Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-25

" An0OnA = CNAANMANrs
The Hon. William Window seems TO be |
a man Of much wind. and his great |
breeze gotten up 20 wait ships through a !
$50. O00. 600 canal in Florida saddled with |
a S40.OOO.OO0 division among its stock
holders. seems now 10 be a pat Of cy-
clonie ENTERPRISE set on foot by him out
West with sinister design against the
treasures Of two republics. His two OBJ
iective points at present are Fernandina.
in Florida and a town on the Cult OF Cal
ifornia in Mexico, rejoicing in the eu-
phonious title Of TopOlOpambO. His neat
lit.le western enterprise was chartered
under the general railroad laws Of Massa-
chusetts in 1881 under the corporate name
q the Texas. TOpolopambO and Pacific
Railroad and Telegraph Company. How
the general railroad laws of Massachu-
sets managed TO convey authority and
valuable franchises in Mexico and the
intervening states between his western
and eastern objective points, We really
have not time to inquire, but certain it is
that while vet he supported the dignity Of
the national Treasury, concessions"
were made BY the Republic Of Mexico to
the gentlemen armed with the authority
OF the far OF state Of Massachusetts, Civ
ing the Hon. William ard his colleagues
the right 70 construct a railroad and TO
operate the same for % years. from the
said T0pOlOpambO on the Gulf Of CalifOr-
MIA. q Piedras Negras on the Rio Grande,
with branches. etc. and with the impOr-
tant subsidy Of SS,064 per mile. aggre-
eating Sl6,0O0.O00. The same negotia-
tons made the further concessions Of
eNempting said railroads from taxation for
ffty years. conveyed all minerals
that may be worked up by the company
on its lines Of railroad, and agreed not to
subsidize any other company within
twenty-five leagues on either side. This
Is about as complete a little document for
grab game on our Southwestern neigh
Dor as we have seen. and taken in cOnnec-
ton with the ship canal in Florida, shows
that the Hon. Mr.. Window has no mean
opinion Of his ability to raise the wind.
But the special point Of interest," re-
remarks a contemporary, in this great
American and Mexican Pacific Railroad
OF TnuHScoRfiaeHtdl Short Line" is the
statement that its Atlantic terminus is To
be AT Fernandina. Why this is so is shown
Or statement embodied in an exhaustive
pamphlet. recently circulated all over the
country. glOwingly illustrated by dia-
grams. % prove that Fernandina is over
I'VE hundred miles nearer. TO TopOlopambo
than Brunswick. Ga. or any other port
on the Atlantic Ocean. while most fortu-
nately located TOpOlOpambO Is more than
one thousand miles nearer 10 every other
important city in the United States than
san Diego. san Francisco, OF any other
place worthy Of notice on the Pacific
Coast line. Indeed, the pamphlet shows
a most wonderful combination Of foTtu-
nate circumstances. specially arranged
and adapted by nature to the con-
summation Of this great enterprise,
and the only wonder is that amidst
I all the wild hunts " Of capitalists
after paying investments, this gem Of
all railroad enterprises remained IN
discovered until the far-seeing eye of the
noble ex-Secretary fell upon TOpOlOpambO
and the 100000 Mexican dollars. All
I the difficulties Immediately fed away
/ before the clearness Of his MONDAY
vision. and he FASTENED TO improve the
great advantage left open by his short
/ sighted contemporaries. Itwas, perhaps,
Z the extraordinary penetration and execu-
/ tive prOmptitude he exhibited in siezing
Y upon and moulding into shape the great
I TopOlopambO "Trans-COntinental Short
I Line which pointed him out so cOnspi-
I cuOusly as proper person TO infuse
! energy and spirit into the languishing
ship canal enterprise, and this fortunate
I circumstance has forever linked together
the commercial destinies of the Florida
( peninsula, and the great Isthmian Re-
public. We shall next hear that the two
I great enterprises are only parts Of one
I grand scheme designed 10 inaugurate
mutual prosperity and thrift between the
two republics that never before occurred
70 the widest Imagination. To prepare
the way for charters, land grants, ETC., to
be asked for at she hands of the next
Florida Legislature, and as a means Of
routing more effectually;the pretentions Of
Judge Fry On the one hand, and compell-
Ing the barge canal people to take back
{ seats on the other, our neighbOrs are
cajOled with the fattering prospect of
having Fernandina erected into the great
eastern port of distribution for the ex-
haustless treasures Of the mighty West.