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Mr. Wallace attached such importance to the competition of the Tehuantepec Railroad and the probable diversion of traffic from the Panama route that he even urged the operation of the Panama Railway at a loss during the period of the construction of the canal. The following table of comparative distances of the various routes from the principal ports of Europe and the United States to ports on the Pacific shows that in every case the advantage in point of distance lies with the Tehuantepec route: — „, , , Excess over Route from TWanne Tehuantepec jjistance. Route. New York to Hong Kong, via— Miles. Miles. Cape Horn ... 20,379 8,777 Cape of Good Hope ... ... ... •■■ 16,945 5,343 Suez Canal ... ... ... ... ■•• 13,596 1,994 Panama Railroad ... ... ... ••• 12,953 1,351 Isthmus of Tehuantepec ... ... .. ••• 11,602 New York to Yokohama, via — Cape Horn 19,802 9,796 Cape of Good Hope ... ... ... ■•■• 18,085 8,079 Suez Canal ... ... ... ... ■■■ 15,527 5,531 Panama Railroad . ... •■■ ■•• 11,256 1,250 Isthmus of Tehuantepec ... ... ... ■■■ 10,006 New York to Auckland, New Zealand, via — Suez Canal ... ... ... •■■ ■■• '<v s 7i 7,447 Cape of Good Hope ... ... ■•■ ■•• 16,71!) 7,295 Cape Horn 13,890 4,466 Panama Railroad ... ... ... ■■■ 10.305 881 Isthmus of Tehuantepec ... ... ■■• 9,424 New York to Melbourne, via — Cape Horn ... ... ... •■• ■■• 15,215 4,150 Suez Canal . . ... ... ••■ ••■ 15,171 4,106 • Cape of Good Hope ... ... ... ■•■ 15,019 3,954 Isthmus of Tehuantepec ... ... ... ■•• 11,065 New York to Honolulu, via — Cape Horn ... ... ... ■■■ ■■■ 15,826 9,163 Panama Railroad ... ... ... •■■ 7,939 1,276 Isthmus of Tehuantepec ... .. ... ••■ 6,663 New York to San Francisco, via — Cape Horn 15,687 10,797 Panama Railroad ... ... ■■■ ••■ 6,063 1,173 Isthmus of Tehuantepec ... . ... ... •■■ 4,890 Liverpool to Hong Kong, via — Cape Horn 20,606 5,353 Panama Railroad ... ... ••■ ■•• 16,471 1,218 Cape of Good Hope ... ... ... •■■ 15,722 469 Isthmus of Tehuantepec ... ... ■■• 15,253 Liverpool to Yokohama, via — Cape Horn 19,400 5,945 Cape of Good Hope ... ... ■•• •■• 17,653 4,198 Panama Railroad ... ... ... •■■ 14,540 1,085 Isthmus of Tehuantepec ... ... ... ■•• 13,455 Liverpool to Auckland, New Zealand, via — Cape of Good Hope ... ... ••■ ■■■ K',221 3,412 Suez Canal ... ... ■•■ ■•• ■■• 14,645 1,836 Cape Horn 13,897 1,088 Panama Railroad ... ... ■■• ••■ 13,312 503 Isthmus of Tehuantepec ... ... • ■ ■ ■ • ■ 12,8(19 Liverpool to San Francisco, via — Cape Horn 16,552 8,276 Panama Railroad ... ... •■■ 8,885 609 Isthmus of Tehuantepec ... ... ... ••■ 8,276 New Orleans to Hong Kong, via — Cape Horn 20,804 10,531 Cape of Good Hope ... ... •■ ••■ 17,845 7,572 Suez Canal 15,108 4,835 Panama Railroad .... ... •■• ■■■ 12,308 2,035 Isthmus of Tehuantepec ... ... ■•• •■■ 10,273 New Orleans to Yokohama, via — Cape Horn 20,227 11,590 Cape of Good Hope . 18,625 9,988 Suez Canal 17,039 8,402 Panama Railroad ... ... ■•• ••■ 10,611 1,974 Isthmus of Tehuantepec ... ... ••■ •■• 8,637