New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-25
AMERICAN INTER-OCEAHiC Rail
ROADS.

AMERICAN INTER-OCEANiC Rail-
ROADS.
The commerce ANA general prosperity Of both
the Atart and Pacific shores OF the American
continent arr 50 rapidly increasing a, to call the
eltcntirn Of the civilized world 70 the great Inn
poriancc OF Inter.Occanic Railroads, extending
without interruption from the Atlantic 20 fhr.
Pacific. Hitherto We have had only The ,i'r.
route from Panama f. A,p.nwall. which, a the
shortest possible connecting line be'w the
two occIu., must Away, retain great inpor
.ancr to American trade.
Bat a. 70 Importance for and influence upon
'he commercial and general Interests %. the
whole american continent il VII BE- 'mmpn'cl
exceeded JOS sac completion Of the railroad or'
p, lfoad, which will connect the Pac.icI
,ort, ol the uted state, with those o. tie A.
uilc. The first OF these line, i, rapidly. all
ya1cfg toward Completion, and T. effect a- a
nclu. ~ strengthening the elsterl and csiern
set on. of The tn.ol. and o, developing oirl
.mmcl.. Territories. cnunot Gal To De prof.
q d1u..
ie,st thrrr in'er-ocpauir railroad lines j. ~
present regarded -, .ii' secured. The nlrIhc,i
advanced among thein y he Naafigl1 inl-l
road Ter which 4 contact has jus, heen cra-
clinlrd hrtwcn ihc Government ol Nirarlg'u
lA VI. Pm. = Commando DO tic British
Ntsr. and representative Of an English cr.u-
.nnv 1hr u..ro,I is 10 run Elm Mnlkg
Poni, GA he Atlantic ~ C0i,GiO. ~ iit CUR
uf rDu-rol. "n the Pacific. passing along
..r northern side Of the I.akr ~ N'rir.- gao.
.nd ilc southern side of the Like ot Manage
go TO-. entire length 10 Leon. The vo.h mr.' Do
commenced within ,wo year, OF ihr iua. -f.-
ncaton OF thl contrlc.. and concluded within
'hc seven following !.ar.. The roycrmtH' o.'
Nicaragua na, mace TO the company important
concc, .iul., including half M Eneli,h mile of.
al the unOccupicd land, on each side o.! the rail
Ioid. and the right Of using lor the railroad orr
for any accessory works the national products
or materials which the Unoccupled lands may
contain, without any Naturalization.
In Chill, the great scheme of railroad acro,s
the Andes has lot none Of the interest which,
is first commencement created. The report oil
the surveying engineer has been published, /
which shows that the undertaking presents no
serious obstacles In view of the immense
tracts of country of the most fertile lands in |
the world which would be opened up, and the /
increased importance which it is expected it
would give TO Chill and lis commerce, hopes
are entertained that measures will at once be
taken to carry out the project.
In political point of view, both the projects
just mentioned are surpassed by the plan Of an
inter-oceanic railroad across the Isthmus of
The Courier des Flats Unis, |
which assumes to be semi-oilicial organ
of the new Mexican Emperor, announces that
the construction Of this road will prominently
engage the attention Of the Emperor Maximil-
ian Immediately upon his arrival. The Courier
shows the advantages which the Tehuantepec |
transit would have over that OF Panama, and
its importance for the commercial world. The
plan Of opening this route is not novel, for as
early as 1912 an Anglo-Mexican company con-
cluded q contract for its construction with Santa
Anna. A competent engineer made in 1850 the
necessary surveys, estimating the expenses
for building the road at fifteen millions of
francs. In the following year, however,
the Mexican Government afraid that the
possession Of this road might become
dangerous monopoly in the hands of a for.
eign Government, annulled the agreement.
The road was to extend from Minattlan, on the
Atlantic to the Bay of Nentosn on the Pacific.
Since then, the plan has not been taken up
again. But it is evident that there is hardly
any project by which Macmillan coald better
inaugurate the series of reforms which are to
make the Mexicans forget the loss Of their indie
pendence, and make a favorable impression, in
behalf Of the prospects Of the Mexican Empire, '