The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-05
RAILROAD, ENTERPRISES

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| The Vera Crux aud Mexican Railroad
MINISTRY or Protection, COLONIZATION, INDUSTRY
AND COMMERCE. OF THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC
SECTION FIFTH.
His Excellency the President of the Republic has
issued the following decree
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna Beneuerito, Gene
raj Of Division, Grand Cross Of the Royal and Dis
tiDguished Order of Carlos ILL., of Spain and presi
dent Of the Mexican Republic, to all to whom these
presents come, know all men that according to the
powers conferred upon him by the nation, he DEGREES
as follows =
coded the exclusive right to construct and carry out
q railroad from Vera Cruz to Mexico, passing by
| Puebla.
be through the lands recOg pZed as most convenient.
and the route from Puebla to Mexico will be by the
| plains OF Apan.
Art 8. The grounds needed for the construction
| of the road for the offcers' dwellings or workshops
wanted for the building and conduct Of the said road
shall be furnished the directors free OF all cost, aud n
perpetual possession, seeing the great advantages
which must result to the Of such lands
! because of their Deigbb0rhoOd to the railway.
| Art 4. The materials for the road, whether natural
or foreign productions, all goods, etc. which may be
necessary for the use and service OF the agents. en-
ployes, and laboIers, well all kinds OF carriages,
cars and other vehicles for transport all machines,
tools, houses, Offices dive lings, stations, coal, ami
mails and their harness necessary shall be free of all
duty, taxation contribution or impost now existing,
or hereafter to exist OF whatever class denomna
| ton.
| Art S. The government will assure to the CON-
pany its properties and its foreign employees the pro
lection which existing treaties guarantee to su;h
toregrers we'll for their persons for their pro-
perty and interests.
Art s. All Mexican employees, operatives, and la
borers, shall be exempt from military service during
the time Of their engagement with the said COM
| Art Z The Senior Juan Laurie Richards engages
| to form and constitute the said company within
eight months from the granting Of this privilege and
will officially advise the Mexican Pleni ootentary in
LONDON Of the formation and installation Of said
company its statutes and its regulations for publ
cation in the Mexican republic.
Art. g. The company's headquarters will be in
London, and one fourth of the shares shall be re-
served during year, for the inhabitants of the
Mexican republic who may desire to purchase, and
subscription book for this purpose shall be opened
in Mexico.
Art. 8. So soon as the company shall be formed,
numerous engineers shall proceed to survey the lands
which shall be found most favorable to the course
which the railway shall pursue, and when the survey
shall have been made wholly or in part, the plans
shall be submitted to the supreme government, and
permission obtained, the works shall be begun. In
case OF any unforeseen obstacle which shall render
the construction OF railway impossible at one or
more points, the company shall construct carriage
road to communicate with the separated points Of
the railway, and this circumstance shall be consid
eTeQhS OF aDsOlutc necessity, abu Snail In no way
furnish motive for the withdrawal of this grant
Art 10. As soon as the official notice of the for
nation Of this company is received in Mexico, skill
full persons shall be caosen, one by the government
and one by the company, to value that part of tho
road which is now built, its cars, houses, Offices
utensils, and whatever else belongs to it. Should
these persons disagree, they shall choose third,
whose decision shall be defnitive and obi gatory
this valuation the road, its carriages Offices, and
appurtenances shall be given to the company in per.
petua possession at rent OF six per cent upon the
valuation of the property.
Art. IL. Before the railway is finished aud opened
to the public, the company shall advise with the SUI
preme government to the rate OF charges for pas
sengers freight and baggage.
Art. IL. 1t is further agreed and cOvenanted that
this grant shall extend itself the same conditions
to any branch or branches which the company may
t to establish subject to the appreciation of the
supreme government.
AIT. Is Once finished the road from Vera Cruz
to Mexico, and the branches named in the last ar
tice, together with all the appurenances, shall be
considered as the compaoYs property IN perptMum.
Art IA. The transport of the mails by this railway,
its branches, shall be the subject Of separate con-
tract Or contracts when the proper time arrives.
Art. Is. In return for these concessions by the Su
preme government, the company binds itself to
transport the troops and employees Of .he government
when on service, as well as the government mum.
tons and other effects, at half the cost demanded OF
the public. The government shall also receive ten
per cent the dyide end paid TO shareholders. Also
the company shall ad nit the engineers designated by
government to an opportunity OF completing their
tbeorttc studies by practice in the surveys and
stTuction Of the road and its branches and pro-
nises to employ, by permission Of the supreme gov
eminent, such Of them fully qualified.
Art. l6. Should any doubt arise about the inter.
probation execution Of the present contract, the
named by the government and the other by the com.
pany, and should they disagree, they shall choose
third, from whose decision there shall be no appeal.
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES.
l. If the company be not formed in London in ak
months from this date, the contract becomes null
and void.
2. 1.-THE nationality of the company be not Anglo
Mexican, ii is likewise null.
3. If the company be formed in six months or
800 ner, on the day of its installation the company
shall guarantee to the Mexican Minister in London,
validity and satisfactorily, the execution and compile
ton OF che railway.
This contract is ordered to be printed, published
and circulated.
Given at the palace of the national government.
in Tacubaya, this 3lst of October, 1853.
ANTONIO LopBz DE SANTA ANNA.
A. d. JOAQUIN VsLAsQUkz DE LEON.
The Pacific Railroad
MEETINGS OUT wEsr-THR SOUTH PASS ROUTE
CONNECTING OF THE ROAD EAST AND WEST
EXTENT OF THE PROPOSED woRK-AN ILLINOIS
CONVENTION.
The subject matter OF this vast undertaking at
tracts the public attention and every day,
IS we approach nearer to the opening OF Congress.
Many meetings have been held, at which the promo
tiers and adberens OF the scheme have endeavored to
impress the public with fixed idea of lis pra tica-
bilty and profits while the doubling and hesitating
have urged their objections with equal force.
convention Of large number Of delegates from
the States of Pennsylvania, Ohio Indiana, Illinois,
aud Iowa, was held at the court house, in La
con, Illinois, en- the llth and 18th inst at which
the Bon. Lott s. Bayliss, Of Indiana, was chosen
President, and G. w. Bailey, of Pennsylvania
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