New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-15
THE SURVEY OF THE CANAL
ronx ~ NICARAGUA BY THE UNITED
STATES EXPEDITION.
,>,-r,,,,,rrr AND prscouRAoEMr'NTs OF Thf
r-SprrraKiNo-rRo PROFESSOR HAuP

r-~DrnraWiNo-r RoFrsssoR hNVfT
TIDE GAUGE
,,,.-.r,,a Ian zs-Ths photographs
,,,ser the command OF Lieutenant w. -
49, "a -. marty OF civil engineers u'ue'
80 =, q " Brown. both belonging " nv
United STATE. Nicaragua Canai Ooh'"' o.,
s.,. an December a. They FOUND qu@''e's w.
xhn. in a house In this town. ou' on ."''- 80
,,sr,s,snt usnus had his camp competed anu ne
-. -, under canvas that night This was 'nc
~.a,,.,oe 81 the kind for the majority Oh the
,o,c. The camp r. situated on tho Icy, oahk OF 'ns
san Juan River. iust rs II leaves the nae
ere tents are on the site Of an old fort whch III os
-. aavs commanded the river. INC DINERS ~
80. ~, . nav,d road. evidently an approao" W wv
,or, nov dsused. AZ the fort hsef - .
~, January tho work OF the survey oes"' "
-, a far as these two parties are concerned
~, Brown began the measurement or oase' ou'
80 tho country 60 diflcult that he had 10 "oa'.
Acr nj. nr.t line after having cut 'hfous" w.
- .~.np FOR upward 81 milo point WIS
reached whore 81 impossible 20 set up ua a
Tn. men sunk 90 their armpis In the mire' "''"O'.
Getting solid ground for their feet rhe party hAu
better luck with their next enort ana INV zoe
he, Ell, through the forest for nearly three mes'
,r,,c, viii afford a practical base FOR me hydro
80. r.,,v The difficulties Mr.. Browns parry
RAD 20 contend with cannot be overes'ima'eo EN.'S
,nch Of the line had 10 be cut Leaving san ."'OS'
:, one hundred yards you are In dense FOREST
A,.,o... q, the underhrush and the new growth OF
young frees the axe Of the larger ones "hieh oar
,ho vay At present. standing on old For' san '''-
10. where the primary station Is es'ao"sn,N 0"'
can look away through the forest 70 mo MI ''.,o
miles distant where. NJ the end OF h~'ro" p"'''
en-. second base station has been put up
~ A,~c,ltiss arc now forgotten. however, as II
always tho case when success follows strenuous
for, There II general sorrow for MT brown VINO
hssan this hard fob and when success was IN seh'
RI.
,..au,a ~ ,he United states as a witness In the
court.nAr,lsi OF Captain Carter United states
Army In the mean time Lieutenant HAhus ana nv
party have not been IDLE. There being no oaSo "
-ork on one was assumed and work pushed WITH
energy Signals built during the hrst week ioi-
,o,sng Ianuary and reconnaissance lines or sound
ing run The regular system OF lines was begun on
January ib anc the total up 20 date IS upward OF
three HUNDRED sea miles. The signal building was
new s.perence 20 al hands In the Coast survey
or any other photographic survey lumber Is supplied
IN build proper tripod signals. which Will be Nsio'e
q, seven eisht or even twelve miles distance. de-
pending on the size Of tho scantlng used mere on
lake Nicaragua a man starts on Sghal-ouiliihe
expedition barehanded. as 1t were lie has 70 puma
a-oe sort Of structure that can be seen and as
.inguishsd from the woods which surround the aAe
ard cover he hills and all the islands In seyera!
oafcs Two or three Of land have had to be
cleared In order 70 siye view 10 seward OF the
irnprovised signal Some conspicuous tree has usu-
from all directions BY The sounding boats
This party deserve great credit for the way they
brought their steam launches TO San Carlos and
there assembled them and had them running about
the lake within twenty-four hours after work was
begun.
Lieu;enGr, hanus received telegram from Ad-
niral Walker, the Chief Commissioner. the other
day. telling him that the Nicaraguan gunboat
Eighteen NnetyThree has been placed at his dig
posal the running survey and the determination
NJ . he O@ ne Ak NJ IA. he
would De ready for her on next Thursday the 9th.
In his absence. Lieutenant Luby will continue the
HSnas vii Ss away for ten days or Two weeks and
about two w,eks after his return the work the
the river and work their way down toward 0choa
where their labors Will cease The Commissioners
passed through here on the 18th on their way to
From all the cautions given to chiefs Of parties it
I unfortunate as the Work eanno be cone wi,nout
cost of proper investigation OF the feasibility OF
the canal project at $4,000 This Commission has
more TO come HoS as the expe nSg s1creSse a ~
appropriation becomes uncertain. economy becomes
work being only haif done u '''
The party. determining the rainfall evaporation
tnue their observations for at least eighteen
R FSsp G'nerwse '6eir WoIk viii be thrown away
Be reached the rivers creeks and the iS ake wi
swamp covered with waler-ihrough which trees
and snd .sFgboery grow. giving the appearance Of a
and Il 4 is all 70 be calculated and surveyed. as #
should be, II Will take years. which nlentifnl
and money which Is scarce.
Talking Of this evaporation and rainfall business
q good story is told. they say. by Admiral Walker
Professor Haupt Is DESTROYS OF finding ONT vhetber
u goes Tor or against The canal project Colonel
Haynes ra her likes the idea OF a very heavy rain
fall az Il would tell against the canal 70 vhiob no
IL supposed 70 be opposed. a. G. Menocal CHIEF
engineer OF the canal company. Of course favors a
small ran IL seems the Professor set up a tide
gauge at Greytown for his personal use Col
one Hayes. 1t is said used TO pour pins of water
into II al all sorts OF odd times but his efforts n
create the impression OF large rainfall were co-n
pletely frustrated by Mr. MenOcal. who never wot1Id
LEI any water remain in the professors gauge Ione
professor Is distressed TO think fhat aItbonns
he feels morally certain that Il raned q good -,
a. Creyiown. scientifically he has no evidanca %
how often how much 'Oo Va
In the mean time. unless Congress noakes apo,h,.
and large appropriation soon this work begrn =,
Wen VIII end IN no results and the veXed o1est,on
or the possibility OF a canal say nothino ~ 81
and $4,000 Of the poople.s roono Wa
have been spent practically for no,b{ro VII
economies such as cutting down subsstence ILL,
snces 10 parties In the field will no, onsbio -
Sominissioh 70 complete the work with the ,nonnv |
now az us comman nd The only effec, OF scb - Ii
ICY VIII De 10 make every disconten,ad tPc,I-
VIII react on the work Where aciuai 49, mnlch
cfures are matter OF doubt. II Ia
stopping the work. " e'u'dieht TO |
HOLLYWOOD, y. j., TO BE INpRoVrD
The Adams Express Company. which owns r,r
WOOD the picturesque little settlement inst o,,|'S
OF Long Branch. ~ j.. IS about TO make ora1.
improvements In the place and in view o, r.