New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-05-23
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vlate from the truth, more PaisSe@'J - 49,
tances boundaries and attitudes are not matters Of
speculation but Of facts II he has any Interest IN
the rebnan,epec route be should have declared his
p,eferepce for that route in the commencement OF
his article, and then made his comparisons Of both
The Mexican Government gave to Mr. GTay
the privilege of making Railroad and Canal
across the Isthmus Of Tehuantepec, with other
privileges and grants, bat alter having been en-
gagged for several years on this route, he has
only completed twelve miles on the river naviga
ton, as the men employed were more actively en-
gagged in cutting cedar and mahogany than 10 car
niDg out the conditions Of the grant. This wasthe
report tf the Special Committee Of the Mexican
Congress 10 March last. and from the character OF
that report there is to believe that the au
thority granted 10 make the road and canal will be
repealed also ought to stat in relation to that
route that the port Of GaasacuscOs Is not a port
Of entry nor the port OF Tehuantepec, consequently
foreign vessels never enter either OF them ~
Let me now refer 70 the remarks OF your cores
pendent for the purpose OF showing how incorrect
ishs statement relative 70 the route laid down In
my map.
very incorrect idea Of the face OF the country. Let
Us now see how far actual surveys and figures will
sustsin the position OF your correspondent Ie-
bsuntepec lay in the latitude OF l6 80 North, lon
gitude 81" 90 West Huatulco is inletitude OF 81
~ 25" North, longitude SO" g West. The distance
In parallel line between AlvaradO and HuatulCo
ia ia miles Your spoDdent makes It out 80.
BY my river and land route, make out the DIS
lance at 900 miles. Your cores pOndent at nasty
euess, makes il 400 miles; this IS an naccuracy on
his part. have not said that the river H1at1lco
empues into the river ToDto, bat ana say or ~
tended 70 represent on the chart which | have
drawn that the river Hustulc0 empties into the
river MatstlaD and the river MRtatlan is suppliet
by the rivef Verde, ard the river Verde mas ts or
giu in tie Madye mountains TO pass the Madre
mountains 10 get into the river Tonic distance OF
30 miles locks and canals must be built, aud from
y river Tonic we 90 into the river PapaOnpan,
from thence to the town Of Talcatalpao, 81 mles
from the town of AlvaradO which is some miles
from the AlvaTadO bar, there being no such place
ss your CORES pondeat speaks OF as the "G1li Of Al
vtrsdo" ~
The writer proceeds to say that the port of Hoa-
tulco hes in the Gaf Of Tehusntepec How
that be when there is marked a difference be.
tween the atitudes and lOngitu1es Of each Why,
therefore, did not the Mexican Government make
Iehusntepec port OF entry instead OF Huatulcoi
! Allow me to give your correspondent the simple
reason. Tehuantepec has no port or shelter for yes
sels and 10 an open and dangerous roadstead,
whereas Huatu co is a most beautiful port OF entry,
capable OF accommodating thousands OF vessels,
and almost completely land locked, with good hold
o.,
and well sett ed parts of Mexico. The route Of your
correspondent which he Seems 20 prefer to mine,
by the way of Jalapa and PGebla to Acapulco, is
utterly out of the question, as Jou have to ascend
the mountains 600 feet above the level OF the sea
before you reach Puebla, which is 200 miles distant
alone from Vera Cruz and 100 from Mexico City.
Let the public examine both routes and decide
which IL the most available-he one from Alvara
do TO Huatulco, 22O miles by the river route with
nearly thirty les If land carriage or locks and
ale h. 1a.tl 4 mr. xf..ur
dents route which will be 500 miles to Acapoco
having first 10 scale the mountains Of 5000 feet
above the level Of the sea l31
Your cOrresp ndcnt has been hasty traveller
over The land route, without the benefit OF
experience in exploring this specific route as |
have had. You're, respectfully,
JONAS p LEVY, I6 Exesange-place.
Remarks
l. Capt Levy applies to himself the lattering
JUNCTION that desire to promote the interest Of
rival project" led the writer of this to speak una
vorably Of his own map and plan. We disclsim
any other intention than that of pointing oat errors
which are calculated to mislesd the public mind
As for the Tehuaniepec route, we fully agree to
bis statement. The grant he'd by Manning q
Macintosh has been annulled by their non.per-
Torrance Of the contract. The facilities of the
route have been represented in this country in a
more roseste light than was actually warranted.
The want Of good port at each end Of the route
with the unhealthy climate Of the Gulf side, will
retard for some time the construction of road If Il
should not occasion its entire REIMBURSEMENT.
Q. We hnd further confirmation of the incorrect
ness of Capt Levy's map in the very statements
which he brings forward to prove its correctness
He places the distance in straight line between
A,varsdo ana Huatulco. at IA miles. We have
jus, tried it on his map, and by using degree of
latitude as the measure, find the distauce between
the two places TO be about 2l2 miles. In our for
mer statement We took the known distance be-
tw cen Vera Cruz aid Alvsrado 100 miies) as the
measure, which gives the distance to Huataco as
$50 miles. IL will thus be seen that the map not
only dssgrees with itself but with the above state
mept Of Capt Levy. That our own estimate OF
the probable length Of a railroad connecting the
two places, was correct is sustained by all authen-
tic maps. The Continent north Of Lat II N. is
arrow eat at the lsthnius Of Tehuantepec, where
the distance from sea to sea, by following the Gaas
acoslcos River TO the head Of navigation, and
taking thence the land route 10 Tehusntepec, is
r,ckoned at es Spanish leagues, or about $50 miles
North Of the lsthmus, the Continent rapidly IN
'resses in breadth.
We did rot say that the Rio Hustuco empties |
nio the Rio Touto," on Capt Levys map, but that |
heir waters are represented as mingirg, for proof
( which we refer to the map ltseh. 1t makes no |
Inference how the rivers are called; there is sn |
nbroken stream of water represented as extend |
~ from the Gulf to the Pacific in spite Of the Ser
a Madro, Of which the Captain speaks. Nor have
20 ever mentioned such place a. the u alt OF
.lvarsdo" II Capt. Levy had resl the article in
uestion with the serenity and comPosnre which
Il, u e protector Of great national work. 10
-oUld probably have found less to complain Of
q rho rnrt ~ Hnn.nicn Notwithstanding ~ lat. |