The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-19

permission will try to make plain so much
ut the work as understood, from data le-
Gently received, and add little ON rou'cs
not so thoroughly understood.
To begin, let us understand
Of the most gigantic railroad structures in
the world from Vera Cruz to the City of
Mexico, about two hundred and seventy
niles built and owned by an English
, company 1t has a branch of thirty miles
| to the City Of Pueblo, with population of
nearly hundred thousand
! Next comes the great enterprise of the
company styled the Mexican Central. This
company is building two transverse lines.
! The first begins at the City of Mexico, and
/ rams in direction somewhat west of north
via -Tula, QuCrc,aro (kcr-ay-toy-ro).
Guanajuato, (Wan-a-hua-to) Leon, Agnes,
| Calicnles, IaCatccos, near Durango, and
| Chihauhau to I'll Paso where it will meet,
! Gt not beiore), the Atkinson,
Topeka a. Santa Fe Road,
from Kansas City already at III Paso, and
strike the line of the Southern Pacific and
| Texas Pacific. This line is already COM
pcted over lG0 miles from the City of Mex
leo, and is progressing as fast us nearly
10000 laborerS can move it forward.
The home company is building a cross
| line-rcally trans-Contnental line-frOm
| Tampico, on the Gulf of Mexico, by the
splendid city of San Luis PotoSi Leon,
where it crosses the first named linc,) and
the city of Guadalaiora, to San Bias, with
its splendid harbor on the Pacific. This
line does not exceed over 800 miles in length
and passes over u country or district set of
climates producing in luXuriance, each for
itself, every thing grown from the Tropics to
the State of New York. The first line
from the City of Mexico to FL Paso is about
900 to LOCO English miles
The next great company is the Mexican
National commonly called the Palmer
Sullivan Company. Their main line, now
under rapid construction, begins at the
City of Mexico and, leaving the valley by u
different route, crosses the Mexican Cen
trad ut or near Juerctar0, and thence runs
north and northeasterly via San Luis Po-
tosi, where it crosses the Ccntral's line from
Tampico to San Bias, thence following the
great upland valley of CatorCc and Saado,
it passes Saltillo and Monterey to Laredo,
on the Rio Grandc, n distance in all OF
about 800 or 800 miles From Laredo it
already operates n line 1853 miles to Corpus
Christi, OH the Cult, through which it re-
ceives supplies and material for building
the line from Laredo toward the line coming
from Mexico. At Laredo itralso meets the
International Railway of Texas, and from
Laredo on that line, it is building a road
working from both ends) via Goiad
Victoria, Tcxana and Wharton, to Houston
and Galveston.
This company is also building a line from
| the City of Mexico to the splendid port Of
Monznnillo, on the Pacific. All these lines
are being rapidly construtte l--)ne striking
Texas at I'll Paso--the other at Laredo.
There is also building road from Quay.
mas, about the centre of the eastern shore
OF the Gulf of California, due north to
Tucson, in Arizona, on the line of the
Southern Pacific
These are magnificent enterprises show
ing that derlded, slandered Mexico is up
with the age in her aspirations for that
irnition desired by all enlightened re.
puhlcs.
Ofthe other roads cannot speak so fully
but one, under the company of which
General Grant is President, is to cross the
continent from Anton Lizardo, below Vera
another road '"' is projected Stit from ROM
Tampico northwarl via Victoria Cthc seat
of paradiSc), to Camargo, ON tine RiC
Grande, there to meet the Missouri Pacific
from Dcuison via Fort Worth, Waco, Tay,
lor, etc, now entering Waco on II rapid
march south
inc TWO roauS named us SlllklnE lne lIlC
Grande at Laredo and Comargo, are Of
transcendant importance to Texas for rea
sons 100 palpable to need mention, Tam
pico, at insignificant cost, can be made one
Of the best harbors in the world and i,
backed by q country unsurpassed on eartl
in the production OF sugar-rich in coffee
and Astounding in mnumcrablc elements
of wealth, all OF which is of intcns,
interest to ninc-tcnths of Texas and all the
country between the Mississippi river anC
the Rocky Mountains.
Much more-cXhilerating and glorious
might be said; but for the present this ar
ray of cheering facts must suffice. They
are sufficient to show that the star of hop,
shines brightly over our long-sutlering Blu
grand and advancing sister republic,
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