The Green Forest tribune., 1892-10-20
lHEaICAnAeijk CANAL
Information as to The Status, The
Progress, And The Imper-
tance Of The W.ra.
kiPSiLluSTRATlhG CANAL.
It Should be 4 Distinctiyely American
Enterprise.

The committee appointed by the
National Nicaragua Canal Conven-
ton at it's meeting in st. Louis,
June 2nd amt 3rd, to prepare an ad
dress to the American people giving
information as to the feasibility OF
the Nicaragua canal and its CONNER
cial and other advantages to the
United States, has just finished the
preparation of such address. The
committee is composed of John s.
Jones, of Arkansas; ex-Congress-
man Converse, of Ohio; Z. W.
M,ilsap, the prominent banker OF
Mississippi; Capt. J. F. Merry, of
Manchester, Iowa; s. 81. Hawkins,
the railroad president, of Georgia;
Capt. Ambrose Snow, president OF
the New York Board Of Trade and
Transportation, and ex-Gov. John
S. Pillsbury, of Minnesota.
i he address is supplementary to
the resolutions adopted by the ST,
Louis Convention; which pointed
out the advantages of the canal and
urged its construction, ownership
and control by the American people
rather than tho English, French or
any otnlr nation. Il takes the po-
sition that y canal, joining the At
lsstitie sad Pacific oceans, should be
CONSTRUCTED for the most important
commercial, strategic and patriotic
Yeasons and says that the subject oi
sneh canal is the most vital CON
nected with The welfare, growth aad
prosperity of the United States. It
declares that the only feasible route
for such canal is by way of Mica
ragua, and points out that the con.
ventions OF the two great poiitis
cal parties have endorsed the pro-
ject.
It appears that all the engineers
have agreed in expressing decided
preference for the Nicaragua route,
because, among other reasons, only
26 3-4 miles OF the entire distance
of 1863 l-2 miles.from thsss Atlantic to
The Pacific ocean through Nicaragua
will have to be egcayated. The
other 142 3-4 miles consist Of Lake
Nicaragua, the San Juan river aud
depressions IN the surface of tho
earth. Lake Nicaragua will consti
tuto !. harbor sufficient to acOmmo-
date the navies aud commerce of the
world. It is 10 miles long, go
miles wide and IS ESQ feet vt its
deepest points. Vessels entering
the canal from the Atlantic ocean
will sail on Jewel with the ocean
for IL Sd miles, at the end Of V hich
they will be raised by three locks
to the level of the lake. ThcY will
sail along the San uan river and the
lake on the lake level to "a point
within three and one half miles of
the Pacific ocean. Here they will
be lowered by the locks to the level
IF the Pacific ocean
The committee says the cost, In
cludlng the payment. Of interest dur
ing the progress of the work, will
be less than sl00,O00,000, and the
time required for. the completion OF
the work is within fve..years. The
climate ofNicaragua is healthy and
out of 1900 northern men employed
in constructing railroad through a
swamp only two died during q
period Of four months. Of200 north
ern engineers and skilled mechanics
who have worked tor the canal COM
pany tor three years not one has died
from a disease incident to the coun-
try. BY the Nicaragua canal the
distance saved is shown by this ta-
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