The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-07-07
........ Fsou lAs n. o. Pieayune.
The Tehuantopsc Route.


ealioD aud in The face, aso OF pow and wealthy
competitions having granted 10 mysef and associates The
right OF way over the isihmus Of TehuaniePeo. have
thought proper and respectful 10 the citizens Of Lou
isisna. under whose general law have organized CON,
pany Tor Tue construction OF The various works eonhded
10 me- 10 explain 10 them publicly my views OF The bene-
hts that wall result lerefrom TO the city oil New Oileahs
the position OF the contract The principles upon when
The charter has been daughled and the calculations upon
which IL has been based.
presume il will hardly be necessary expstale upon
the vast benefits ibis city, the valley Of me @ r.
and the whole western country mus os ~, ~ 49, -
opening OF this Epule mere glance al ine inap .ane'
them sufficiently conspcuous aud comparison oil dis
tances will make il evident thai ms ioue once coni
peted, the whole trade and franc OIL the racine ocean
must necessarily concentrate itself at New Orleans; for
whilst we shall be brought within 1900 miles, and ten
days travel, OF San Francisco, New fork-althoush
gaining by our route 100 miles her Panama road
will be sun distant 800 miles from San Francisco, al the
same time thai shall be brought q, 90 miles 10
that city than we now are by the way oil the ishmus OF
Panama The elect oil this must be not only 10 attract
10 New Orleans the trade and passenger traffic of the
country generally bat 10 force New York herself 10 use
our road On the completion OF the Great Northern rail-
road now IN progress is estimated the passage from
New York 10 New Orleans will be made in three days,
whence The transportation 10 California will be effected
IN ten days thus the passage from New York 10 Calor
MIA will be made in thirteen days, tia New Orleans As
some compensation tor lhe immense advantages that will
thus inure 10 the Great Northern Railroad Company il
certainly not unreasonable that its stock
holders will come forward literally in support OF this
undertaking
This conac, the character of great national
government TO the ministers of all the European powers
having representatives in Mexico, and likewise to the
minister OF the United States, and they invited 10
JOIN 10 treaty for The protection of the right OF way,
and 10 guaranty The neutrality Of the communication in
case of
The commissioners appointed by Mexico with Judge
Alfred Conkne, the minister OF the United States. on
the2ls OF March last, sgned treaty by which il s
stipulated That the conveyance OF persons and property
on me roua shall a, all times be uninterrupted and The
capital invested therein be made entirely The
Toute IL declared neutral in oil and all vessels
owned or employed by The company in the transportation
OF merchandise or passengers to from the isihmus
rathed by the Mexican government and 10 set at
The many doubts and surmses which were ndusisiously
Circulated by interested paTies President Santa Anna
noby came forward and confirmed the whole transaction,
and caused the confirmation by his government 10 be Of
Ideally notified TO the government OF the United States
mus every act has been done 10 the solemn
ner ny the government of Mexico validate The treaty
and make II binding upon il. The treaty is before
the government OF the United States for its consdera
uon and have The strongest assurances that il will be
approved BY the administration and thai it will be sub
mhed 10 The Senate at an early day of the coming
SION LOT us advice and consent TO It's ratification. There
Is no doubt oil us confirmation by that body.
For the terms OF the contract, refer translation
OF the same published IN The journals of this city For
me nature OF The country, The facilities with which
railroad nay De constructed, and lis probable cost, as
well as the probable be derived from the same
refer 10 The report OF tue engineers who surveyed the
route IL is proposed however, 10 make the carriage
road on mach more extended and permanent plan than
that proposed by The enxneer The has so much
increased and Is so constantly increasing that greater
ctes VIII be required for The of passengers
than were imagined al The time The Iepor, was published
Two thousand passengers estimated 10 depart for
CaoInia aud arrive al New York alone from thai Stale
weekly, and the intercourse between New Orleans and
TIE same point is i've hundred per week 50 it is not be-
heved that the estimate of the transit at 100 600 both
WAY sper annum IS an exaggeraon is equally reason
able 70 suppose ihat hy The time The railroad is finished
the transit boA ways per will amount to 500 900
Under these circumstances, we estimate the carriage
Ined buildings, material, steamboats, Including steam.
ri Ne IN rms am na
Qnsiead OF s367 900, as stated in the sew
eniy fifth page of The repor)
Advance 10 Mexico, agreeab!y 10 con.
tract, TO be deducted from the l.5 in.
ieiesi 600 600
Advance 10 pay expenses, also to be re-
Contingencies. not 10 be called for except
IN case OF need 100000
81 900 600
have doubt but that these two millions of dollars
VIII fully cover every contingency, and it is quite prob.
ao,e iha The last 100000 viii never be called for
MY conviction Is that the proceeds OF the plank road
VIII ond the railroad, and IL is upon that calculation
nave based The cbsfler therefore propose 10 allow an
interest OF SIX per cent on all cash subscriptions. until
The completion OF The railroad. when let The road cost
more or less the cash subscribers hall be placed on an
exact equality with myself and my assgns and full, par
uc'pale IN all The advantages OF the enterprise II is
therefore provided that dividend will be made until
The completion OF the railroads
Ibe capital required TO carry into effect this great en-
erpuse = but bagaele compared with the gigantic ma
LOT " nul sixteen hundred thou
sand dollars be expended, which is By no means i'm
probable as hall OF hat is hut and
10 be reimbursed but $500 600 permanent cash outlay
viii be required, and Tor this he whole trade OF the
PacIhc ocean Will be controlled and attracted 10 New
Orleans The amount OF prosperity that will thus be al
tanned by Tins city ~ beyond calculation and The honor
the influence and The profit, will rebound TO the Tehu-
aD,epec company and the owners OF It's stock
Inasmuch as the New Oheans company have expenJed
a considerable OF money ia survey of The topte
which II Is just should be refunded to them now pro-
pose TO all the stockholders in that COMPANY tha, thew
subscribe an equal sum to the Tehuantepec company
and VIII refund the aggregate already paid by
each OF them to the New Orleans company out of nv
own lnll-paid stock.
have thus, briefly the nature of The case would
admit oil, lad my views before you, and hope shall
not be considered obUsve in asking YOU 10 support and
sustain me IN carrying into effect the great object for the
attainment OF which have 80 long and so unreminpIy
labored But am firmly convinced that, o,withs,and,
Jog the unscrupuous and bitter opposition that have
had to encounter during the long period OF this important
negotiation, and which is still continued shall succeed
IN completing the road
A. G. SLoo
CHARTER or THE TEHUANTEPEC COMPANY.
We, the undeuigned, A. G.. Sloo Manned P,vno n.
mon Uarte aud j. Joaquin Pesado having made = con.
with tbe of Me xico the
OF carriage road from the head Of navigation the Co
atzscoslcos river 10 some point the bay Veuto.s on
the Pachc ocean, and upon Its completion,
railroad between said Costz river over the .b
OF Tehusnepec to said bay OF Venosa agree 10 form
ourselves and associates into corporation under the
law OF Lou sans bereDbeore set FORTH for purpose OF
working, and maintaining the
entoned railroad under an ,ct al thr
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