The Inter-oceanic Canal of Nicaragua: Its History, Physical Condition, Plans and Prospects |
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A. G. Menocal advantages amount ARTICLE Atlantic and Pacific basin bonds building Cape Horn capital cent Central America commerce Company of Nicaragua concession Congress construction contract cost Costa Rica Daniel Ammen depth distance dredging earthquakes eastern embankments employés engineers enterprise established estimate excavation feet Government of Nicaragua granted Greytown harbor Headquarters Hospital inter-oceanic canal interest Isthmus Isthmus of Darien Juan del Norte Lake Managua Lake Nicaragua lands laws locks Managua Maritime Canal Company ment miles nations navigation necessary Nicaragua and Costa Nicaragua Canal Nicaragua Canal Association Ochoa officers Ometepe operation Pacific coast Pacific Ocean parties ports present President privileges railroad railway Republic of Nicaragua Rio Lajas rock route San Carlos San Francisco San Juan River secure Senate streams Suez Canal surveys telegraph line territory of Costa tion tons traffic transit treaty United vessels volcanic voyage Warner Miller width
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Page 40 - The salary of said librarian shall be paid quarterly on the first days of January, April, July and October in each year...
Page 34 - ... should deem that the persons or company undertaking or managing the same adopt or establish such regulations concerning the traffic thereupon as are contrary to the spirit and intention of this convention, either by making unfair discriminations in favor of the commerce of one of...
Page 40 - The Republic of 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 65 - That the Northern Pacific Railroad Company be, and hereby is, authorized to issue its bonds to aid in the construction and equipment of its road, and to secure the same by mortgage on its property and rights of property of all kinds and descriptions, real, personal, and mixed, including its franchise as a corporation...
Page 35 - After ten years from the completion of a railroad or any other route of communication through the territory of Nicaragua, from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean, no company which may have constructed or be in possession of the same shall ever divide, directly or indirectly, by the issue of new stock, the payment of dividends or otherwise, more than fifteen per cent, per annum...
Page 33 - The Republic of Nicaragua hereby grants to the United States, and to their citizens and property, the right of transit between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the territories of that republic on any route of communication, natural or artificial, whether by land or water, which may now or hereafter exist or be constructed under the anthority of Nicaragua, to be used and enjoyed, in the same manner and upon equal terms by both republics and their respective citizens...
Page 48 - mineral land,' wherever the same occurs in this act, and the act to which this is an amendment, shall not be construed to include coal and iron land. And any lands granted by this act, or the act to which this is an amendment, shall not defeat or impair any preemption, homestead, swamp land, or other lawful claim...
Page 25 - ... existing laws, and to the regulations established by the company. The government assures them aid and protection and the enjoyment of their rights and privileges, according to the constitution and laws of the nation, during the time they live in Colombian territory.