Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-01
American Railroad Enterprises In
Mexico.
New orleans Times-Democrat, 22d.

New Orleans Times Democrat, 22d.
The very magnitude of the various pro-
jected American railroad enterprises in
Mexico has caused doubts to arise in the
minds of many practical business men of
this country, and also of our sister republic,
as to the probability of their being carried to
a successful termination. The collapse or at
least the suspension of the Palmer Sullivan
syndicate, has caused these doubts to become
more serious, while railroad men are nuner-
Gus who have asserted that Grant, Goald and
Huntington have undertaken more than they
can at present achieve. The great interest
felt by the people of this section in the ma
terial progress of Mexico, and in the numer-
Gus American enterprises ON foot in that
country, induced the management of the
Times Democrat to dispatch a member of its
editorial staff to New York and Boston to
see the promoters OF these vast America
Mexican enterprises and solicit from them
the required information in the premises
The gentlemen referred to we're frank and
candid and seemed pleased with the in
terest felt by this section in their I'M
dertaking. General Grants company has
decided upon the line OF their road
from the new port on the Gulf coast
(San Anton Lizardo) to the City of Mexico,
ria Puebla, and from Puebla south to the
city of Oaxaca. From this latter point to
the Pacific coast the line is not yet definitely
QCClucQ W. 4HTSc routes
presented from Oaxaca TO Huatulco and La
Laguna, but which will be eventually
chosen cannot be authoritatively stated.
Meanwhile General Grant is preparing to
begin work at the new port, while plans for
buildings, workshops, etc., have been passed
upon, and orders have been given to begin
the task of grading the line from San Anton
to Puebla. The G)uld-DeGrus road, from
Laredo to Mier, along the Rio Graude and
from the latter point in direction almost
d reetly south to the City of Mexico, has
been surveyed; the plans and maps have
been submitted TO the Mexican government,
while the company is impatiently awaiting
the action of the Mexican authorities to be-
gin work Immediately. In fact, General g.
NJ. Dodge, president of the construction com
pany, has had force of 500 men lying idle
on the banks of the Rio Graude for nearly
three months, awaiting the approval of his
plans by the Mexican minister of Fomento.
Mr.. Huntington's enterprises, which COM
prise vast system OF railroad building in
8 M fifteen or seventeen different Mexican
States may be considered upon the same
favorable and formal footing. Numerous
surveying parties are at work along the diff
ferent divisions of the lines, while the Hunt
ington syndicate confidently anticipate to
have their construction parties in the fed
before the end of three months. Mr.. Nicker-
sons company, the Central, have already con-
structed and put In operation lbO miles OF
road from the City OF Mexico to the classic
town of Queretaro. From thence the greater
portion of the line to Leon, situated in the
center of the republic, is known to be graded.
The company has already done great deal
Of work from the northern terminus of the
line (Laredo) TO the south, and confidently
anticipate the completion OF their eniirs line
from the City of Mexico to the frontier with
in two years. Thus it is plainly evident that
these three great American enterprises in
Mexico are formal, and that their promoters
are lending their utmost energies to the ac-
complement of their gig antic undertakings.