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Covers of the editions of the statutes of the Corinth Canal Company in Greek and French.
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Charter cover in French of the company named "Societe Internationale du Canal Maritime de Corinthe".
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Cover of the statute of the company with the name "New Corinth Canal Company".
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Cover of the Corinth Canal Company's French edition of the Provisional Rules of Navigation in 1897.
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Cover of the Articles of Association of the New Corinth Canal Company.
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Letters from the managements of the Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris and the Bank of Athens declaring their intention and terms of participation in the scheme of the National Bank in view of the auction of the Corinth Canal which took place in July 1906.
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He expresses his deep appreciation and personal thanks to Renieris for his assistance, adding that the Greek state should thank him. He states that inertia and bureaucracy are the greatest obstacles to overcome (and not gunpowder and dynamite). He criticizes the articles of the contract, as they do not contribute to the acceleration of procedures. Considering that the interests of the company and the Greek government are identical, he urges him to convince the ministers not to waste themselves on unnecessary difficulties.
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In the introduction to the letter, General Turr expresses the hope that Greece will recover at least some of the territories of “ancient Greece” (ancienne Grèce) [the letter was written during the period of diplomatic negotiations in Constantinople to determine the new Greek-Turkish borders in Epirus and Thessaly]. He urges that the canal project be carried out. He himself intends to undertake the costs of the new studies, as his old notes are not sufficient, and a more detailed and complete design is required this time. The Greek Colonel [colonel?] M. could help his engineers and be rewarded when the company that will undertake the project is established. He attaches his speech in honor of Ferdinand de Lesseps, which concerns the Panama Canal, suggesting that the same moves be made at the beginning of the Greek project. First of all, he requests the mediation of Renier, so that the government may grant him the temporary right to undertake the project, in order to come to Greece with the aim of preparing a study and organizing the company, and then he points out the six conditions that must be ensured in advance: (a) a favorable attitude of the government towards the opening of a canal in the Isthmus of Corinth; (b) the appointment of General Turr as responsible for the technical study of the project, with the obligation to present it before the end of 1881; (c) the establishment of the company in 1882 and the completion within the same year of the preparation for construction; (d) the determination by the government of the benefits that will be provided to the company with the definitive undertaking of the project; (e) the provision of the necessary conditions so that larger sailing ships and steamships can also sail the Isthmus. (e.g. specific width and depth dimensions); (f) concession by the government of all lands for the needs of construction, including private lands for which expropriation is required.
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Turr mentions in his letter that the work on the Isthmus must be done first, he need to stay in Hungary until June 18 for his project to connect the Danube with the Adriatic, and that he will come to Athens accompanied by one of his engineers who participated in the Panama Canal expedition.
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General Turr is very sorry to announce to Renieri the postponement of his planned trip to the East/Greece in hopes of making it next year.
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Turr refers to his acquaintance with Negri on his first trip to Greece, 5 years earlier, who intends to accompany Turr to Athens, as part of the trip he plans to make to Greece in early September with his wife and 14-year-old his son. On occasion, he will visit Corinth and consider the possibility of engaging in the construction of the canal, as he has lately been exclusively concerned with the Panama Canal.
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Letter from Turr, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Corinth Canal International Company, to the governor of the National Bank and the company's advisor, Marco Renieri, who, in the absence of the president, assumed its representation vis-à-vis the Greek government and local authorities.
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Turr requests that he be officially assigned the study of Isthmus so that he can present by the end of the same year a complete plan and designate the Company that will undertake the execution of the project.
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Lesseps' reply to Turr's letter of June 4, 1881, five days later. Lesseps invokes his own experience of 12 years with the Suez Canal and the recent undertaking of the project in Panama. The correspondence of the two men confirms the comparison of the planning of the Corinth canal with the data of the other two in Egypt and America.
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Markos Renieris informs Turr that Corgiolanios has informed him (who assured him that he will receive a corresponding letter of information from Turr himself) that they are seeking a loan from an English company, in order to repay the company's liabilities, repurchase shares and complete the work. Under the condition, however, that the Greek government will guarantee the completion of the project with the agreed amount of the loan, which the engineers, after an on-site visit, have found to be sufficient. Renieris would undertake to ask Trikoupis if he would be willing to provide a state guarantee for the loan. As the days passed and no letter came from Turr, Renieris hesitated about whether he should visit Trikoupis to learn his intentions or reject the proposal. He describes Corgiolanios as an old friend and an honest man. He eventually visited Trikoupis, who refused to guarantee, considering that it is not the government's but the company's own responsibility to find the money needed to complete the work. He intends to offer moral support to the entire effort. Renieris believes that, if the funds are found by the company, Trikoupis will approve the extension of the required time to complete the project, but only until then. In the unfortunate event that the funds are not found and they are forced to turn to the government, Renieris believes that the government will take over the project entirely on its behalf. He is looking for alternatives. However, he considers it important that Turr come to Greece soon, before he completes his efforts to find funds.
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Letter from the Austrian shipping company Lloyd to the governor of the National Bank, Stefano Streit, regarding the works that it proposed to make the use of the canal safe.
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Letter from the Corinth Canal Company to the governor of the National Bank on Lloyd's proposals: The general management of the canal agrees to a discount on the tolls for Lloyd's steamers, but does not agree to give them priority over the rest companies. He also requests that the improvement works not be carried out by Lloyd, but, based on the foreign plans, by the canal company "as it will undoubtedly find in Greece the suitable engineers and contractors without incurring the expense of the Austrian staff." Isthmia, September 21, 1905
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A. M. Kolla's letter to the governor of the National Bank of Greece in which he declares, as the owner of twenty shares of the Corinth Canal Company, that he wishes to subscribe to the new one at the specified ratio (1 to 4 of the old ones) by paying 25 drachmas for each one.
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Letter from the general manager of the Bank of Athens Matsa to the governor of the National Bank. In it he states that he accepts the terms of the agreement between the three banks (National, Athens and Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris) for the acquisition of the Corinth Canal. It also refers to the participation in the negotiations of the "Committee for the defense of the interests of the bondholders of the Corinth Canal Company" ("Comite de defense des obligataires de la Societe Helle nique du Canal de Corinthe") which operated in Paris. Athens, January 10, 1907
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Letter from the Comptoir National d’ Escompte de Paris to the governor of the National Bank, M. Renieris, regarding 50 shares of the Corinth Canal Company. Paris, 13 August 1889.
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Manitakis wishes Marcos Renieris on his birthday. He mentions that he is attaching his own plan in which he expresses "in a way that is caring towards the Government, the idea you (Renieris) expressed the day before yesterday, that is, if the border issue is not resolved, the eyes of the capitalists will turn to Greece". The plan to which Manitakis refers has not been located.
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Turr's letter to Lesseps in which he compares the Corinth Canal with the Suez and Panama Canals and brings to Lesseps' attention the geophysical peculiarities and technical specifications of the project in Greece.
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Letter from the Minister of the Interior N. Kalogeropoulos to the management of the National Bank, announcing the approval of the statutes of the New Corinth Canal Company.
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List of the Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris of the registered shareholders of the New Corinth Canal Company.
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Detailed list of the shareholders of the Corinth Canal International Company in Greece. The number of shares they subscribed for and the number of shares ultimately awarded to them are recorded. National Bank is listed first as the owner of 990 shares with the note "founder". They are followed by the top executives of M. Renieri, G. A. Vassiliou, Kechagia with 60 shares each, also all with the note "founder". In the following pages it is stated that all three took 18 more shares each. The last page shows the total number of shares allocated in Greece, 2,838 therefore National Bank owned more than 1/3.
