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... passes of the Rockies . The result was the construction of the Panama railroad in the period between 1850 and 1855. A reconnaissance of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec was carried out , and negotiations were also entered into with Nicaragua ...
... passes of the Rockies . The result was the construction of the Panama railroad in the period between 1850 and 1855. A reconnaissance of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec was carried out , and negotiations were also entered into with Nicaragua ...
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... Chagres river has been utilized for the canal , which , for some miles , is made in its valley . At Matachin the canal leaves the Chagres , and following the valley of one of its tributaries , passes through the THE THREE MAIN SCHEMES . 9.
... Chagres river has been utilized for the canal , which , for some miles , is made in its valley . At Matachin the canal leaves the Chagres , and following the valley of one of its tributaries , passes through the THE THREE MAIN SCHEMES . 9.
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The Nicaragua Canal Archibald Ross Colquhoun. valley of one of its tributaries , passes through the Culebra Hill , situated on the divide formed by the Cordillera , the backbone of the isthmus . On the Pacific Slope the descent is by the ...
The Nicaragua Canal Archibald Ross Colquhoun. valley of one of its tributaries , passes through the Culebra Hill , situated on the divide formed by the Cordillera , the backbone of the isthmus . On the Pacific Slope the descent is by the ...
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... pass ( then only 14 feet ) to 30 feet , and thus to maintain an open mouth for the river . This he proposed to do by the " jetty system , " engaging not to demand any pay for the services of himself and his associates until a stable ...
... pass ( then only 14 feet ) to 30 feet , and thus to maintain an open mouth for the river . This he proposed to do by the " jetty system , " engaging not to demand any pay for the services of himself and his associates until a stable ...
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... pass each other at all points , while in the restricted channel the position and speed of ships must conform to rigid regulations . At one time it was intended to utilize the whole length of the San Juan river from the lake to the ...
... pass each other at all points , while in the restricted channel the position and speed of ships must conform to rigid regulations . At one time it was intended to utilize the whole length of the San Juan river from the lake to the ...
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ARTICLE association Atlantic basin bonds Britain Brito capital Caribbean Sea carried cent Central America channel Chontales Clayton-Bulwer treaty coast commerce communication Company of Nicaragua concession Congress construction contract Corinto cost Costa Rica cubic feet depth Deseado distance Divide cut dredging embankments engineers enterprise established estimate excavation favour feet per second Government of Nicaragua Granada granted Greytown harbour Honduras important Indian isthmus labour Lake Managua Lake Nicaragua lands laws length locks Maritime Canal Company material Menocal ment miles Monroe doctrine nations navigation necessary Nicaragua Canal Ochoa dam opening operation Pacific Ocean Panama parties ports present President privileges proposed railroad railway Republic of Nicaragua river San Juan rock route San Carlos San Francisco San Juan river Senate slope South Spanish steamers stream Suez Canal summit level surveys tion tons trade traffic treaty valley vessels volcanic water-way weirs Western Divide whole width
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Page 296 - Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same ; which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers ; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us ; to cultivate friendly relations with it, and to preserve those relations by a frank, firm, and manly policy ; meeting, in all instances, the just claims of every power, submitting to injuries...
Page 294 - At the proposal of the Russian Imperial Government, made through the minister of the Emperor residing here, a full power and instructions have been transmitted to the minister of the United States at St. Petersburg to arrange by amicable negotiation the respective rights and interests of the two nations on the northwest coast of this continent.
Page 342 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same, and every clause and article thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 338 - ... with any state or people, for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or colonizing Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America, or of assuming or exercising dominion over the same...
Page 297 - I told him specially that we should contest the right of Russia to any territorial establishment on this continent, and that we should assume distinctly the principle that the American continents are no longer subjects for any new European colonial establishments.
Page 357 - Panama grants to the United States the use of all the ports of the Republic open to commerce as places of refuge for any vessels employed in the Canal enterprise...
Page 342 - And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of Washington, on the...
Page 407 - Company"; and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and to be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity within the United States...
Page 339 - V. The contracting parties further engage, that when the said canal shall have been completed, they will protect it from interruption, seizure, or unjust confiscation, and that they will guarantee the neutrality thereof, so that the said canal may forever be open and free, and the capital invested therein secure.
Page 281 - The capital invested by corporations or citizens of other countries in such an enterprise must in a great degree look for protection to one or more of the great powers of the world. No European power can intervene for such protection without adopting measures on this continent which the United States would deem wholly inadmissible.