. Illustrated history of the Panama Railroad; together with a traveler's guide and business man's hand-book for the Panama Railroad and its connections with Europe, the United States, the north and south Atlantic and Pacific coasts, China, Australia, and Japan, by sail and steam . ly established reputation as skillful and suc-cessful engineers, but from having only a short time beforebeen engaged upon a work of considerable magnitude in aneighboring province—the Canal del Dique, connectingthe Magdalena Eiver with the Caribbean Sea at Carthagena:they had, consequently, a large experience in the
. Illustrated history of the Panama Railroad; together with a traveler's guide and business man's hand-book for the Panama Railroad and its connections with Europe, the United States, the north and south Atlantic and Pacific coasts, China, Australia, and Japan, by sail and steam . ly established reputation as skillful and suc-cessful engineers, but from having only a short time beforebeen engaged upon a work of considerable magnitude in aneighboring province—the Canal del Dique, connectingthe Magdalena Eiver with the Caribbean Sea at Carthagena:they had, consequently, a large experience in the charac-ter and resources of the country, and the conditions neces-sary to the success of such a project. The contractors atonce proceeded to the Isthmus with a large force, and com-menced the final location of the road. Basing their operations upon the reconnoisance of ColonelHughes and party, a native town called Grorgona, on theChagres River, about thirty miles from the Atlantic, wasselected as a point for the commencement of the place was chosen on account of the facilities it afford-ed for communication with the Atlantic by the River Cha-gres (which was supposed to be navigable to this point forvessels of light draught), by which men, materials, and stores. PANAMA RAILKOAD. 25 could be transported to a central point on the proposedroad; and, on the completion of the Pacific section, trafficbetween the two oceans could at once be established, whilethe Atlantic section might be completed at the leisure orconvenience of the Company. To this end, two steam-boatsof very light draught were dispatched to Chagres for thenavigation of the river. It was soon ascertained, however,that it was impossible to make use of these boats (drawingonly from fourteen to eighteen, inches of water), and thateven the native bongoes and canoes were capable of theservice only by great labor and exposure. In addition tothis, the rush of California travel, which was then directedthrough thi
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