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Show Tlie Proposed Ship t nnal. Parii, 27. It appears almost eer tain that the Panan.a Apinwall rouu-will rouu-will be ihs one selected by the Darier Canal C.inpra-. New York, S The W-ld interviewed inter-viewed John G. McCulK uRh, of tr.e Panama Railroad, on the propped canal. He did not (hink tue cna! would burt the railroad, for the reason that we are protected by the contract with the United States o! Columbia. In this contract it i stipulated that no maralime canal to unite the two oceans shall be constructed con-structed across the isthmus without the concurrence and consent of the railrcad company; or, rainer, it is provided that no such canal shall be constructed without our being awarded in ca:e we do not consent to the undertaking, a sum sutlicient to indemnify us foi damages and to pay us fur the privileges we boU uacimg as carriers oD the isthmus. Wa have reserved to us by the Colombian gov- ernmiiiil I h o e 1 1 a; VP t i h t tn OOPrate anywhere to the westward of" Cape Tiburou, on the Atlantic, and o! Toint Garachine, on the Pacific. There is hardly a route yet proposed that does not lie wholly or partly within this compass. Hedid not think the canal would be built in his lile lime. |