Chap. XI. HONDURAS INTER-OCEANIC RAILWAY. 191 
bour accommodation on both sides. This route, moreover, 
may suit the interests of New Orleans ; but it neither cor- 
responds to those of New York nor of England. 
The steaming distances from Liverpool to San Francisco, 
touching at Jamaica, are : by way of Panama 7980 miles ; 
Nicaragua 7720 miles ; Tehuantepec 7740 miles ; Hon- 
duras 7320 miles. The distance between New York and 
San Francisco, by Panama, is 5224 miles ; by Nicaragua 
4700 miles ; by Tehuantepec 4200 miles ; by Honduras 
4121 miles — a saving by way of Honduras, as compared 
with Panama, of 1103 miles. All the advantages of the 
Honduras route, taken together, will produce a saving in 
time, as compared with that by Panama, of from eight to 
ten days between the Atlantic ports of the United States, 
as well as between Europe and California, Oregon, Van- 
couver, China, Japan, and the whole North Pacific. 
The general state of commercial and political affairs 
alone has delayed the realization of an enterprise of such 
a character, and at the head of which are men of the highest 
standing in the financial world, who are resolved to launch 
it at the right time, and are sparing no effort to secure its 
success. 
