If a circle be drawn around New York as the center. extending the radius as far as the western terminus of the canal. the circumference will fall on the eastern line of Utah. Our greatest of Atlanticcities is 821 miles nearer the Pacific Ocean by the canal rqute than by way of the UnionPacific Railroad across the continent. With the canal open. our Atlantic cities. all of them. will be nearer Asiatic ports than any of the great trading.cities of England and continental Europe. New York will be nearer by more than 2.000 miles to Japan. China. and the Australasian islands than Liverpool.