The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-04-20
Louisiana T.hu.ne-pec Comp.nv.

DECREE or PRESIDENT yuAREz, or MyxicO-NEw
AND IMPORTANT CONFESSIONS I'D THE coapANy.
We translate from Tho Vera cus Prores, tho folio wing
decree OF President luSse1. waking and important
concessions TO the ieasasA ra1sntepec Company, Of
WHICH we bad brief aasss "a the arrival OF tue
ship Quaker CITY -
Ills Excelency the rrvsiisSs * we Mexican republic
has directed the faAossrs Secree;-
Bepto Jusr,t e<ss,atoesl President a the Mexican
republic To sill tee Gase~n,sei the reppblc greeing
Whereas SERVES tieatcs have arisen to iups lie the
Louisiana Tenoxassf> conpany from bruging 10 sue.
cesefu TIER steas Snsrprse of opening
oceanic courasasssss through the ishas; ami cous'd
ering the isrlcrssss hearing which the speedy
p'etion o As gre.E work has UPON the future
dev,oGsueas " ssS republic; and further, tina;
this can - accomplished without the aid Of
hseral eonessssas -s&s TO the home and forei,n CAPT
tai ts Interested The enterprise havedee propsr
10 modify ,s erss u DE 'th OF December, 1857 confer
uTcr The eprAry the privilege Of the
in the fol0wzx partsakIs;-
Art l. ivs;rsi sne term OF eighties mouths from it's
date established tord article The decree as the
per OF within xhcn the railroad was u be commenced
company granted delay of two years. to CON-
merce fiom the ist of April OF this year the company
from that period to complete la each ana every year
eighth part the said railroad until the work Ia flushed
. On either side OF the railroad grant hereby
made to the company out CT lands beongiog
government, Of alternate leagues SOU of land
located that two leagues shall have . common
airy, but that between them shaa always be equal
quantity belof gipg TO the government.
Art To the stage road is conceded width Of hun
dred varss, for its whole length, and square league
wherever satons stables or mule pens may be required
for the animals used on the road.
Art. 4. Considering the great expenses the company
will incur in clearing out the river ana removing logs
and other obstacles which impede its napgatiop
necessity OF establishing stations for the prosecution Of
ibis work. concession is hereby made Of alternate
league OF land each side Ut the river where the COM
papy ssieamers passthat is IN say league In eacn Of
the three contiguous to the government iauds both
banks 10 this concession tho alternative system
being followed as with the lands conceded the company
along the line OF the railroad beginning three leagues
from the mouth OF the C0tzacOacos and ending at the
head Of steamboat paviestion
Art b. Tho concessions stipulated in the preceding
tices not TO have effect except in the where
railroad, carriage road rver passes through lands
the entering into obi gatoos with respect
TO private lands. Ia relation 10 these tho Company will
make such agreements with the propriotors may be
necessary.
decree Of September 1857 for the duration of the prv
lege and winch to be counted from the date OF the
concession increased 10 seventy five years. counted
from the day Of the finishing OF the railroad.
Art T. Article thirty -four Of the said decree of sepem
Der 1867, is amended In the following terms
This privilege tails when the company shall not comply
with it's Obligations imposed by this decree, or when
may infringe Of It's restrictions also, should 1t
pend during full year the prosecution Of work on the
road The privilege lost by any of these MEANS
may have constructed the part OF the road already
finished and the locomotives and other objects
ployed in s service but without any right them
and the government Of the republic. the person
the right TO appropriate the whole, payment OF pro-
perprce, according 70 valuation made by experts ap
pointed by both sioes.
Art 8. II is permitted to the company to estab sh at
its own cost in the port Of Huatuco depot for coal
cock for repairing the steamer employed In the trans
poration OF freight passengers by toe Isthmus but
seh establishments shall not any time, enjoy any
cizsivs privileges.