| Show panama canal not feasible new york aug 6 abo american chamber ot commerce in paris recently addressed nn inquiry to mr edward of this city in relation to bome proposed alliance of inter ala between tse panama and the nicaragua canal Q company s particularly whether it would be possible to the interest of the american people in tho panama project mr re berred abo inquiry to hiram president of the maritime co of nicaragua from whom ho bus received tho following letter dear sir in reply to your question as to whether there ia any ground for be iteming that america or the american people would be willing to aid or encourage the construction of thea panama cabal I 1 will eay I 1 believe that any movement in that dl redion would ba wholly futile our engineers do noton tho panama canal feasible in any economic econom io sense it at all the nicaragua route being at the lowest depre aalon in central america and with attendant favorable ia the route marked out by nature itself for the gateway cefic engineers of the and experience all admit ability at a moderate outlay euch magnitude the maritime canal e I 1 cabagua caragua is chartered by the I 1 states and has all the IN nicaragua and costa ficai A 1 now bendine pendine in contreas Con greas abia mb become a lav anie charter so aa to enable the to acquire 70 per cent of the stoat of company and to fornias 11 the B required for construction cons traction tb e nicaragua aRua canal is a the sentiment an american cal der american control and iti tion has become tho declared 1 the president the people ot the united states I 1 am aware that I 1 have ine to you who have been Eolo ac fled with this great hiram hitchock dent |
