Excerpt from The Proposed Nicaragua Canal an Impracticable Project: A Communication Addressed to the Nicaragua Canal Board in Regard to the Commercial, Nautical and Economic Conditions Involved in the Scheme This table shows that the average freight rate per ton fell from in 1878 to in 1894, and that the total receipts from freight fell from in 1878 to $945, 390 in 1894. A corresponding reduction in rates and fares was made by the steamer lines connecting New York and San Francisco with the termini of the Panama Railroad on the two sides of the continent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.