The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-16
old MEXICO.
"Glff" ON AMERICAN RAILWAYS IN
our SISTER REPUBLIC.
What Are They HIRE for7--can They be Made
Paying Properties and Prove Salts
factory Investments

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ward to FL Paso, where 1t connects with
the various lines to all parts Of the
IInitcd s,otes tho lawns p,ciac and
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"ouiu sys,e"' 'he A'c"'soh. IoPeha
and santa Fe, and the "Sunset' for the
Atlantic and Gulf States, and the South
ern Pacifc system for the Western and
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Pacific coast States. The National"
after making n detour southwark from
the CITY of Mexico by Toluca and
o,o,,haro ,.t,os .,,,cs, s,r.t,,,,. i,na
'a'''"' '"a"o' u" "'."o'' a''"'s"' my
to Laredo, Texas, where II connects
with the Texas Mexican, also narrow
oouoe for cornus Christi on the Gulf of
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Mexico ana 'ne lh'erh"'ion"' anu "rea'
Northern and Gould system, for the
Northern and Southwestern States, in
fact. the entire Northern and Atlantic
na",.s
ous'hess'
To reach the Atlantic business. the
National will be, when completed. much
tho sbortes, and mos, ,,,r.ct ro,,e yybi,a
ior 'he fhc'"c coast pusihess' the ZEN
trail Is the most direct route, and Will
doubtless control that business.
UndoubtedIv the National will
prove paving property when com
pleted. for its advantages are far
superior TO any other route. hut when
this happy era for stock holders will
come. is hard TO prediot.
The Central il. now finished from
the CITY of Mexico to nj Paso. n distance
of about 1900 miles. constructed at a
cost of about S32. 100000. The National
IN TO the present time has extended
about S23 .OoO. 600 in the construction of
some 5lG miles. These are facts which
naturally attracted the attention of stock
holders and doubtless raises the question,
of why such remarkable difference in the
result of these respective outlaws? TO A
newspaper man up a tree, without much
railroad experience, 1t does look as
though the Central has had better
organization and better system than the
National. However. the following
fact is known TO every American who
has visited Mexico and studied the con-
struction of RAILWAYS therein: The Cen
trail has made no changes in its chiefs
who have had charge of the work in
Mexico since its inauguration, while the
National has been constantly changing.
BY this | don't mean to convey the idea
that these different managers have been
failures, but simply that every change of
management in the construction of a
railway, and particularly so in Mexico,
Is bad business for the enterprise, as 1t
invariably inaugurates new plans and
ideas, which generally eat up money and
creates distrust In the minds of the capi-
talists to whom originators are looking
for the sale of their bonds: and in this
particular very annoying to the Mexican
people, as each new manager had to
educate the Mexican patronage tribu-
tary to the line to his way of thinking
and doing business.
The success of these enterprises Of
course, depends largely upon the man
agement In Mexico; and it is needless to
say he must be man fitted for the DO
sition in every partioular-a man of
brains and thorough railway experience
with more patience than old Job. In
the City of Mexico, the "Central'' is for
tunate and wise, in having such man
at Its head, In the person Of Mr.. ID. Il.
Robinson, a man of railway fame, with