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Show TELEGRAPHIC THE CAML SCHEJIE. It Doesn't Appear to be Popular Popu-lar Here. New York, S. A3 elated yesterday the subscription lists to Lessepa' canal project closed yesterday with no additional addi-tional Buliacribera. Tue Sun repeals that the Panama Railroad Company favora the project while the Pacilic railroada are fighting it tooth and nail. The World saya: MaitUnd, wbo Beema to represent the acbemo of Lessepa in this country, makes a rather incauticua intimation that it will always be possible for the United States to buy control of tbs TJarien Canal, as England has bought control of the riuez Canal. No doubt, but the United States do not desire be be put into a position like that into which England waa put by the conditions under which the Suez Canal was constructed. Secretary Maillard, of the Inter-oceanic Inter-oceanic Canal Company, informed a reporter last evening that he had not hod a great many applications for shares in New York City, but in thia we are not disappointed. I mean to aay from Americans. With rich French residents, however, we have been very Biicce-sfnl, na all France have the greatest confidence in the successful ifsue of the scheme. Application Ap-plication for sliareB in New Orleans and at Washington, I am informed, have by far exceeded our creiteet expectations. ex-pectations. At the exohange in London and at the bourse in Paris we expect the major poitian of the capital will be eubacribed. He is also reported aa Baying, in answer to the question as to how much was subscribed sub-scribed yesterday, that there are so many agencies all over the United StateB, it is impoReible to give tbo leaat idea what the amount of the subscription is this aide the Atlantic. From the western territories I would not be surprised to learn that a large amount of shares were subscribed for. In San Francitsoo and Chicago wo. expected ex-pected to do a lively business, but aa the arrangement is that each agency ahall telegraph directly (o Lessepa, you oan easily understand how I am unable un-able to supply you with the information informa-tion you require. |