The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-02-02
MEXICO STILL LIVES.
The Project Of an lutcr-t'cepnie Zine no
secrnns at the Heim--tsrcpt Copre-,tons
from the Mexican ConRress-The Travel.
Iers' Line Of the Ws-.rtd.

secrnns at the uelm-t3rept Capre-stons
from the siexicau Cengrsss-The Travels
Ierr' Line OF the wS~rid.
From our own Correspondent
TAnProo, Jan. 3, ls70.--Moxico, ne is well
known, Ia a union Of States governed by Presi.
dent and Congress, In respectful imitation vi the
gtoat American ORIGINAL but The central power Is
wcnk, and the sa'c uovcraments, though moro
powerful, arc all suffering from the cause OF chronic
disorder In MexicO-N1ukrnptcy. Yet 1t needs bus
Few years Of patient industry 10 lie this country
one OF the richest, as II already Is Of The f1rcst
In tho world. Gen. Rosccssns, during his fcw
mouths residence, was convinced OF this that he
held many Conversations with tho hooi5rcs uus.
t'd5os, pointing out - them. as IN experienced en-
ginccr, the hundred opportinitcs Of wealth waiting
TO be rra'pcd b. tie hard OF Intelligent enterprise.
II is said he. "uscicss TO speak OF WAITING for
more settled condition Of affairs. Mcxoo "a turbu.
lent because men have occupation, save brigand-
age and pr0nunciamicnos. II Is poor because wealth
10 dangerous. To be rlc1 is to DO mark for opprcs.
sion. IL is unsettled, because men Of enterprise. Of
adventure, OF daring, have other field 10 display
their bravery thaa . pronuneiamiento against the
powers tdat be, or foray upob tho hacienda OF
some enemy; and toese things will not die away n
themselves, but will rather increase until the land
becomes desert, or enterprise 10 directed into
proper channel"
"Wc," said the rich men. Gun srnl. We know
thk ourselves but what are we TO do" Build
rnfroads." cried the General. Indeed" wac the
reply. Look nj the li1e non Vera Cruz to Mex.
leo. That wll eoing 30 perform won iers Now II
hat fallen into tie hands of q rasealy gang OF Hng.
lish spectators who have discontinued the worke,
and len II half bult, because they cannot get more
concessions from Congress, No, indeed, we won't
go into railroads, General. Besides. n we did, we
couldn't raise the money"
Rosecruns pm icrel on thcs, flcts, and found
that the Congress OF the Mexican states would will
nngy give large concessions ofla,d TO any company
that woulG 70 70 work seriously and build a line be
tween any important points. Accordingly, under
HE auspiccs Mcssrs Brennan, Smith and Richards,
all Americans, solicited and obtained permission 10
form co npanY with the objcc; OF establlshn. =
Inc OF communication from the Guf OF Mexico 10
tho Pacific. As the country has never been tho.
tou -hy explored and the fact that Roseerans was
TO be the engineer sufficient guarantee Of tho
good faith Of the eonpany, the utmost liberty was
given In determining tic route OF taa future line
The point On the Atlantic side will be anywhere be-
tween Tamr'co and Tccolutla. Rosccrans has ad.
yisoi Tu,pan, which, by little engineering. can be
brought into direct water communication with Tam.
pico, through the laoons or saltwater lakes alonr
tic coast From TuIpan the line Will run 10
Paohuca, great mining rcqoa, and tnere viii tranch
OF north ward to Qncrctarc, other mining REGION
southward 10 Mexico, the unhappy capi'al. Thence
II will ~ Toluca the caritl town OF the neigh
boring stntc or 10 Cucruavaca, another etate CAPT.
al, and OF the cntrepos OF the great caravans
from Acapulco TO the north. From either point It
will pass through rich mineral region Till II strikes
uoyuca the RIO do las B1isas, which is deep,
broad, and naygabe but has n bad bar at tie
~ out1. But Pctaca'co hoe a magnificent hArbur,
only thirty mIes south OF the river, aud nom IT
al paaltN la ma 10 nv IN Ha HurH Ar
communication vita tue river, and aiording to
foreign vessels the Pic1c side All the advantages
OF completely safe anchorage. entrepot for goods,
excellent market and all the staples Of the country
lhe'e are neither lev nor without value. From
the coast OF Pap1nt1. AM the billy Of Huan-
chluan-c, Tlatlanqpi. 2,catlaa, Zacaprt,alca and
Tetila, can be exported, well "a introduced 70 the
Interior OF Mexico, maize, bears sugar coffee tobac-
fine marbles druss, such NJ jalap, Jc.uts' hs end
others' petroleum, or wach e.mpany with cap!-
al Of Two h1ndrod and NIFTY thousand dollars has
AREA ly been formed, coal various textile Staples
an tic err it mineral wealth OF the country, SILVER
gold, copper lea' biiuuen, and asphalt in nr1di-
sious quou ity. and otter kinds. such ciunahlr
alum, aud sllir,tre. Pot,sh found In surprs-
a. fertilizers, and almost ovcry spoc $ II elrths
II cannot 1c doubted tnat the r. lead will be Of
Mexico, and VII prove from the cJ.c,ssiohs, mnl
OF wealth to The adycn'uf.r'.
Thcs" concessions are alternate soct.ons oi seven
teen thousand aces TO. every L.., @: comp.,eI
road.
Tue distances lre ne f5lovs;
TO uu f'riun' ...... .........s1 loa-t .s er7? ,h
10 .haU I.o ............... 'I '.'s -HIf-h.
To / .|H".lr. ........H. o..
ToStNtA iu.,Aai 7--s. ...... Tllls--H 5. ah'..
TOTAL. .......... ........ So
! Tcucr 'n. .ra hr,nr'r- 900 to P4,lro1 and Cuerc.
! tlro. 81 1cl wu hc uc ''rmuus. u.si. : o distance
| Of iLa iHt-r,-.
CuuLUulus % Mcy Co. the main line reaches a..
caollal ~ II leagues, md nom M"'.cu 10 the i.yer
las kleIs O. iCJcu"s more, W1sltc H ' %. l.a-rct
| straight, with branch Of ~ lrpHe-. Iug Spanish
| league ls about two m lee and IhIll.
The engineering dllcuuc, orc no 'ouut consider.
able, but lotNccn Del Es1Iual uai il.unparta tte
| gradient ROscCrgus Siirms, viii NOW here DC more
| thsn per cent, which. tor ASCENDING q mountain
| ghdut, II by no menus formidable to modern pnsi-
| nccTing ability For the fln0s We believe that G,n
| Rosccrins will shortly be m Now York city and Wili
promote the enterprise himself Nc4ca at Ircsout is
| not promising country bot II ~ better tnan ~.
l VcStiug Eric, and moro that cguld bp