Excerpt from Hearing on House Bill 35 (on the Nicaragua Canal) Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives This body of gentlemen raised a considerable sum of money - two or three hundred thousand dollars - and sent Mr. Menocal to Nicaragua, and through his services they secured the concessions made by the Government of Nicaragua, which concessions are now held by The Maritime Canal Company and the ones now under consideration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.