Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-12

why believe in that route for trunk line
is that it will always have heavy business
West. 1t runs through coal country, and
the West must have coal. This is a. very
great advantage There can be no doubt that
It will get its share of east bound freight. On
some of the present trunk lines more than
half the cars return empty to the West,
which is Of course great loss"
!" Is the railroad business being overdone Z"
"No, except possibly in one or two direc..
tions. In my mind the principal theater of
railroad development and activity is in the
Southwest. We are now convergipg on two
points-El Paso and Laredo. AT Ell Paso
we connect with the Mexican Central.
''When will these lines be inished?'
''In the fall What we want now is for
eign markets, especially the Mexican market.
These lines will open them up to us, and In
the course of few years | look for an i'm
mense industrial development in that sec
ton.
MEXICO is VERY GREAT COUNTRY.
It has 1000, coo of population, and it will be
folly not to cultivate the most friendly and
intimate relation with them. They want the
calicoes of our New England States. As
soon as the Mexican railroad system is devel-
oped 8 great impetus will be given to min.
ing"
''Are not most of the Mexican mines
worked outT'
"By no means. They are not worked now
because the Mexicans have not our new and
improved mining machinery. Mexican min.
ing industry is at standsGill to-day because
it cannot be worked at a profit. But the
treasure is still there and it needs only cour-
ora and continuance IN ~
out. Look to Mexico, not Nevada, for the
bonanzas of the future"
8 How about the population?'
SIT viii take time. but their improvement
is certain to come. There is more money for
us as nation in selling the necessaries OF
life, not the Injuries We want to send Mex
leo calicoes, not Cincinnati champagne. We
want to sell them plows, not pianos. The
pianos will come by and by"
Show will the Mexicans receive this
American railroad invasion of their coun.
try
desire"
"But the Mexicans are jealous, suspicious
race. Will they not look upon an American
railroad as preparation for another inva.
sion 2
Mexican statesmen entertain no such
ideas. In this whole Mexican question, SC
far as ! am concerned, there is little senti
mens commingled with the business side Of
it. We do not want any more territory
We have Just as much as we can manage.
We do not want Canada on the north OF
Mexico on the south. General Grant and
the civil war settled that. As Republic
our duty, it seems to me, is to assist sister
Republic. When Mexico is crossed and re-
crossed by railroads, when telegraph lines
bring its remotest points into immediate com.
munication, there will be no more revolu
tions There will be an end of pronuncia
mentos The politicians of all parties in
Mexico to-day look to the development of its
railroad and industrial resources as the Ger
tain, almost the only means Of saving it tc
popular freedom"
"You believe in Mexico?"
Yes; | have very great faith in it. 1t i;
madness on our part to throw away such an
opportunity of benefting ourselves, anG
again, to speak what may be termed senti
mentalism. helping sister Republic that
sorely needs help. / have an idea that when
our lines are built Mexico will become a sort
of winter resort. The climate is delicious
not, of course, around Vera Cruz"
How about the grader
''As to the railways"
Eyes"
"The Pacific railroads crossed as high, il
not higher plateau"
DE LEssFPs.
"While we are down that way, Mr.. Gould,
will you talk about the Panama Canals?
g Certainly. l told you ] should talk about
anything in 10y particular line"
'What do you think of the De Lesseps
scheme?"
"There is nothing in it.
~ DE ,asaaDs Ia in earnest ~
No, with an incredulous smile; and
think he never intends to build it,
"Would it pay?"
60 In my opinion, no. The business across
the Isthmus and across the continent will be
done by railroads, not by canals. / should
hate to invest in De Lesseps' enthusiasm.
When I go into thing I want dividends, and
l see no dividends in the alluriDg prospectuses
of the fascinating Frenchman. If a canal
across the continent is at all feasible the
Nicaragua idea is tie true enc. At least
that is my judgment"
FROM THE TRoPIC TO THE ARCTIC.
'There is a great project under way up in
Canada %
1.-THE Canadian Pacific Railroad ?'
Yes; what do you think of it
Visionary"
mo dividends?'
Perhaps in one hundred years. It will
be good excursion line for English tourists
and Canadian statesmen wnen Parliament
adiourns."
but they say there are great possibili-
ties
"There are great possibilities nearly every
where. Certainties are the thing. Prudent
men want certainties, not probabilities or
possibilities"
How about the great agricultural re-
sources of that sectionY'
Zone, and the chief one, of the successful
agricultural conditions IS not there"
(Which is p
Population"
what is the future of Canada political
ly?"
practical question, at least in our politics.
"Do you expect to see her become q
State ?"
mo. And we do not want her.
But if she should ask admission p
cit will be time enough to decide when
she does. As | said in regard to Mexico, |
think we have all we can attend to. Let US
see what we can do with what we have"
:" How about her canal system? ?"
THAT, so far as I understand, is point
in which she is making rapid progress. But
the fact is l have not studied Canada very
closely. My operations are concentrated at
home and in nearly ali that interests and
concerns home"
Amy danger to New York from Mon
treal?"
"New York is safe against the world.
There is none whatever"
AMERICAN CITIES.
81 have watched New York, said Mr..
Gould, :" for many years, and | do not see
what it has to fear from any quarter. The
metropolis proper to-day numbers about two
millions Of people, and when you get to that
point rivalry is out of the question. Phila-
delphia is q great city. So are Baltimore and
Chicago and st. Louis and San Francisco
aud Cincinnati and New Orleans. They are
all growing sure, steady growth (; but as it
appears TO me no one of them can ever touch
New York. 1t is almost idle to talk about
it. AS 1 said, / have been watching this
city for many years. am not an old man
to-day, but New York, even within my recol-
lection, has expanded in the most marvellous
degree. My first visit to New York was
during the Crystal Palace Exhibition. was
n mere bow I was full of ambition and /