New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-21

| Pu ,bla 10 San MarcOs-is q much more impOt-
mt enterprise, beginning rs it does at Puebla
| on n branch of the old Mexico and Vera Cruz
Railroad, traycrsing the Cordilleras and ending
on the Pacific Coast at n harbor a short distance
southeast of Acapulco. Ii will be a rival to the
line from Mexico to Acapulco for interoceanic
traffic. CHANGING at the extreme southeastern
State of the Republic the President refers 10 the
railroad from Merida TO Progrcso, in Iucatan, aS
nearly finished. ProgTcsO Ia n SEAPORT twenty
six miles from Merida, and Is the principal out
let for the trade of the State. Another hne from
Merida into the interior has been completed as
far as Peto and delivered to the Government,
and a branch from Merida to llalkina is
under way. Soft seems there are no fewer than
three roads opened or soon to be opened III the
little peninsular State Of Yucatan. Work has
begun on the road across the Isthmus of Te-
huantcpcc, and engineers are now making sur
veys for the purpose of selecting its terminus
on the Pacific coast.
In the region north of the City of Mexico very
important enterprises are on foot. The Hidalgo
Railroad Company. we are Informed by the
message, has just opened to traffic twenty-Six
kilometres of its line. The Central Railroad
Company generally known As the Boston Com
pany). which has undertaken To build road
from the City Of Mexico to FL Paso on the Rio
Grande, where it will connect with the
Southern Pacific and with the extension OF the
Atchison, Topeka aud Santa Fe Road, has al
really opened its road rs far as lula in the State
of fIidalgo, is making considerable progress
bctNccn Celaya and Irlpuato, and has surveyed
and located it, branch from san Luis POtOsi 10
TaInpicO, on the Gulf, and its main line from
Chihuahua to FL Paso. At the same time
second American company dhe Sullivan
Palmer cOuccssiOn), incorporated under the name
of the Mexican National Construction Com
panv. has graded line from the Capital south
ward 10 T0luca, and has commenced the build
ing of lines from Pat1cuar" t0 Monclia and
Salamanca and from IecttcCas &" San Luis
Potosi The same company has prc-cntcd,
plan, to the Government for u line from Man
zanila. on the Pacific coast, 10 the Interior and
+, surveying the portion of It's main line be
tween Laredo. on the Rio GIandc, and Mon
trrcy. Nor are we through get Far up in the
northwest corner of the Republic road is being
constructed from the port of Gunymas, ON the
Gulf of California. to Tres, tho capital of
sonora. President Gonzacz says twenty kll0-
metre, arr now completed. and the whole line
will be- ready before the beginning Of the next
rainy season.
Many Of the names of cities mentioned above
are unfamiliar To American ears. and probably
convey little Significance to the minds OF the ay-
craec new ,papcr reader in th, country. but they
are nevertheless the NAMES of the capitals OF
populou, state, and are comparatively of n
mach Importance iu the life and commerce Of
McNiro %, Boston. Albany, Harrisburg, and
Columbus are in our own National affairs. II
ihc reader las traced upon the map the lines in
dicat,d above. hc will sec that great system
uf railway communication is n progress of con
-iructon, reaching nearly all the States and
chief citic. al the Mexican Republic, opening
three and perhaps four ayonuc, OF transit from
ocean Ia ocean. and connecting the Capital Of
,hc country with a., United States boy two great
north and south arteries one striking the from
tier AT r. pa~o and thc other ~ Laredo.
What the effect of the opening Of all these
rnad, will be- upon the civilization Of "a country
whose inland commerce ha, hitherto been
chirfy.carricd ON 10y trains OF pack mules, can
not now bc forrsccn. bat that u viii be- very
great mo- one can question. Ncvt 90 the people
of Mexico Themselves, we On the United states
an, most closely Interested iu the completion Of
thi, great network Of roads For the puTToscS
of trade and travel they will bring all Mexico a.
mean to New York City rs California L. now.
COMMERCIAL, the rich country beyond the Rio
Grandr will De- arncNcd to our- whatever its
political d,,tiuy may be-.