The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-06-01
OLD MEXICO.
The Return of Hon. Logan IL. Roots from
His hexicsn Trip-Hls Impressions of the
Customs and Progress of tho Country.


returned from the City of Mexico, having
passed through here some six weeks ago en-
route from New York TO the Mexican re.
public to look after telephone aud other
interests. He was in the city yesterday,
and was met by Republican reporter,
who requested him to give some account of
his trip to the Land of God and liberty,-
lie stated that on his return to Little Rock
on Sunday he escaped from the reporters
and did not expect to he captured by one in
st, Louis, as his stop here would be short,
he being en- route east, He was assured
that as the newspapers had announced on
his departure the object of his mission,
what no would have to impart would be of
interest. He intimated that, as TO the prin-
cipal object Of his vist--the establishment
of telephone and telegraph connections in
Mexico-,he result WAS not as favorable as
expected, and he desired not TO say much
about IT, II was matter of more impOr-
tance to his associates than to the public in
general at the present time. lie neverthe-
less hadno objection to giving some account
of his trip and some observations about the
country that struck him. He was accom-
panied on mis- tour to the Mexican capital
by Mrs. Roots and by Mr. j. N. Keller,
superintendent OF the Southern telegraph
anu AOiCVA'phN NplhIb utN Ntll lTOil
here to Galveston, thence by steamer to
Vera Cruz, and from there by rail to the
City of Mexico. Returning they sailed
from Very Cruz direct to New Orleans, US
during their stay in Mexico from a yellow
fever scare Galveston put on.
TEN DAYS QUARANTINE
against Vera Cruz and New Orleans three
days, which, of course, practically preclud-
ed any vessels from Vera Cruz going to
Galveston.
Speaking of the City of Mexico, Mr..
Roots said: at is just as it was, according
to all accounts, When General Scott took it
have been made result principally from the
curtailing Of the power, influence and con-
iiscstion of property of the Catholic church
under Juarez and others, and the beauti-
flying of the Plaza, Pa.co and other places
of public resort under the influence OF the
Empress Carlotta, the consort of the unfor-
tunate Maximillian. Although the
Catholic church had much of her proprty
taken, she has numerous grand and ex-
pensive churches, with costly ornamental
tons, and is, of course, the church of the
country, all Protestant congregations aggre-
eating but small per cent. of the number
of adhcrents to that of Catholicism" In
Mexico among
THE PLACES or INTEREST
visited by MIR. Roots We're the palace In
which the president, Gonzales, resides, and
| the national governments offices are stu
ated Il was" said, kindly received
! by the government officials, wac
snoHn through the palace shown
the private apartments and gar.
den of the Empress Carlotia, the two
guns which were said to be respectively the
ones which were used in the execution OF
the emperors lturbide and Macmillan,
also visited the famous heights of Chepul
tepec, which Humboldt said affords the
grandest view which he ever beheld, and
up whose frowning sides climbed the in
trepid United States soldiers, a feat which
seems almost beyond Credence."
Mr.. Roots was struck with the dress o
the citizens The better classes of the
gentlemen in Mexico dressed with
much more taste and expense than they
do in this country. He said Our Amer
leans have not got hold of the bust
ness to any great extent. l mean genera
busness-commercial business. All tn,
new railroad enterprises are under the
auspices of
CITIZENS or THE UNITED sTATRs.
The Mexican Central, AS it is called, is tn,
road that the Atchison, Topeka & Santa i,
Boston partios--arc backing up, and they
are building this road. They have ALREADY
some 800 mile, of railroad completed, anC
moro graded between Mexico City and Il
Paso, on the Rio Grande, about 200 mile
completed ON the Mexican end and 100 oil
the FL Paso end. Then the Pslmer.Sulli
van combination, called the Mexican Ma
tional company. have about the sam,
amount of track laid. Their main line /
between Mexico CITY ard Laredo. ON tn
Rio Grande.
"The concession belonging to the in,
+ Gould combination also lies between Mex
leo CITY and Laredo, and has some traul
laid on the Laredo end.
THE concession in which General Gran
is interested is altogether south of the cit,
of Mexico. They seem
NOT AsxIous To PRESS WORK
Until the other railroads are through con
Meeting the cnpital of the Mexican republi
with Ire states.
"The Huntington concession Is withou
subsidy from the Mexican government, bu
il given the right 10 build from Eagle Pass
on the Rio Grande. To tho city of Mexico.
"JIndoubtcdIy Two of those various con
, cessions will he completed in less thai
,, three wears. The Mexican Central and th
Mexican National both claim that thew vii
he through in lsss, and the opening Of an
two routes will At once make a large traffic
iii, peculiar and Interesting country
and, in nv opinion, will in a lew wears f,ii
nish a large portion of tho coffee md trc
. meal fruits which are now received fron
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