The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-30
NICARAGUA
THE ROUTE
Is Favored by the Canal
Commission.
FORECAST OF ITS REPORT
Only Preliminary Statement can bt
Made to Congress Whsn Ses-
sion Opens.

NEW YORK, Oct. B-A special to the
Herald from Washington says: The 18TH
mian Canal Commission is at work on its
report, but 1t is evident that 1t will find
|it impossible to do more than submit a
preliminary statement to Congress when
the session begins.
This report WIN present facts and fig
ares referring to both the Panama canal
ard the Nicaragua route A vote has not
yet been taken by the Commission as to
which 1t will recommend. nor will a de-
cision be reached until further informa-
ton has been received regarding both
projects.
NJ. Hutin, president of the Panama Ca
nal Company, has arrived in Washington
and paid his respects to the Commission.
He came TO Washington in compliance
with the request of Rear Admiral Walker
and Will stay here until he can be spared
when he viii return to Paris. He will
ccme back to Washington during the ses-
sion of Congress.
( Notwithstanding the Commission has
not taken vote as to route, it is appar-
! lcnt from the trend of it's investigation
that 1t favors the Nicaraguan waterway.
| Because of the dimensions and displace-
Tnent of modern steamships, it has beer
determined that a canal thirty feet deer
would be too small. and the Commission
is preparing estimates on a canal which
shall be thirty-five feet in depth and have
"A minimum width OF 80 feet. On tht
thirty foot canal the majority of the frs
Walker Commission estimated the cost a
about s125. 0,000. The increase in deptl
and width projected win necessarily maxi
the protested canal more expensive. Bor
iHgs are sl-szsC a8ade to ascertain IL th'
Increased excavation necessary will re
lquire the removal of rock or soft dirt.
Advocates of the Nicaragua canal ar
getting considerable comfort out of tn
fact that the examination of the rout
recommended by the first Walker Com
mission has, except in few instances
shown its entire practicability.
The engineering parties sent out by tn
lIsthmian Commission have gone over ev
lery foot of the route. They have recon
Imen nded that the sites of several locks b
; lslightly changed, and the Commission Wi
iadopt their recommendations.
The general impression seems to bt
however. that the Commission will favo
the Walker route, provided the boring
being made for larger canal should no
show that the cost would be excessive
! Mr.. Lampse. secretary of the Panam
. Canal Company, who Is in this city, sal
last night that the company was prepare
: to meet any of the conditions which Nigh
he laid down by the Isthnian Commissio
! and was ready and willing to conform
I amy of its recommendations. 1t was
lnatter of impossibility, however, for tn
n lI'snama Canal Company to outline Il
> Icourse of action. as everything would d:
r Ipend upon the results that would
Q ireached by the Commission.
a He declared there are no obstacles whic
o Engineering skill cannot overcome in NAL
a ling the Panama canal acceptable to II
o lIsthmian Commission and that a canal
u. a,-. ivan
q width of $50 feet, is perfectly feasible
;. 1.-THE Panama route.