The Republican journal., 1896-12-17
Affairs at Greytown.
,..,t. To-day al the Atlantic End of the
i l,1sr.OCeanle Ship-tanal.

~.J American visitors to
tire naturally most interested
uuning to the great canal en-
canning from the lagoon which
1913 ....5vu straight back into the
t,s. is bit of canal, 1000 feet
. ul width, dredged to about
-imate depth; and scow plies
., occasion between San Juan
-.. .oJ the company's property on
t.t side A row of mammoth
mes the lagoon, all freshly paint
gbem from rust, but now-a-
.... .ul, 10y a few lazy darkies as
.r- paoes from which to drop
ines. 1t is hard to realize
rllnd-n new looking machines,
paint,) are the same which
- a.o in the mud at Panama,
..... tpse of De Lesseps' scheme!
was 500 that the Nicaragua
4-. 5Sed the valuable and ex-
.t uch had done duty on the
u to IS, including : of
tul dredges ever built, 20
tug boats, several launches,
ne shop, engines, pumps,
TOOLS, etc. AS every
ae Nicaragua Company has
quarters near San Juan del
l5ty substantial buildings
ERECTED here, offices, hos
..l. officers houses and labor
...- iook remarkably neat and
..Y though now mostly deserted.
OF Northern pine, rooted
led galvanized iron, painted
.,t. and with wide verandas
.ud most of them. For three
uur Nv sound OF the hammer
e1ld i'll the smiths and ma
get nothing shows the slight
eject OF decay, every bit of
.. u being kept well painted,
saod a solitary clerk in the big
a4euse, but did not CLEAN any
incarnation about the pros
a ediate resumption of work.
s. things look rather discour-
..a- example: the splendid pier,
~... -s ttilt into the sea SO short a
bis Il the sea no longer, for
.eaa LIS and waves have swept in
.H uuw dry land stretches some
0s... beyond its outer edge. 1t is an
s.s--#.s uik head arrangement, built
..... mt to withstand the ravages
...tal worm, but of what use can
land goes on planting itself
a4-. the rate OF 250 feet in one
The quid- nuncs assert
la tbe land has crept out to
t-u- point, its seward growth
t how they can be sure of
WytIing else concerning these
nds, l am at a loss to tell
@ he memory of people now
ian, the main body of the
-' this town and vessels OF
mage came up to its
SOB the channel Of entrance
ent harbor was half mile
Is feet of water over the bar:
Ton, The passage was practically
barely ) feet of water on the
~t Jide. In the course of -
Point, which formed one of
... sz of the old river, advanced
nautical mile, and now the
ard frontage Of the bay is
.asaE The former channels
o TO mere lagoons, which
tte water into the sea even
wet season, OF maybe We
Wettest season, remember
melicdn engineers report,
Nas only two seasons, the wet
-r" OF course the San Juan
INays several mouths, but be
ain one silted up, the others
ant, AS the sandbar clos
uta at Greytown, that of the
miles to the seward in
territory, opened wider and
today it is practically the
great river.
'er Greytown is way down in
icing well nigh undone be-
U,4ugs of its tickle river and the
ack of ''doings'' on the part
na company! After the latter
l-0 liberal concessions, and set
a-ineers and laborers at work,
WFJs racing up and down the
"' across lake Nicaragua, San Juan
N..'r suddenly woke up from its Rip
ankle slumber and INDUCED in a
h8sm. For months the little berg
''ed with an ever increasing null
'Ai houses could hardly be set up
l to shelter them. Merchants,
aborers and spectators, of
and conditions, focked in; the
'' rack was laid, at cost of $751;
.' short line extending from the
.'..- 10 tie edge of the canal. A bank
81" ra+a rents rose sky high and real
'' nt mp beyond all account.
actual fact that before the resi-
population of the town had reached
W swamp lands between the vii
'he canal entrance-good for