The Relation of the Panama Canal to the Traffic and Rates of American Railroads (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Johnson, Emory Richard

 
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Excerpt from The Relation of the Panama C to the Traffic and Rates of American Railroads<br/><br/>Shipments between the two seaboards of the United States may move by three water routes that compete with the rail lines connect ing the two coasts: (1) the all-water route around South America via Cape Horn for sailing vessels and through the Straits of Magellan for steamers; (2) the route by way of Panama with the transfer of traffic by rail across the Isthmus;~ and (3) the route via the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, across which, from Puerto Mexico, on the Gulf, to Salina Cruz, on the Pacific, ght is handled by a railroad owned by the Mexican Government. Map 1 shows the intercoastal steamship lines and water routes.

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