NEW YORK VIA NICARAGUA COMPARED WITH LIVERPOOL VIA SUEZ. New York to Singapore 11,549 m. 29 m. more. " " Hong Kong 11,308 m. 2,363 m. less. " " Yokohama 9,363 m. 5,951 m. less. " " Melbourne 10,000 m. 4,920 m. less. * * * * * New York to San Francisco {10,753 m. less than via Cape Horn. New Orleans to San Francisco {11,853 m. less than via Cape Horn. Distances saved via Magellan Straits vary between different ports, but may be approximately stated at two thousand miles. NICARAGUA CANAL DISTANCES 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