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Show ISTHMIAN WATERWAYS. Secretary Maritime Canal Company Talks ot Concessions. Washington, March 8 Thomas E Atkinson, secretary of The Maritime Canal company, was examined at considerable con-siderable length befere the Senate Com-mltteo Com-mltteo on lnthmlnn Canals today re-gardlng re-gardlng the concessions which had been made lo that company. He said that the company had paid tho Nlca-raguan Nlca-raguan Government J2B 000 for lands along tho right of way, It having SO.OOO acies In one tract. It still asserted the right to this land and looked to the United States for protictlon of Its rights nnd Interests Ho said the company com-pany could not do anything without tho assistance of the United States Iho Nlcainguan concessions had been canceled by the Nlcaraguan Government Govern-ment nnd the company had protested tho ion. citation Ihero nevtr had been any cnncella-tlou cnncella-tlou of the concessions nnd franchises which lhe Mniltlnie rnmpnny had oh tallied finin losti Itlca nnd these con cessions wero ex lurtve Iho ninnl could not be const until or operand without the uo i etslons in Cola llo was asked whut would bo Ihe effect ef-fect If the United Btates should ac- quire a con esion from o-.a Ri a along tho same ro-vd and replied that It would be a violation of the com panj s loniesslons but added th it the lOmpnnj while asserting its right to i lie concession would not do so ob stru. tlvelj so as t . prevent the l nliel Stalls from tonsiiu.tlng the einal me spirit of lhe cnmp.inj wns to cave the matter to the Cnlted males Government believing that tbe Gov ernment would deal eqnltnblj with the .oiupnny which hud so long Held these v nimble confession nnd expended a greit amount of money In work He mentioned four or live million dollars as tho value of the claims of the iom-pnn iom-pnn T P Alexander n civil engineer who has spent some time In the Isthmus gave some testimony of n teihnlenl chancier lo the .ommlttee lie fv-vored fv-vored the M.arnguan route |