For the inter-ocean canal the Nicaraguan toute fas been officially preferred to the Panama route. The expert Engineer Commission appointed last year to ascertain the best location for the American Isthmian Canal has caused this fact of its forthcoming report to be made known in Washington. It is understood that the decision of the nine United States Commissioners in favour of the Nicaraguan route was well-nigh-unanimous, It is understood, also, that the Commissioners were all dissatisfied with the superficial nature of the French surveys at Panama, and that they found the American engineering work on the Nicaraguan route very much more thorough and reliable.
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