Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-01

6table railway countries of the future. A great
railroad development is going on in the coun-
try. and about 1000 miles of new roads are now
under construction The country has now
ever 5000 miles of road in active operation.
and during my stay here i have travelled over
roads which have been opened only a few weeks
and have penetrated country into which the
Iron horse seemed TO plough its way through
the wilderness. In going the Inter
Oceanic railroad. which is a narrow guage
running from here to Vera Cruz. / passed
through a rich agricultural region and found
vast areas of rich but yet untitled land.
These lands were at the same altitude and in
the same climate that of the best coffee
growing districts of Mexico. and the road will
develop many new coffee estates. At this writ
Ing II 10 only completed for little over 200
niles running from Mexico to the great town
of Puebla and thence on to the mountain city
OF Jalspa, but within a month 1t Will be opened
Tor traffic clear to Vera Cruz. and within short
time II viii have a line completed from Mexico
City west 10 the Pacific slope. Its managers
tell me that its income Is already large. Ii
connects with the Mexican narrow guage sys-
TEN. which goes from Laredo. Tex. TO the city
Of Mexico. and il carries cars right through to
Vera Cruz There IL 10 doubt that 1t will pay.
il Is managed by Nexicans. but it is largely
Owned by English capital. The Mexican South
trn railroad. which Grant proposed. has been
taken up and is being fast pushed down into
the state of Oaxaca to Tehuantepec. and this
will give Mexico another connection with
Abe Pacific. The Mexico Central has its
Surveyors at work laying a route from the
great city of Guadalajara to the Pacific. and l
.eIpect to take q trip within a few days from
Aguas Calientes right across the eastern part of
Mexico to Tampico. This road has just got
Into running order. and 1t promises TO be one
Of the great railroads of the future. Then
American capital is building a road from Mon
terey 10 Tsmpico and Mormon capital is build
Ing another road down through chihuahua
from New Mexico. and this will also tap the
Pacific and the great mining regions of the
vest During the past two years twenty con-
cessions for new roads or for the extension of
old roads have been granted. and Mexico was
Deyer more awake to the advantages of steam
communication. Last year more than Is. 000,-
90 passengers patrOniZed the railroads and
near.y . million tons Of goods were carried in
the freight cars
RAPID RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT.
This railroad development Of Mexico really
began about the time Of the panic Of 1873,
when the old English line. which runs from
Vera Cruz up the mountains to Mexico City.
was completed 1t had been building. off and
OF, for fifteen years. and the government
helped II along with Sl2. OO0. 900 and subsidies
II was one Of the most expensive roads ever
built. and il cost about $50 900 600 TO construc.
the 800 miles which constitute the main lire
and two short branches. The poems and the
Indians objected to it, and all its material
had TO be brought from England, and
IN order to pscfy the people the