New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-08
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rP,cTOHs-THE CASE OF NJ hlfi ID"
Tho latest cable dispatches report "''. ,,,.,
Charles de LcsScps and Fon'fne M. ~ ,,,,,,v
,h foilure OF the Panama Cana! eh'''P ~,
70 ablacfunacrs, who had taken inc 'D"Ir r. o,
~, ,hroa, and compelled 1t II buy u" s"pp''' "'I'
VI. ,,,,.,.-s senators Deputies and many "R gems
~ ID 4. or ,riyate persons moving Ia hsh so.'rF'
,r, >, ,r,e unfortunately. but the c~ihne Vi VI.
i,,eroceon,c scheme be laid also AL ~
,h t-ib.ry neglect and unbuslne'a4"o nv !,
o+e,dod The granting cf woFh u '0"" -,
d,,o,ch from Paris January has arr" -
nat 4 French Deputy. called % ,,o
n ,.ostic,,ing committee. had declared 'nA' "O
- .,..,o ., tho Panama Canal COMPANY III -"
E ,,. ,,euentlal persons was only 'rl"e !" ''"''
a 18th ,,c enormOus amount LOST u'o"Sn OO'
,,c,s He urged the committee 10 can w p'...
cou,rsctrs and examine uem A. ~ Wv =, addd
,,.o, and the work actually DONE anu "' :,
ceN", dscrepaucy between the two items woai'
then be revealed .,.. Count dc yillcbos-
80 -, ,ras ,he echo Of articles published Oh '''
'"' ,,o hv many Paris newspapers Ns cary
- >,.ornI,cr 21 1892. one day after INC ",''I "
nor de Eeinach La Patric'' the piih''P - -,
., ,nc conservative middle classes III ''"'' -.
s,onbocpers and peasants. in looking i'r ,'o 80
NJ the Panama collapse, eN'inh'u n..rrroc,,
h,us have been given hy cohtIao'ors i,' 'a-o 40
o"'' ~ a,o anxious az they were 7"
-, ,ho maximum II profits against L '""'''''"'' "
pOc"c' 'i'o ,,.,od since then other PARIS
,.na,ors have furnished particulars ana nt"'.'
n regard 10 the question; and IL Is KNOW" ''"'' 80
w,go, tho buder Of the famous tower OF inc i"n'
gnos,,,o, I'm 1880 and one nf tho largest '"'.
,.nr,ors - the Panama Cnnal, has been lhcuu'n
,sn lint for swindlIng entered against Ch ue
~ H., ~. r,cn,ane and Couu the administrators oi
the company ,.,u oc,oI &,
c,oso ncr,ons are all accused OF having ao"i !"
,rJon IN a ncfarous s1uandciing OF the i""u'
,,e,d hv the shareholders OF the Panama 'aiih
hic, ,hcv divided among themselves. VI. Elic e'l
, tdg contract for excavation. which ho oo'o' "
,,ront NJ 20 per cent to "a firm wmcn Ill 'uih H,"u
:, oyer IA several small contractors, nj Piont ="
rsf ~ % per cent. Moreover, the IIquu"lor o 'i'e
pon.ma COMPANY presented 10 the Cvil IhO"nai -
reoort showing that tho cost OF excavation "i'"''r
- =, f,oncs a cubic metre and that the same wofk
,,os .lloved TO NJ Eilcl az the Iac OF 10 lrah'S'
Many particulars relating to the'c I'"'' '''''' ~
an Furnished bv the Paris newspapers which h's""'c
Inc responsibility OF their assertions anu 40 ''' n',
,o,a IN pnblish the names OF oihcr hris "'o"'ou VI
,1nc rccdved money for unfunlled con'ricS' i"eS
r that according TO tIe examiners Oh Tue oo'p''''
,, oro firm received payment for tnc cHcIEI',ns , m
W % 200 600 metres, while only l,oW'oVo nn ,i -,
uuS ,ae,rcs only 9,2sO,O00 having been cN'hNa'eI
,m another firm dug up iJooO0o hie.rr,, an q, 70
~ ,nomey Tor 64OOcO0. II womb De uio, , ~, 49,, ~
nt he whole list OF similar fransac,ohs p"Dnh VI,
n VIZ bri,e or 20 900 francs given to some person III
sor,orison With the frlghfl sqiamucrng "a nor,y '
coinp.i hv tho poymcnt OF unfulalcn contracts ior
York 10 Be performed on the isthmus