Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-28
Warner Miller and Other StockholG-
ers Now in the City.
CALL ON TEE PRESIDENT ANDGRESHAM
Urge an Enforcement of the Mon
roe Doctrine.
SURVEY AND EXAMINATION

Four prominent citizens of the metropolis
We're much in evidence at the White House
and the State and War Departments today.
They are Messrs Hiram ]. Hitchcock,
Warner Miller. Smith M.Weed and Franklin
Bartlett The first named is the president
and the others are large stockholders in
| the Nicaragua Canal Company. They ar
rived here early this morning, and are
scheduled to return to New York this after
noon. They first called at the White House
and had a short interview with the Presi-
dent, after which they visited the War De-
pa artment and were clcscted with Secretary
Lamont for a few minutes Although Sec
retary Gresham was the last of the three
officials to be visited, it is evident from the
length of time they remained In conference
with him that their business pertained
principally to the department over which
he presides.
That it related to the political situation
in Nicaragua is almost beyond question,
as is also the presumption that they ad-
vocated a vigorous enforcement of the
Monroe doctrine in case of threatened ter
ritorial encroachments OF European powers.
1t is understood that they expressed their
appreciation of the steps already taken by
the government for the protection of Amer
lean interests in Nicaragua, as indicated by
the concentration of warshlps in the yicin-
ity.
To Survey the Canal.
The main purpose of their visit to Wash
ington at this time was to urge prompt ex-
ecution of the legislation of the last Con-
gress providing for a survey and examina-
ton Of the Nicaragua canal. This pro-
vision is contained in the sundry civil ap-
preparation bill, approved March 2, 1895,
and reads as follows:
tho Of ir;n ba
feasibility, permanence and cost of the
construction and completion of Nicaragua
canal by the route contemplated and pro-
vided for by an act which passed the SEN
ate January 2S, 1899, entitled AN act to
amend the act entitled An act to incor-
porate the Maritime Canal Company of
Nicaragua, approved February 20, 1880. -
$4,000. to be expended under the direction
Of the Secretary of State.
Three Engineers.
And board of three engineers is hereby
constituted to make the survey and exam
ination necessary for such ascertainment:
said board to be selected and appointed by
the President of the United States, one from
the corps of engineers of the United States
army, one from the engineers Of the navy,
and one from civil life; and the compensa-
ton of the members of said board shall be
fixed by the President, not to exceed 5000
each, including such pay as the engineers
SO selected are receiving. for the time they
are SO employed, from the government. And
the said board, under such arrangements
and regulations as shall be made by the
Secretary of State with the approval Of the
President of the United States, shall visit
and personally inspect the route of the
said canal, examine and consider the plans
profiles, sections, prisms and specifications
for its various parts, and report thereon to
the President; and should they ascertain
that any deviation from the general line of
the proposed route is desirable, they shall
so state in their findings and conclusions
with regard thereto in their report
And said board shall make their report on
OF before November /, 1895; and the ap-
preparation shall be Immediately available
The foregoing appropriations for work en-
rivers and harbors shall be Immediately
available.