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{{distinguish|text=the [[Isthmian Canal Commission]] of 1904, an administration commission set up to oversee the construction of the Panama Canal}} |
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[[File:Review of reviews and world's work (1890) (14577656668).jpg|thumb|Map showing various routes considered by the Commission]] |
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The '''Isthmian Canal Commission''' was a commission created by [[United States Congress|congress]] in 1899 "to determine the most feasible and practicable route" in Central America to build a canal.<ref name="beneath">{{cite book|last1=Schoultz|first1=Lars|title=Beneath the United States: a history of U.S. policy toward Latin America|date=1998|publisher=Harvard University Press|location=Cambridge, MA: Harvard University|isbn=0-674-92276-X|pages=[https://archive.org/details/beneathunitedsta00scho/page/159 159–162]|edition=[Fourth printing].|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/beneathunitedsta00scho/page/159}}</ref> The commission was chaired by [[John Grimes Walker|John G. Walker]], even though he chaired another congressional commission called the [[Nicaragua Canal Commission]], which had not yet issued its final report, which was released in mid-1899 and, true to its name, recommended the locale of Nicaragua for the construction of a canal.<ref name="beneath" /> This change of focus was a triumph for the lobbyist [[William Nelson Cromwell]], who was hired by French interests wanting to get rid of the assets of the failed enterprise of [[Ferdinand de Lesseps]].<ref name="beneath" /> |
The '''Isthmian Canal Commission''' was a commission created by [[United States Congress|congress]] in 1899 "to determine the most feasible and practicable route" in Central America to build a canal.<ref name="beneath">{{cite book|last1=Schoultz|first1=Lars|title=Beneath the United States: a history of U.S. policy toward Latin America|date=1998|publisher=Harvard University Press|location=Cambridge, MA: Harvard University|isbn=0-674-92276-X|pages=[https://archive.org/details/beneathunitedsta00scho/page/159 159–162]|edition=[Fourth printing].|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/beneathunitedsta00scho/page/159}}</ref> The commission was chaired by [[John Grimes Walker|John G. Walker]], even though he chaired another congressional commission called the [[Nicaragua Canal Commission]], which had not yet issued its final report, which was released in mid-1899 and, true to its name, recommended the locale of Nicaragua for the construction of a canal.<ref name="beneath" /> This change of focus was a triumph for the lobbyist [[William Nelson Cromwell]], who was hired by French interests wanting to get rid of the assets of the failed enterprise of [[Ferdinand de Lesseps]].<ref name="beneath" /> |
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The Isthmian Canal Commission was a commission created by congress in 1899 "to determine the most feasible and practicable route" in Central America to build a canal.[1] The commission was chaired by John G. Walker, even though he chaired another congressional commission called the Nicaragua Canal Commission, which had not yet issued its final report, which was released in mid-1899 and, true to its name, recommended the locale of Nicaragua for the construction of a canal.[1] This change of focus was a triumph for the lobbyist William Nelson Cromwell, who was hired by French interests wanting to get rid of the assets of the failed enterprise of Ferdinand de Lesseps.[1]
The commission issued its report on 16 November 1901, recommending once again Nicaragua, disregarding Panama because La Compagnie Nouvelle du Canal de Panama—the throwaway company under which the French assets were organized—charged over $109 million for everything, which Walker found much too high.[1][2] After some further lobbying by Cromwell and also Philippe Bunau-Varilla, the makeshift company lowered the price to $40 million on 4 January 1902. The Commission hastily reconvened on Theodore Roosevelt's urging to reconsider the question after which Panama was declared the preferred route.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Schoultz, Lars (1998). Beneath the United States: a history of U.S. policy toward Latin America ([Fourth printing]. ed.). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University: Harvard University Press. pp. 159–162. ISBN 0-674-92276-X.
- ^ "First Isthmian Canal Commission - 1899-1901". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 20 December 2016.