April 18, 1879
To the Senate of the United States:
In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 15th instant, I transmit herewith a copy of the report of the commission appointed by the President on the 18th of March, 1872, relating to the different inter-oceanic canal surveys and the practicability of the construction of a ship canal across this continent.
R. B. HAYES
Rutherford B. Hayes, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/203678