Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-20
MEXICAN RAILROADS.
A Tour of Inspection of the Mexican
Central.
New Orleans Times Democrat.

N6tD OTI6UHS ItHt6S-D6HtOCTULs
Mr.. E. w. Kinsley and Messrs Kidder
and Peabody, the Boston bankers, promi-
nent stockholders of the Mexican Cen
trail Railroad, returning from tour over
the scene of the cOmpany's labors in
Mexico, left for their home yesterday
evening. They report that their trip has
been very satisfactory, and that the road
is being built as well as any they have
ever seen. Good management is push
| ing it along very fast. The labor from
the United States is getting along splen-
didly. and only serves as an incentive to
the Mexicans employed on the road.
The report which has been published
that the Mexican Government will inter-
: fere with the importation of labor is all
a mistake. The government is acting
strictly in unison with the company and
has given it all the assistance possible,
recognizing the vast benefits which will
accrue from the railroads which will
soon be running between its own cities
and those of this country. The Mexi-
cans were unused to railroad work, but
the companionship of the American
| labOrers has made them much more
valuable and they are now doing very
well. If the government offers no inter
| ference the company will doubtless bring
over more men from the United States
The schooner Daybreak cleared yes
| terday with cargo of iron ties intended
for the road.
Mr.. L. w. Stephenson, agent of the
Mexican National Railroad Company,
was also interviewed yesterday.
This road is completed to the Rio Sa-
lado, and is graded nearly to Monterey.
| A division of the road also extends from
the City of Mexico northward. Several
| hundred miles of the Pacific division of
the road are graded and portion is run
ming now from Zacatecas to Guadalupe.
Mr.. Stephenson Yesterday loaded one
of the Morgan steamships with iron for
Matamoros. He is shipping now en-.
tirely to Corpus Christi for the northern
division of the road. Sixteen vessels
are engaged to load and carry iron and
lumber to different points for the use of
the road. The company has lumber de-
pots at Burlington. Pascagoula, Apala-
chicola, Pensacola, Cedar Keys and Lake
Charles. The lumber from the latter
place is transported in small crafts.
The talk about the financial embar-
rassment of the Palmer Sullivan syndi-
cate is false, and gotten up for the pur-
pose Of damaging the cOmpanys credit.
When completed the road will be about
2 500 miles in Mexico and 1 500 miles in
Texas Several hundred miles have thus
far been built, and several small sections
put in operation and doing well. The
government is in favor of railroads, and
the people are fast becoming reconciled
to the idea of progress, which was at first
distasteful to them because it broke in
upon their customs. Mexican labor is
entirely employed upon the road, and the
workmen finding that railroad building
pays better than fighting, are pleased and
satisfied.
The engineers calculate that by Octo-
Der $50 miles will have been completed,
and the company will then enjoy the
benefit of So, 100000 conceded by the
Mexican Government. The first fifty
miles from the City of Mexico to Toluca
constitute the most difficult part of the
concession, and will cost 81, 100000 to
complete. 1t is said that II 900 tons of
railroad iron have been purchased by the
company, besides 5000 tons now lying
| at Vera Cruz and Manzanilla.
Mr.. G. Clinton Gardner, the General
Manager of the Mexican National Rail-
road. will arrive here in few days. In
published interview, he states that he
has personally inspected the whole of the
proposed line of the road on its Pacific ex-
tension to the Rio Grande. Thirty miles
are now in operation from Laredo south
ward, f1fty-one miles from the City of
Mexico northward. On the Interoceanic
Line, from Mexico to Manzanillo, three
hundred and eighty miles are graded,
and the masonry and construction work
we'll advanced. Much of this line will
be opened for work by the end of August.
The section from Zacatecas toGuadaloupe
is now paying over ten per cent. on the
cost of construction, which has been
excessively great.