Los Angeles Herald, Volume 34, Number 68, 20 June 1890 — THE NICARAGUA CANAL. [ARTICLE]

THE NICARAGUA CANAL.

NOT MUCH DOING YET ON THE BIG DITCH. More Men in the Hospital Than on the Works—Meeting of the Canal Construction Company at Denver.

Corinto, Nicaragua, June 19.—People from (Jreytown say little work is being done on the canal. About eighty men are at work just above where they started the town of America, clearing away brush along the route of the canal. A hospital is located there with about 100 patients, mostly Americans. Contracts for 2,000 Jamaica negroes have been made. The country is overrun with Americans and Europeans who have no money and can get no work, and all are trying to get out of the country. Denver, June 10.—The third annual meeting of the Nicaragua Canal Construction Company was held at the office of the company in Denver, today. The following-named stock-holders were elected directors for the ensuing year, namely: Warner Miller, A. C. Cheney, Alfred M. Hoyt, W. L. Scott, J. F. O'Shauhnessy, J. W. Miller, R. A. Lancaster, J. L. Macauley, N. K. Fairbanks, Smith M. Weed, Harry It. Hoyt, Robert Sturgis, Edward Holbrook. Messrs. Alexander T. Mason and Wm. McVicker came on from New York to the meeting. The present officers of the company are : President, Warner Miller ; vice-president, A. C. Cheney ; secretary, J. W. Miller; treasurer, Henry R. Hoyt. The attorneys of the company are Messrs. Daly Hoyt & Mason, of New York. The company is at present actively engaged in the construction of the Nicaragua canal, work having been commenced about October 8, 1880. Immediately after the adjournment of the canal company the first annual meeting of the Nicaragua Mail, Steam Navigation and Trading Company was held. The following directors were elected for the ensuing year: A. O. Cheney, Alexander T. Mason, John T. Sproul, Joseph M. Munoz and Samuel C. Miller. This company own and operate the line of steamers which ply between the port of Greytown and Granada, in the republic of Nicaragua, by way of the San Juan river and lake Nicaragua. It holds from the government of Nicaragua the exclusive privilege of navigating these waters by steam. The greater part of the Inland commerce of the country passes over its lines. Shasta's Transmogrification. Redding, June 10. —The disappearance of Mount Shasta's peak is still the subject of discussion. A party who arrived from Pittsville yesterday says the mountain on the east side indicates considerable commotion. Large quantities of smoke and vapor are rising. All now admit that the mountain is changed in appearance. A man named Baker came in this morning, reporting unusual clouds of vapor or smoke issuing from Mount Shasta on the east. The information regarding the rising of the water at the soda springs appears reliable. Vermont Republicans. Montpelieb, June 10. —The Republican state convention met this morning and nominated Carroll B. Page for governor; H. A. Fletcher was nominated for lieutenant-governor; state treasurer, 11. F. Field; secretary of state, C. W. Brownell. The platform endorsed the present administration and urges congress to so modify the interstate commerce law as to give full effect to police regulation in every state in regard to the control of intoxicating liquors, or any other article injurious to the public health. A Contractor Skips. Martinez, Cal., June 19. —William Kye, superintendent of the Contra Costa and Eastern Terminal Railway Company, has disappeared. Sixty working men have been waiting for orders, and the hotels have been boarding them and expecting Mr. Kye to pay them. It is reported that some of the men have returned to the city again. A Probable Winner. Chicago, June 19. —The probable favorite in the American derby, Sam Bryant's colt, Uncle Bob, son of Luke Blackburn, was purchased today by George Hankins, of Chicago, the price being $15,000, $2,000 additional to he added provided the animal wins the derby Saturday. On trial today Uncle Bob did a mile and a quarter in 2:13.