. Illustrated history of the Panama Railroad; together with a traveler's guide and business man's hand-book for the Panama Railroad and its connections with Europe, the United States, the north and south Atlantic and Pacific coasts, China, Australia, and Japan, by sail and steam . es, British manufactures and other goods shipped directfrom England for South and Central America, and theproduce of those countries in return, such as indigo, cochi-neal, India-rubber, coffee, cocoa, deer-skins and goat-skins,besides orchilla, pearl-shells, tobacco, balsams, Peruvianbark, ores, straw hats, etc., etc
. Illustrated history of the Panama Railroad; together with a traveler's guide and business man's hand-book for the Panama Railroad and its connections with Europe, the United States, the north and south Atlantic and Pacific coasts, China, Australia, and Japan, by sail and steam . es, British manufactures and other goods shipped directfrom England for South and Central America, and theproduce of those countries in return, such as indigo, cochi-neal, India-rubber, coffee, cocoa, deer-skins and goat-skins,besides orchilla, pearl-shells, tobacco, balsams, Peruvianbark, ores, straw hats, etc., etc. When it comes to be considered that in the Californiatrade large amounts of goods and merchandise for Oregonand Washington Territory and the British Possessions areincluded, likewise occasional shipments from China and theSandwich Islands, and that it is still in its infancy, the im-portance of the South and Central American trade to thePanama Eailroad may be in a measure appreciated. Theconveyances by which the business of the Pacific coast findsits way to and from the road are, 1st. By the Pacific Mail Steam-ship Company, plying tri-monthly between California, Mexico, and Panama, with afleet of twelve large steam-ships. 2d. The Oregon and California Steam-ship Company,. PANAMA RAILROAD. 55 running between California, Oregon, and Washington Ter-ritory, with a branch line to the Mexican coast, and con-necting with the Pacific Mail Steam-ship Company tri-monthly, with a fleet of five steam-ships. 3d. The Pacific Steam Navigation Company, plying semi-monthly between Chili, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, New Gran-ada, and Panama, with a fleet of nine large steamers for themain service, and three smaller steam-ships performing acoasting service, and connecting with the main line. 4th. The Central American Steam-ship Company, run-ning semi-monthly between Guatemala, Salvador, CostaEica, Nicaragua, and Panama, with two large steam-shipsand one steam-tug. Besides these are numerous sailing
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