This report states that the vertical stress due to an embankment of any shape of cross-section on the ground assumed to be elastic could be obtained approximately but very easily by using a two dimensional influence chart. And, in appendix, it was described that, with influence charts with respect to horizontal and shearing stresses, this could be applied to obtain the initial pore-water pressure related to the consolidation. This possibility was developed by relaxation method of two dimensional consolidation and, as one example, was illustrated by the case of a line load application, and, furthermore, the possibility of superposing the stresses due to such many line loads was also investigated geometrically.