Talk:William Nelson Cromwell

Panama Railroad
This needs to be improved. Cromwell not only played a key role in the Canal but was also a key member of Board of Directors of the Panama Railroad for many years. --unsigned by 71.251.138.168 at 06:01, 14 January 2006

Canal site: Panama vs. Nicaragua?
Why would "logic and reason" suggest Nicaragua instead of Panama for the site of a canal? Is it because of the large lake within Nicaragua? Panama appears rather narrower than Nicaragua and, if I understand correctly, also has many small lakes which were linked together in forming the Panama canal. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.125.124.226 (talk) 15:57, 15 August 2008 (UTC)


 * At that time there were different reasons: First: The Nicaragua Canal would be much nearer than the Panama making the coast to coast connection optimal. Sencondly, The Nicaraguans weren't compromised with a third party (the French) reason for which the costs would be much lesser than the Panama choice. Third there was a treaty already with Nicaragua from the days of old, which granted the US full dominion over the negociated strip. Fefogomez (talk) 16:50, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Volcanism in Nicaragua
The legend that Cromwell planted the news is false, though still widespread. President Zelaya of Nicaragua sent a letter denying it exploded. This is from David McCullough's book path between the seas: The minister's name was Luis Corea. Whether he actually received such a cable from President Zelaya or was responsible for the copy he passed on to Morgan is impossible to determine. In any event, Momotombo had definitely erupted; the cable accredited fo President Zelaya was quite false.  The name of the mount is Momotombo not moma .. and the one who distributed the stamps and leaflets among the senators was Bunau-Varilla not Cromwell. Just in case you don't want to prolong the false story. You can confirm this further in an article in Time Magazine 1931 Fefogomez (talk) 04:55, 5 October 2008 (UTC)