. Annals of the Army of the Cumberland: . Department engineer and superintendent of the l^ewYork light-house district. Upon the completion of the ne<es-sary work of that district, he was selected by the Departmentof the Interior .as chief engineer of the Po omac Water-Works, 180. ^ BRIGADIER-GENERAL JAMES ST. CLAIR MORTON. 181 and ehtvrged with the duty of superinteuding the finished por-tion of the Washington Aqueduct. lu l^dO, in pursuance of an act of Congress, General Mortonwas selected by the Navy Department to make an explorationof the Chiriqui country, Central America, to te
. Annals of the Army of the Cumberland: . Department engineer and superintendent of the l^ewYork light-house district. Upon the completion of the ne<es-sary work of that district, he was selected by the Departmentof the Interior .as chief engineer of the Po omac Water-Works, 180. ^ BRIGADIER-GENERAL JAMES ST. CLAIR MORTON. 181 and ehtvrged with the duty of superinteuding the finished por-tion of the Washington Aqueduct. lu l^dO, in pursuance of an act of Congress, General Mortonwas selected by the Navy Department to make an explorationof the Chiriqui country, Central America, to test the practica-bility of an inter-oceanic railroad-route across the Isthmus at apoint midway between the present Panama and Nicaraguaroutes. With a i)arty of eight white persons as assistants, anda squad of Indians hired as laborers, the expedition set out uponits romantic though perilous journey, in the midst of the rainyseason. The country had never been explored by whites, andIjresented to the small band a continuity of matted jungle, denseforest, rapid rivers, and steep precipices. The journey was suc-cessfully accomplished, and an available railroad-route expedition crossed mountains eight thousand feet in height,—the loftiest peaks of which commanded a vie
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