New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-02-10
The lsihmu. of Tehuantepec.

The petition Of Mr.. ?. A Harsous and others
which has been presented the Senate BY Mr. Foote
repreren,s that Re and others interested with him srs
invested With full authority from Mexican Govern
ment 70 open Communication between The Gulf Of
Mexico sna TIE Pac.ac the sthmus ef Tehssn.
ispee. The petition states
The grant from the Mexican Government, BY which
The privilege secured % your petitioner q opening
couunicaiiou across tue staugs Is OF the most oe-
"a Character and offers the strongest inducements Tor
undertaking the euterprzs The privileges Of the
grant secured . your petitioner ant those 1850
cised With him. for the period Of atty years and du.
ring this tine the Govern meui Of Mexico has pledged
itself net to impose any Contributions or tsxes upon
travellers or their effects In trsnsitu and not 20 levy
Any iuposts or forced loans the grantees. The
grant also secures tne light % a. foreigners % sc
Guire real property. and % exercise sny trade call
ing. no, even excepting that OF aiming. within the dis
lance Of MY leagues on either side " the ine Of tran
sit
Finally In the name OF the supreme Government
and under the most solemn snces L = declared
and promised that al and every Il the concessions
mentioned shall BE honorab.y futled, now. and AZ al
times pedgns the honor snd public faith OF the nation
3 maintain the protector. Don Jose Garsy a. vel IS
any private individual or company succeeding or re
presenting him either natives foreigners in the IN
disturbed enjoyment Of all the concessions granted
holding the national administration responsible for sHy
acts o IL agents which from want u proper
ufmcnt OF the covenant might nilre the interests Of
the proprietor"
From the surveys made BY NJ Morse under the d.
recton Of sehor Gsrsy the following facts IN relation
70 the route hsve been obtained We quote from tue
petition.
Prom these surveys II 10 established tia, the entire
distance from 10 is l3j miles 10 a straight line
and presents vide plain from the mouth Of the Coat
zscoslcos the port Of the Mesa de Tariffs table
elevated plain the line OF the Andes which rses n
the hight Of ESQ feet shove the level Of the and 81
the distance OF I've miles again desccnds L plain which
reaches the Pacific The summit level b be overcome
IL only $50 feet Thirty mites Of the river CostzscOa
navgsbe for ships Of the largest class and IS
miles beyond this for vessels Of light draught Leaving
only about MS miles Of Railroad % be rasce. IL would
occupy too much space 20 enumerae All the details Of
these surveys, and which go 20 show 20 strongly how
easily Railroad be constructed across the lshmus
Of Tehueanepec !, Is sufficient 10 say that the absolute
prsctcabiiity have been clearly sscerianed
In other respects il affords great facilities for
srrucron The entire course Of the Costzscoscos %
bounded By forests. which supply immense guam.
titles the proper Kind Of timber suitable for the
struction OF railroad. and all OF which Is By the
terms Of the grant the property OF the company uu
dertaking the construction Of the road. Limestone.
strong clay asphaltum and building stone Of the best
quality suitable for bridges where necessary placed
ss II purposely BY Nature all along the direction Of
this route. The ZapO;ecos and other Indians be
found 10 quite suf Client numbers 10 carry the work
and At those points where foreign labor is indispensa
BILE the temperature is such 81 allow them 20 pur
their abOr without either Inconvenience or injury
10 their health The climate, though warm Is healthy.
The natives mild submissive, and tractable There
ample whence 20 obtain stock OF domestic
animal. and beasts Of burden. Throughout the whole
line secured by the grant ss well tor the purposes OF
communication across the lsthmus Tor the settlement
OF the country by foreigners all the productions OF the
equatorial and temperate regions are found in the
greatest abundance - for the valley OF the lsthmus
produces the former and on ascending 10 the more ee
waited country bordering on the valley the clmste OF
the temperate zone IL found there well az ts produc
tons At each end of the railrosd are suitable places
for fine harbors well ~ 70 depth, size and security
from II true there Is bar At the mouth OF
the Coatzscoalcos BY different navgstors the wster
has been sounded and from twelve 10 eighteen feet
have been found on IL al low water Commodore Perry
In his survey In lsi7. found twelve feet. AT small
pass the entrance of the ocean the Pacinc side
there IL. st low water, seven feet. Your petitioner
however s convinced, from the character OF the OBJ
structons that they small expense Of time and
money, be easily removed, and will then open an en-
trance for vessels OF large size into ports equal u any
the world He is prepared to show this 10 the salts
faction Of your honorable body.
such are some Of the physical advantages connected
with this route There others. however, no less
important The distance from the mouth OF the Mis-
sssppi San Francisco by the lsthmus Of Tshueane
pee 10 294 miles By the lsthmus Of Panama ) 900
thus wing that the route by tho sthmus OF ehuean
pee IL FOG miles shorter than by Panama. The dis.
from NewYork by the lsthmus Of Tehueantepec,
Is IA miles by the lsthmus of Panama 5ejs making
the route by Tehueantepec, from NewYork TO san
Francisco, l04 miles shorter than by the lshmus Of
Panama
The petitioner mentions other grounds for adopting
this route such as s greater safety in time OF war the
necessity Of cultva,ng friendly relations with the Mex
lean Government, and the probability Of emigration
from this country the line Of the proposed railroad
He asks only that the Government shall not commit
itself in favor Of any other route until 1t shall have
been put possession Of all tho facts relative to this one