File No. 819.77/91.

The Secretary of State to the American Minister .

No. 31.]

Sir: The Department is in receipt of your despatch No. 14, of the 28th of November last, reporting the status of the proposed construction of the Panama-David Railway.

A copy of the despatch has been sent to the Secretary of War, for his information.

The matter of the construction of the Panamá-David Railway is now being considered by the War Department in conjunction with congressional action looking to the operation and maintenance of the Panama Canal.

I am [etc.]

(For
Mr. Knox
:)
Huntington Wilson.