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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=159–162|edition=[Fourth printing].}}</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]]. |
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=159–162|edition=[Fourth printing].}}</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]]. |
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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 [[John Grimes Walker|Walker]] found much too high.<ref name="beneath" /> After some further lobbying by [[William Nelson Cromwell|Cromwell]] and also [[Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla|Philippe Bunau-Varilla]], the makeshift company lowered the prize to $40 million on January 4, 1902. The Commission hastily reconvened on [[Theodore Roosevelt]]'s urging to reconsider the question after which Panama was declared the preferred route.<ref name="beneath" /> |
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 [[John Grimes Walker|Walker]] found much too high.<ref name="beneath" /><ref>{{cite web|title=First Isthmian Canal Commission - 1899-1901|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/panama-canal-icc.htm|website=www.globalsecurity.org|accessdate=20 December 2016}}</ref> After some further lobbying by [[William Nelson Cromwell|Cromwell]] and also [[Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla|Philippe Bunau-Varilla]], the makeshift company lowered the prize to $40 million on January 4, 1902. The Commission hastily reconvened on [[Theodore Roosevelt]]'s urging to reconsider the question after which Panama was declared the preferred route.<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.
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 prize to $40 million on January 4, 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 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.