THE KEY OF THE PACIFIC: THE NICARAGUA CANAL |
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Strana 16
... side , at or near Greytown , runs by canal to the San Juan river , thence follows its left bank to the mouth of the San Carlos river , at which point navigation of the San Juan river begins , and by the aid of three short canals of the ...
... side , at or near Greytown , runs by canal to the San Juan river , thence follows its left bank to the mouth of the San Carlos river , at which point navigation of the San Juan river begins , and by the aid of three short canals of the ...
Strana 20
... side is reached by three locks , which have been located as near as possible to the extremities of the canal - namely , 21 miles from Brito , and 123 miles from Greytown - thereby giving a clear summit level of 154 miles in extent out ...
... side is reached by three locks , which have been located as near as possible to the extremities of the canal - namely , 21 miles from Brito , and 123 miles from Greytown - thereby giving a clear summit level of 154 miles in extent out ...
Strana 22
... side of the lake being sheltered from the prevail- ing north - east winds , no provision is needed there to protect the channel . The western shore is exposed to the prevailing winds and waves , and the canal entrance there must be ...
... side of the lake being sheltered from the prevail- ing north - east winds , no provision is needed there to protect the channel . The western shore is exposed to the prevailing winds and waves , and the canal entrance there must be ...
Strana 28
... side . . . . . The rapids , without artificial modifications , would present nearly an insuper- able obstacle to all kinds of navigation deserving the name . .... Five miles above the Castillo are the Rapides del Toro . The banks are ...
... side . . . . . The rapids , without artificial modifications , would present nearly an insuper- able obstacle to all kinds of navigation deserving the name . .... Five miles above the Castillo are the Rapides del Toro . The banks are ...
Strana 28
... side slopes found necessary . This work can be more economically done before the water is raised to the assumed summit level , but not before the lower section of the river has been raised by the Ochoa dam to the level of the upper ...
... side slopes found necessary . This work can be more economically done before the water is raised to the assumed summit level , but not before the lower section of the river has been raised by the Ochoa dam to the level of the upper ...
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Strana 216 - 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.
Strana 211 - ... with reference to any means of communication by shipcanal which may be constructed between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by the way of the river San Juan de Nicaragua and either or both of the Lakes of Nicaragua or Managua, to any port or place on the Pacific Ocean, the President of the United States has conferred full powers on John M.
Strana 212 - Britian take advantage of any intimacy, or use any alliance, connection, or influence that either may possess with any state or government through whose territory the said canal may pass, for the purpose of acquiring or holding, directly or indirectly, for the citizens or subjects of the one, any rights or advantages in regard to commerce or navigation through the said canal, which shall not be offered on the same terms to the citizens or subjects of the other.
Strana 214 - ... between the two oceans, for the benefit of mankind, on equal terms to all, and of protecting the same...
Strana 187 - 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.
Strana 223 - 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...
Strana 216 - 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...
Strana 245 - 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...
Strana 185 - We owe it, therefore, to candor and to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those powers to declare that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety.
Strana 182 - An interoceanic canal across the American Isthmus will essentially change the geographical relations between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States, and between the United States and the rest of the world.