme. as he Is eoo"'u a. ''
7, ,yti meet with determined opposition III '"o
howeysr. end Is not likely to pass in way 'h"t VIE
satisfactory 60 it, projectors, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. -"
dents support OF 1t IN his message -,
,,. ,,,,ntime attention is being attraction "ue" !"
, nicaragua QUITE The President sand IN MS m'ss"E'
,iat th. drawings and report of recent s"Nes '" W
route Y,rae by Chief Engineer heho'ai "oul" w 50"
20 Con-ress for Its information. not ie'ei'i"s ""S
communication the Senate sometime ago adolteu res
$50, calling OH tho Secretary OF state for lhe S"
- a. q. innortaucc because OF intel gencoJuS' receive"
,bc orcsence In Nicaragua OF an engineer so'' w ~
Ca-p,an Government TO forward German desires III '
-, IN the canal This engineer first ViNHe"
tho Pacific Islands that the Germans nave Se'"io"
for the purpose Of determining the sites TO Io'V! "''
t.rct,r of the works lie then went TO Nicaragua
snould The Germans undertake TO hud the cana y
would be neutral until fortified, aiter WIN"
,xop,d be in position 10 neutralze H. al" " I'
,aso c,ba about which theIe has been more OF res
IN There Is the best authority for saying '"'' ~"
|,r .,.,t of Nicaragua looks TO the CONSTITUENCY
AZ canal under a Government protection hhahc'""'
Diich yould naturally bring with II a moral al" -"
,orial coutrol OF the work The fTesiueht N"'"e
o,i,ed te enter into negotiations on t"e S"'y''' %
S-ioaracnan Government now feels at liberty 10 ole'
60. ,,h,r mower tie concession Tor a canal nv
-, Committee on Foreign Affairs has gwen TINS sun
ot considerable attention OF late. Some OF us eoer
have no faith in the Eads scheme or IN lhe I"na'"'
Canal The bill proposed by the Eads company leqN'''
a., RECOMMENDATION Of vessels weighing only 1000 tons
when loaded which would exclude nearly III n"'"' We
GELS aud all the large ocean steamers.
,otter recently sent by Admiral Ammen To the chi''i
NO., ~ tbe senate Committee Foreign Relations Is OIL
considerable interest In 1t he says 'ha' II ,'u nv
been for one vote IN the Nicaragua sehae De LoS'P'
would not have regarded the Panama route WIN FAVOR
io PARIS Canal Congress in 1879 acting as ms agent
NJ Pleuchc, had secured a concession from me lcs'
=, ,a,r, bat II failed of confirmation by one vote III
tho Xi,ar,ruan Senate. Admiral Ammen ar'efw"I'
learned that NJ B.aucnet was again ABOUT Ie"Ni"N W.
,r Nicaratna TO try a second time 10 secure tue 'o
sion A. a result of That Information an asSo''""o"
. formed here and an agent was sent to Nicaragua
who secured a concession in advance OF NJ hi"h'he'
-, f., b,s letter Admiral Ammen continues: 'Ia'
=, p,pcbe reached Nicaragua twOmonths carrier 'heIe
oro many reasons for suppoSlg ne "oulu h"'o NV
,rih success Had he done 50 NJ De LessepS "ouo no"
he the tollgate Keeper OF tue American iS'Ni""'' "
eto,o ~ ms stockholders being ruined as certain!
.hose of Panama will be, they would nave pech moio
,,sc.,tlv rewarded for their investment thth Ihose
:. ,,o .,oz Canal Nothing stood between the suDVer-
eiop ,f or greatest external interest pdV tie uHSo
c,on Of " undstin guished citizens. In inc 'ohEIoS
siora session OF ls-O'sl an act of incorporation wa"
I'D for IN, Maritime Canal Company OF Nicaragua
-es Of whatever nature were asked hdeNery-
,i rr,posed was accepted TO secure the interests oi
our tof,ie and that of the world at large ana o 'no
secprity Of the stockholders through Government ID
srecttons But Captain Eads was on hama with MS sup
Railway and a demand for $1O'OOOOOo OF RuaI"u'oo'
houos The lack OF merits In this bill Will appear Dy al
recommending letter from general Grant Az an events
,hotber from ignorance indifference or hostility inc
association could obtain even an act OF lhcorP'"
ton 10 transact business with whatever lmPosiuos Vi
control and interest present prospective the Gov
ernueut Itself might be disposed to attach 10 lhe p
cit would be idle to follow tue succeeding ye"is VI
oect nm ii The final expiration OF this CONCESSION oy
limitation on September 50. 1884 The preceding Jan
nary however the association organized as cohpah!
under State charter and then part ot the dsrepo'a
III. onposIton to the project was exposed conotruc-
rim company was about being organized TO compete
al snryeys and commence tho work. Then the covert
a,,ion of the state Department disclosed ltsaH IL ue
IreA 10 one of your number and to several other per
sous who were Immediately Interested tn'. ~ Iai
go fostering this American enterprise would pre-
vcut nv force, II necessary the execution oi ho pN
no,tnoTy work It's difficult To reconce such cohuuCJ
',i ne cen, dtous winch pertain to constitutional
form OF Government. Upon tue rApr%lgh oI tni9 H
cession brought about as above desroeu, 'ne 2Ce D
Y6rtncnt entered into treaty with Tue ~
OF Nicaragua take upon lseh the VI JIG
canal Although this only became ,'s
noation the disgracefu, as the ass9catloh eA-
pressed itself at all times Wiiins 10 tranNaed iS =" w
enlsr 10 Inv government shOuiu IL OBTAIN ia. 81
~ clane o. conceSsOD IHut lie at enpted act womb
not work forfeiture aad on . way scaTie.enco
on the part OF such members OF the associaruS-
as consulted not to complain or oppose ts aet oi [oD
berry should tne @ ee Genendent upon whether
feI
ne made Tor the submission OF the irdnchlse Inc
oo p Hnu r,ie was withdrawn by the present Admin
israon IN March last aud as we read III Tue lIeSiueut
,uess,ge not up for further CONSIDERATION.
M, -, - roncr 10 add that at times since April
iasI have received letters from competent authorizes
I'm Nicaragua stating the great desires Oi tna' Govern
mem 10 modify the OF that treaty should our Gov
nrr,'.Ut wsn to propose modification have inform
aiiy communicated these facts at various times TO Toe
in connccton with the above facts, which seem to me
OF great National import would add thai IL we assume
tha. our form of Government does not I,ehit @ P 10
motion OF great National interests beyond the mIneue
great interests at stake into whose aanos INC
ION OF The Nicaragua Caual will fall We nave WIN
Great Br:t@na common lahguaGo i pIu s''"'
common laws, cHs'Viiis anu N,,d ~ no crate
is not necessary nor wouiG III, oe r.,SS Iii
~! ,,, Voud tbe construction OF Nicaragua Canal
Ian INTO The hands of the SUBJECTS OF any other power
~ the greatest traffic of the future ia TO be surrtn
dered into the hands Of any power hua ea 1s t9
hauId he surrendered Great Britain for many reasons
In addition TO those above given AT me present
tune there is a pretended Nicaragua Canal Company
established In NewIOrk that bases It's powers Oh con-
cession OF many years Persons Interested stare
that our Government and that of Great Britain have
entered INTO tacit agreement TO favor ther project
The absence any possible equitable or lcEaI rlSI OF
This company fully shown III senate TX doc NO Va
XLVIh Congress LIST session AS tne tS &C. pIes,uehE
of lie late Maritime Canal Company or Nicaragua
bring 10 your this pretenSlOn OF sestyeh con-
pany which should not DE pelmt'eu 70 tn9
Government OF Nicaragua, that 50 generously granted
orr citzens an admirable concession ana waited III
patience for years and then at te hstaoe o, En %
erument entered into treaty that mas no" Oeeh re-
jecled by the Executive branch OF our GoEern9heht
without proposed amendment or further cOnsldefa-