The Nicaragua Canal: The Gateway Between the OceansPress of Commercial Publishing Company, 1895 - 46 pages |
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The Nicaragua Canal: The Gateway Between the Oceans (Classic Reprint) William L. Merry No preview available - 2017 |
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Page 5 - Commission appointed by you to consider the subject of communication by canal, between the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, across, over, or near the isthmus connecting North and South America, have the honor, after a long, careful, and minute study of the several surveys of the various routes across the continent, unanimonsly to report : That the route known as the
Page 4 - In accordance with the early and later policy of the government, in obedience to the often-expressed will of the American people, with a due regard to our national dignity and power, with a watchful care for the safety and prosperity of our interests and industries on this continent, and with a determination to guard against even the first approach of rival powers, whether friendly or hostile, on these shores, I commend an American canal, on American soil, to the American people...
Page 5 - Del Medio and the Rio Grande to what is known as, the port of Brito, on the Pacific Coast, possesses, both for the construction and maintenance of a canal, greater advantages, and offers fewer difficulties from engineering, commercial and economic points of view than any of the other routes shown to be practicable by surveys sufficiently in detail to enable a judgment to be formed of their relative merits, as will be briefly presented in the appended memorandum.
Page 5 - Pacific coast, possesses, both for the construction and maintenance of a canal, greater advantages, and offers fewer difficulties from engineering, commercial, and economic points of view, than any one of the other routes shown to be practicable by surveys sufficiently in detail to enable a judgment to be formed of their relative merits, as will be briefly presented in the appended memorandum.
Page 4 - ... American people, with a due regard to our national dignity and power, with a watchful care for the safety and prosperity of our interests and industries on this continent, and with a determination to guard against even the first approach of rival powers, whether friendly or hostile, on these shores, I commend an American canal, on American soil, to the American people, and congratulate myself on the fact that the most careful explorations have demonstrated that the route standing in this attitude...
Page 5 - Nicaragua Route," beginning on the Atlantic side at or near Greytown, running by canal to the San Juan River; thence...
Page 5 - Lake Nicaragua ; from thence across the Lake and through the valleys of the Rio del Medio and the Rio Grande, to what is known as the port of Brito, on the Pacific coast.
Page 19 - Departments, each governed by a Prefect. Otherwise the form of government is similar to that of the United States ; there is entire liberty of religious belief and much attention is paid to public education.
Page 24 - Meuoral makes a cost of $65,084,176, exclusive of bankers' commissions, discounts on securities, and interest during construction. The English board exceeded this by $600,000, a remarkable concurrence." Will you be kind enough to give the Board such information as you may have relative to the composition or personnel of the English board of engineers, to whose report reference is made, the nature of its investigations of the canal project, when it was made, and...
Page 5 - To the President of the United States : \ The Commission appointed by you to consider the subject of communication by canal between the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across, over, or near the isthmus connecting North and South America, have the...