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Page 134
... contract shall revert to the Republic , whatever be their condition , without compensation , though buildings should have been erected thereon , save and except those lands which may have been legally parted with by the company to ...
... contract shall revert to the Republic , whatever be their condition , without compensation , though buildings should have been erected thereon , save and except those lands which may have been legally parted with by the company to ...
Page 169
... contract with a firm for making a canal . This concession lapsed , but in 1849 a contract was signed with Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt and his asso- ciates , for a regular transportation service across Nicaragua from ocean to ocean . The ...
... contract with a firm for making a canal . This concession lapsed , but in 1849 a contract was signed with Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt and his asso- ciates , for a regular transportation service across Nicaragua from ocean to ocean . The ...
Page 172
... contract with the well - known financier , capitalist , and engineer , Michel Chevalier , but even his exceptional prestige in France was insufficient to secure the desired support and the Franco - Prussian War in 1870 finally ended the ...
... contract with the well - known financier , capitalist , and engineer , Michel Chevalier , but even his exceptional prestige in France was insufficient to secure the desired support and the Franco - Prussian War in 1870 finally ended the ...
Page 348
... contracts with any individuals or companies to transport the mails of the United States along the said routes of communication , or along any other routes across the isthmus , in its discretion , in closed bags , the contents of which ...
... contracts with any individuals or companies to transport the mails of the United States along the said routes of communication , or along any other routes across the isthmus , in its discretion , in closed bags , the contents of which ...
Page 349
... contracts which may hereafter be made or entered into by the Governments of Nicaragua , having reference to the inter - oceanic routes above referred to , or either of them , the rights and privileges granted by this treaty to the ...
... contracts which may hereafter be made or entered into by the Governments of Nicaragua , having reference to the inter - oceanic routes above referred to , or either of them , the rights and privileges granted by this treaty to the ...
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ARTICLE association Atlantic basin bonds Britain Brito capital Caribbean Sea carried cent Central America Chagres river channel Chontales Clayton-Bulwer treaty coast commerce Company of Nicaragua concession Congress construction contract Corinto cost Costa Rica depth Deseado distance Divide cut dredging embankments engineers enterprise established estimate excavation favour feet per second Government of Nicaragua Granada granted Greytown harbour important inter-oceanic canal isthmus labour Lake Managua Lake Nicaragua lands laws length Lesseps 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 scheme Senate ship canal slope South Spanish steamers stream Suez Canal summit level surveys tion tons trade traffic treaty United States Government valley vessels volcanic water-way weirs width