U. S. Hydrographic Office, proving San Francisco to be on
Asiatic Route to and from Brito, the Pacific Terminus of Canal.
| Knots. | Knots.
----------------------------------------------------+--------+-------
The shortest practicable route from | |
Brito to Yokohama | .... | 7145
Brito to San Francisco | 2700 |
San Francisco to Yokohama | 4536 |
|--------|
Therefore the distance from Brito to Yokohama | |
via San Francisco is | .... | 7236
Therefore excess of route via San Francisco over | |
shortest practicable route is | .... | =91=
Brito to Honolulu | 4210 |
Honolulu to Yokohama | 3400 |
|--------|
Shortest practicable route from Brito to Yokohama | |
via Honolulu | .... | 7610
Therefore excess of route via Honolulu over route | |
via San Francisco is | .... | 374
| |-------
The shortest practicable route from | |
Brito to Hong Kong | .... | 8740
Brito to San Francisco | 2700 |
San Francisco to Hong Kong | 6060 |
|--------|
Therefore the distance from Brito to Hong Kong | |
via San Francisco is | .... | 8760
Therefore excess of route via San Francisco over | |
shortest practicable route is | .... | =20=
Brito to Honolulu | 4210 |
Honolulu to Hong Kong | 4917 |
|--------|
Therefore the distance from Brito to Hong Kong | |
via Honolulu is | .... | 9127
| |
Therefore the excess of route via Honolulu over | |
route via San Francisco is | .... | 367
----------------------------------------------------+--------+-------
The conditions as to the distances in Trans-Pacific Navigation apply
approximately to all United States Pacific Coast Ports.
TABLE OF DISTANCES IN NAUTICAL MILES BETWEEN PORTS OF THE WORLD,
and Distances Saved by the Nicaragua Canal,
Compiled from data furnished by the United States Hydrographic Office.
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BETWEEN | | | | | |
|Around | Via | | |Advantage|Advantage
| Cape |Magellan| Via |Via | over | over
| Horn |for full|Cape of|Nica- | Sailing | Steam
| for |powered | Good |ragua | Route | Route
|Sailing | Steam | Hope. |Canal. | via | via
|Vessels.|Vessels.| | | Cape. | Magellan
| | | | | | Straits.
------------------+--------+--------+-------+-------+---------+---------
New York and | | | | | |
San Francisco | 15660 | 13174 | ..... | 4907 | 10753 | 8267
Puget Sound | ..... | 13935 | ..... | 5665 | ..... | 8270
Hong Kong | ..... | ..... | 13750 | 10692 | 3058 | .....
Yokohama | ..... | ..... | 15217 | 9227 | 5990 | .....
Melbourne | 13760 | 12860 | 12830 | 9862 | 3898 | 2998
Auckland, N. Z. | 12600 | 11599 | 14069 | 8462 | 4138 | 3137
Honolulu, H. I. | 15480 | 13290 | ..... | 6417 | 7063 | 6873
Callao | ..... | 9640 | ..... | 3744 | ..... | 5896
Valparaiso | 9420 | 8440 | ..... | 5014 | 4406 | 3426
| | | | | |
New Orleans and | | | | | |
San Francisco | 16000 | 13539 | ..... | 4147 | 11853 | 9392
Callao | ..... | 10005 | ..... | 2984 | ..... | 7021
Valparaiso | ..... | 8805 | ..... | 4254 | ..... | 4551
| | | | | |
Liverpool and | | | | | |
San Francisco | 15620 | 13494 | ..... | 7627 | 7993 | 5867
Auckland, N. Z. | 12130 | 11919 | 13357 | 11182 | 948 | 737
Callao | ..... | 9960 | ..... | 6464 | ..... | 3496
Valparaiso | 9380 | 8760 | ..... | 7734 | 1646 | 1026
Honolulu | ..... | 13610 | ..... | 9137 | ..... | 4473
Yokohama | ..... | ..... | 14505 | 11947 | ..... | 2558
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Transcriber Notes:
Passages in italics were indicated by _underscores_.
Passages in bold were indicated by =equal signs=.
Small caps were replaced with ALL CAPS.
Errors in punctuation and inconsistent hyphenation were not corrected
unless otherwise noted.
The tables at the end of the book has been reformatted to fit the page
width.
On page 2, "will he injured" was replaced with "will be injured".
On page 2, "maintenace" was replaced with "maintenance".
On page 2, "per centage" was replaced with "percentage".
On page 3, "Nicaragura" was replaced with "Nicaragua".
On page 3, "overand" was replaced with "overland".
On page 7, "extention" was replaced with "extension".
On page 9, "personallly" was replaced with "personally".