Show The Canal Surveys WASHINGTON February 27 Civil Engineer Menocal in charge of the expedition ex-pedition to survey the route of the proposed pro-posed Nicaraguan Canal reports to the Navy Department under date of San Juan River January 31 the arrival of his party there on the 22d ot January the camp being established near the junction of the San Juan and Sarapiqui Rivers Some objection was offered by the officials of the Costa Rican government govern-ment to his making any surveys within Costa Rican territories without further I A instructions from government special messenger was sent to San Jose I I for instructions In the meantime the I survey was begun tin the left margin of San Juan River and carried to the other side Menocal made a careful examination ex-amination of that river and ether tributaries tribu-taries for several miles above the mouth which satisfied him of the impossibility of raising the waters of that river for a canal by a dam at that point The survey was being prosecuted with encouraging en-couraging signs of success I |