Show army surveys survey site tor for proposed nicaragua canal washington ashington W under a tropical trop ical sun th the united states army corps of engl engineers la Is surveying ing a route across nicaragua for h a canal to supplement the famous panama waterway maj alaj gen lytle brown chief of engineers said la in his annual report maj dan 1 I sultan formerly con necked with the office of the engineer edginee ing chief here Is in direct charge as aisted by the twenty ninth engineers and parts of the first and eleventh engineers the survey which supplements and modernizes one made thirty years ago was authorized by congress in n march 1029 whether or not a nicaraguan an canal will be built at any time in the near future Is a moot subject among both engineers and statesmen but the government Is anxious to collate all data necessary to the work should it be authorized preliminary plans and estimates brown said are being made for a canal of suitable dimensions for the larger commercial vessels and in creased traffic of today and that which may reasonably be anticipated in the future browns report showed the commis stoned strength of the engineering corps Is MO MG and the enlisted strength L |