The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08
THE GREAT WATERWAY.
THE STEAMER AGUAN SAILS FOR
NICARAGUA.

NICARAGUA.
Material For Pushing the Construction
OF the CanaI-Telegraphic Commune
cation to be Established with New yorl
Precautions Against sickness.
Especial Correspondence OF the Tines
New YORK, September 5.-While
New York; latest visitation, a LON
don fog. lowered frowningly over the
lower bay this morning, the good
steamship Aguan felt her way out past
Sandy Hook and merrily churned water
on her course towards Greytown,
Nicaragua, after being delayed twenty
four hours on account of the celebra-
ton OF Labor Day.
The Aguan is the ninth vessel to
leave these shores with men and
material for the Nicaragua Canal Com
pany's construction corps since that
party of American engineers set sail
from New York on May 25th last, with
the intention of showing the world that
yankee push and ingenuity will sue
coed in solving the secret OF the strait
in spite of the intrigues of disappointed
Panama spectators.
Carefully slowed away on board the
Aguan were sixty miles of telegraph
wire and "fixin's' complete. sufficient
to complete the line of communication
now being constructed between Grey
town and Fort San Carlos. the latter
place being situated on the eastern
shore of Lake Nicaragua, and at the
mouth, or head, according TO the
way you look at it, of the San Juan river.
From Fort San Carlos the Nicaraguan
government controls a telegraphic line
reaching to San Juan del Sur. and
from there the wires run up the Pa
cific slope through Mexico to Calves
ton, Texas. where the messages are
transmitted broadcast over the world by
the United States lines. As matters
now stand. the engineer in charge at
GreytOwn has to send Carib bOatmen
from Greytown up the San Juan to
Fort Carlos, two good days journey,
sometimes longer, with each message
sent to the canal company's offices in
New York.
The first mile of eight inch steel
water pipe for the proposed aqueduct,
intended to bring n supply Of pure
water from the Deseado basin TO Grey
town. was also slowed on board the
AguaD. in company with the first mile
of fifty pound steel rails for the con
structiOn railroad. Two extra miles Of
water pipe and two additional miles of
railroad track will follow on each
steamer sailing for Greytown after the
Aguan.
The railroad material is shipped COM
plete for laying. and is accompanied
by four construction cars.
Twenty tons Of provisions also
formed part OF the Aguan's cargo. but
her most important freight consisted in
the complete hospital outfit sent out for
che hospital. This building, known As
portable hospital. capable Of ac-
commodating from fifty TO eighty
patients, was shipped by the steamship
hands on August 10th. in charge
of DR.. j. Edward Stubbert.
a young American physician, until re-
Gently in the employ OF the Pacific
Mail Steamship Compa ny. DR.. Stub
bert has had most valuable experience
i'm the Auglo-American hospitals at
Hong Kong. China, as well as having
The advantage of being thoroughly
familiar with all tropical diseases. Ii
is safe to say that no more complete
hospital ever left one spot for another,
and no expense or care was spared in
furnishing a thorough outfit for this
very useful building.
In addition to DR.. Stubbert, the com
pany has three other physicians, Drs.
Brit. Cole and Barnum. already in the
field along the line OF the canal; but a
fact worthy Of notice is that there have
been American engineers employed by
the American Canal Company in Mica
ragua working in and among the
swamps since December, 1887, but Of the
whole number there are now nearly one
hundred engineers, Jewelers.. transit
men, foremen, etc. at work without
counting aboIt 200 laboreTs. There
have been no deaths from feyers or
other diseases peculiar TO the tropics
among the Americans. though there
have been two deaths from accidents,
the most notable of which was the sad
drowning recently of young Fernando
Wood. grandson OF ex-MayOr Wood. of
this city. who met his death while bath
ing in the San Juan river after plunging
suddenly into the water while in an
oyerheated state.
To the Nicaragua Canal Construction
Company is due the credit of trying to
do everything possible to preserve the
health of its employees, and this is say
ing a great deal in this era Of money
grabbing.
The material on board the Aguan
was in charge OF Acknowledgment
+. w. Bennett. who has recently been
enjoying many moons OF LUMBER in
specting at Wilmington. Del, watching
the loading of the Alice Archer and
Carrie ). Bailey, now OFF GreytOwD,
discharging piles and timber. The
Frederickaschaep. also loaded with lum-
ben is expected to arrive at Greytown
about September Both.
Assistant Paymaster Jacob CROWN
shield and Chief Draughtsman Boyd
Chile were also among the officers sent
to reinforce the Amer lean canal bri-
gade.
Ii is said that Chief Engineer 4. G..
Menocal will leave New York with his
personal staff about September 10Th to
resume charge of the campaign now
being conducted against the lsthmian