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". End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of San Francisco and the Nicaragua Canal, by William Lawrence Merry