The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-24
SPEED AND PROFITS,

SPEED AND PROFITS.
The same professional authority pithily observes
In these Two very material pents:-lfie passage
from Mnssttan BY tram to vensoss may be-
IN Gravel STowns ous e fSo
e travel the rst veal Would form any sta sdsrS Of
comparison for what would inevitably follow. All
great improvements, even when projected on estab-
1ished lines OF travel show this. At the pres eat
speed OF the steamers on the Panama route allow
Ing for one day to cross the Isthmus at either point
BY taxing the Tehuantepec route rather than the
Panama. is six days. From New Orleans to San
Francisco, by the Tehuantepeo route there Is a
DISTANCES ny Loo nEckosiNas.
II the advantages OF trade and commerce between
the continents are IN favor OF the Panama isshmus
just now what must 90 the advantages accrulng to
tue route By way Of the Isthmus OF Tehuantcpec,
which lies some 1.2o0 miles farther nor.hwesiorly
than that OF Panama, and to the world at large, by
the working Of both roads. The following distances
being the log reckonings of steamships, are taken
from /. j. Grams Typographical Engineers United
States Army Report on Ocean Routes, published Ia
1857
Niles.
From New York to AspinwaH. ................. 23D3
From New York Miuatitiau. ........ ....... 1876
From Panama to san Francisco. .............. 1915
From Tehuantepec 30 San Francisco. ......... 1904
From New YORK to san Francisco via Panama. 62Is
From New York to san Francisco via Tehuan-
Difference from New York in favor Of the Ichaan
pee route. l,477.
This adherence appears still greater for the COM
Uerce OF the Southern ports OF the United States,
say New Orleans:-
Mt,es.
From New Orleans to San Francisco via Pan.
From New Orleans to San Francisco via TIE.
hu6htepec.. 1884
Difference from New Orleans in favor Of the
Tenuantepec route. Observation-Disclosures. 334
INFEaENcEs IN CONCLUSION.
Regarding this undertaking In tho light OF q
grand, even humanitarian work, In the interests OF
the special trade OF the United States and for the
still more closely linking the peoples OF Asia,
America and Europe into bonds OF D universal In
terest and more general acquaintance, we close our
forcibe words Of an able writer on the subject, who
says:At the present day lines OF steamships, Ame-
rtcan English and French, In connection with rail-
way across the Isrhmus Ut Panama, are maintained
and made Immensely profitable by the commerce
which unites the wealthy and increasing population
with the United states aud with Europe. Yet the
commerce thus carried on Is forced to make CIR.
cuitous Journey. No one can doubt. that q line OF
communication across the Isthmus OF Tehuantcpec,
passing through region the meathiness OF Which
has been atested by repeated surveys and shorten
sit between New York and San Francisco Six OF
days, must.speediy draw to itself an immense
traffic. II the advantages OF more healthy and Ear
luxurious climate, saving Of over TOD miles OF sea
voyage, conmOdiOus harOors, increased economy
Of transportation. freedom from taxation ana the
China trade will give to the shorter routes Of travel
the continent by Tehuantepec fail to give the
road income equal to that OF tho Panama rail-.
road the result will alsfy all the predictions which
are legitimately deducibie from the experience Of
existing lines Of travel"
TO this the HERALD appends the announcement
given in its columns to all such undertakings In the
words, "Let the works go brayeiy on.u