New-York tribune., 1896-04-02
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.
IMPROVEMENTS FOR BOSTON AND NEW
YORK HARBORS.

TO PREPARE A PROGRAMME FOR THE BUREAU
OF AMERICAN REPUBlLCs-rHE CRISIS
IN NICARAGUA-COST OF
THE CANAL.
Washington Apri, 1.-The visit of the House River
and Harbor Committee TO Boston has resulted. 1t Is
understood. IN an agreement to give TO the people
OF that city what they want IN the way OF an APP
preparation for new channel. The present channel
runs off Deer Island down through chain OF
small islands toward the Narrows, under the guns
Of Fort Warren member Of the committee who
made that trip said this morning that the. com
mttec Went down the bay in one OF the large YES
sells and made careful investigation of the chan
nel 1t was apparent he said. that If any one Of the
large vessels entering the port OF Boston should
sink or run aground in that channel. owing TO Its
narrowness the commerce Of the city would be con-
gesed for a month and that egress and inSress into
the harbor would be shut off un;il the wreck could
be removed The committee. through this trip be-
ocean, as urged by a committee Of citizens. was an
immediate necessity. This channel will be loo
dangerous course near to the Islands mentioned viii
eomarce nnsne at ntD the 1g por, of osoD The
mtee at the first meeting after returning rom this
said has agreed put the whole proposed improve
ment under the contract system and appropriate
the Impeachment. New-York Hdrbor is Iikewise to
be well cared Ior In genera i may , be said that
Certain works in progress there now are under the
of aon ana or new a
and continuing those already under way
In response TO the invitation OF Secretary Olney,
the diplomatic representatives, of those countries
concerned with the United States in the MANAGE
men. Of The Bureau OF the American Republics net
In the diplomatic room Of the State Department this
morning and had an hours conference with Mr..
Oiney and Clinton Fu-bsh the director OF the bu-
reau Those present were Ministers Romero. OF
Mexico: Mondonca. OF Brazil Arriara. of Guatemala
and Honduras: Cana. OF Chill; Carlo, Of Ecuador
anA .Andrade, Of venezuela: ssnor Rengo, Charge
era OF Nicaragua a; NeW-fork; Senor Gaiyo'
Consu-General Of Uruguay at Baltimore anG SeLor
Peruza of Salvador. The meeting was called for
for for th the bureau The task was conhdd to
of the Chilan Minister at the gathering caused
some snrgr9s as Sn 9rsnas h 10 enter
The Speaker laid before rhe House to-day COM
munication from the Secretary of State recon-
mendns appropris,ion Of $500 to enabls tn, the
exhibition TO be held in Brussels In 1881.
Central Americans in Washington think that the
critical point of the Nicaraguan revolution has been
reached md the next will either i1volve Hon
duras and Salvador in the dispute or settle the
matter in favor OF the revolutionsts against the
assumption OF dictatorship by President Zelaya.
This belief is founded the peculiar political con-
dtions resulting from Zelaya's abandonment of the
Liberal party which elected him to the Presidency,
the strong sentiment against dictatorshps in az the
republics. and The weakness of the Clerical party
in the populous parts of Nicaragua. This Is
made clear 10y an explanation of the conditions
which led to the revol, given by prominent Cen
tral American here who points out that Helaya
was elected President by the Liberal party, which
is in the ascc-dency in all five Of the miniature
republics. n opposition to the Conservatives. over
a month ago Zela.a dissolved the Congr SIS. when
was strongly Liberal proclaimed himself dictator
and called the Conservatives to support @ MN, MN
This they promptly cid. embracing tnat alternative
as the 0n af reoden 20 Baca the cnt-e Cabinet
and all the prominent Liberals withdrew from me
aPyador ana and onduras Demanded that zeaya
sign The principal leader IN the a9vemen hom was
Zelaya had appointed Minister to the nited states
for the purpose of having him o Se be' de- o
clared. Zeaya expected aid from Salvador ahS p,
his personal friendship with the rulers OF thoSe re-
pubcs. but 1t appears that ne mas m oeel in nnWer
In those countries, and violent opposition has de-
veoped in all the repu6ics agans asrs ans Of each
other II is predicted that the Cler!cals Mi nct
make an great b s one Of II their enemies
and II is said, has only sought tne' s"pp0'' ~
his perso.al ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
eaptain H. c. Taylor president OF the Naval war
College az Newport. r. l.. addressea 'he MUS
Commerce Committee to-day on the pracUcaD'i''S
He explained that he had never been sHnicleh''S
identified with the enterprise 10 spelk Win CUT
rectness of its engineering details lie vas now
ever associated with II in an official capAcfF io'
several years. He did not believe that even ta's"
!. who were hostile the canal doubted It's pFac'-
cabl;tv. the only consideration was as TO the COST
So far as the pecunary outlay was concerned wa
possble he said. to spend S@"Sot or S.5V"oc'
ON the canal Under wise and prudent manage
rnent however the figures would no; exceed N'vJ'-
go This was also the opinion of othcr persons ""o
were not connected with the company. oui VINO hlH
such regard for their predictions as 70 exercise
great care In making heir estimates. ne COMPANY :
Estimate h. said. S55DD.CCJ altnOugh some per
sons believed that IL could be prohiab!y constructed
with depth of twenty-seven feet for npi more tlai
siOUsNN II however double LOCKS were u-"h ana
The rock wilened from ~ TO l-p Itc,'
the estimate could easily he run up 10 s5vVcvSD'
Passing the question Of the uers OF the cihI' ne
thought That these would be botn Ndtiona! ana m
ternational II would be great factor ~ starting
rho American nag the seas. By taxing ms IL
teryening step II would make American codst"lse
commerce a Geep-sed commerce. rms, 4e a@ @sci,ei.
would give a new impetus to American anpp.ng IN.
ferests Captain Taylor discussed the Gtog'apnicdl
conditions showing trade routes distances ana the
use the proposed waterway. The natural route from
SewYork to China and Japan would BE- near the
coast and would include s.Cps at the principal "a
cifc ports The canal would develop the whole trade
Of the North Pacific, and would give route as
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