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, WILLIAM WHEELWRIGHT, Esq., of Valparaiso, after almost incredible perseverance and labour, and great expense; and has obtained the official sanction and support of both the Chilian and Peruvian Governments. It will extend from Panama to Valparaiso on the south, and to Acapulco on the north; and will, as a matter of course, for the interest of those concerned in carrying the plan into execution, be so timed and arranged in the working machinery thereof, as to correspond with the arrivals at, and departures from, Chagres on the north, or the Atlantic side of the Isthmus.[14] A road is about to be commenced between Panama and the Chagres, which (p. 058) when completed, the communication from sea to sea may be made in half a day. This point, as regards the western coasts of America, being thus arranged, it becomes of vast importance to the whole plan proposed, to extend from Great Britain to the eastern coasts of the western world; and it now becomes of great consequence to show how readily and advantageously the West Indian department can be made to connect itself outwards and inwards across the Isthmus alluded to, with Sydney, New South Wales; Canton, China, &c. [Footnote 14: The following are the distances from Panama to the different places alluded to:-- SOUTH. Panama to Guayaquil S. 0 deg.. 31' W. Dist. 670 Geo. Miles. Guayaquil to Lima S. 15 deg.. E. " 610 Lima to Arica S. 45 deg.. E. " 570 Arica to Coquimbo S. 5 deg.. W. " 690 Coquimbo to Valparaiso S. 5 deg.. W. " 190 Valparaiso to Fort Carlos, Chiloe S. 16 deg.. W. " 555 From Panama to Valparaiso and back could be thirty days, including three days for stoppages. NORTH. Panama to Point Mala S. 15 deg.. W. Dist. 95 Geo. Miles. Point Mala to Port Damas, Quibo S. 89 deg.. W. " 97 Port Damas
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