Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
TAM PIC0.
THE GREAT DEEP WATER HAIR
Dor OF MEXICO.
Its Many Geographical Advantages as
Against Vera Cruz-Nearest Port to
the Center of Population.
TAMprco. MEXICO. June l. 1891.

provement company
This company receives subsidy from the
Mexican government of S500,000 for per
manent central depth of ten feet, and $780,
600 for each additional foot attained. The
PanucO is wonderful river, having Wa
ter shed of 30. 900 square miles of territory
1t Is 400 miles in length, and traverses SIX
states. When near Tampico 1t is joined by
the sparkling TaHesi. which drains an enor-
nous tract of superb agricultural lands.
Opposite Tampico the Panuco is 1900 feet
wide and thirty-fve feet deep; what 1t
lacks in width ii more than makes up IN
force. When in flood the river reaches the
enormous force of 225000 cubic feet per
second. Some idea of that tremendous
push may be had when it is remembered
that the majestic Mississippi has force OF
only 5000 cubic feet per second In like
conditions.
The chief engineer of the company, F. l..
Cortheli of Chicago, was Capt. Eads' asso-
ciate on the great jetty works at the mouth
of the Mississippi He assures the govern
ment that at least twenty-five feet of water
will be secured on the bar within three
months after the completion of the works
The immense volume of water and the
enormous force of the flow will eventually
Scour the channel TO the depth of the river,
thirty-tive feet, and when once reduced 10
the river level the lateral current along the
gulf coast will aid in carrying off the sand
that now obstructs the entrance. From
the present indications the jettleS will be
completed this year. The north arm OF
these important works has been extended
5000 feet into the gulf and the left arm 1000
feet. These two arms are 1000 feet apart,
and will when completed be 1000 feet each
in length. The bar has been passed and the
jetties are now reaching into the deep water
of the gulf.
THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
The work has been prosecuted with re-
markable vigor by the contractor, Col. j.
II. Hampson. who has attained both fame
and fortune in the two republics as rail
road builder Three hundred Americans
and 1900 NIexicans are now employed on
the works; one steam brig. four steamers,
four steam pile drivers, thirty barges, and
five daily trains are engaged in transporting
and placing material. The outlook for
progress in the harbor improvements in
connection with the near completion of the
Monterey and Mexican Gulf railroad, popu-
larly known as the Tampico route, to Tam
pico, has suddenly aroused intense interest
in commercial and shipping circles of Mex
leo and the United States. All eyes are
turned towards Tampico, the great deep
water harbor of Mexico.
The Panuco river affords the best harbor
this side Of HatteraS; with ample depth of
water for the largest vessels afioat, it will
accommodate any number of them at
time Already seven great steamship lines
from New York, New Orleans, Galveston,
Hamburg, Havre, Liverpool and Vera Cruz
call regularly at this port, and three addi-
tional lines are preparing vessels for SINH
lar service.
Tampico is on the right bank of the Pa
nuco river, i've miles from its mouth and
three miles below the junction of the Ia
mesi. 1t is clean, well built city of 10000
ipbo avtapdinr from ba r-iro 70
the crest of the hills, which gradually rise
to an elevation of 800 feet, affording excel
lent natural drainage. 1t is charming
site for coast city. Capitalists and mer-
chants seeking investments and business
opportunities are arriving every day. The
place is alive with an army of workmen
constructing wharves, docks and ware
houses for the accommodation of the i'm
mense traffic assured on the opening of the
s'Tampico Route" c. Holck & Co., the
Monterey bankers, have opened customs
brokerage Office on the new wharf.
Messrs Fowler & Mcvitti, the
well-known ship brokerage firm of
Galveston, have established a branch
house here and are already crowded with
business The Louisiana lumber company
has opened an immense lumber yard to sup
ply interior trade. 1t has three schooners
in port.
TAMPICo HEIGHTS
command a grand view of the coast coun-
try through which the beautiful Panuco
and Tamesi rivers flow towards the gulf.
hedged in here and there by orange and
pineapple groves and banana and sugar
plantations. The fertile rolling prairies to
the northeast covered by nutritious pampas
grass and thickly dotted with herds of
horses and cattle, reminds one of the West
ern Iowa prairies. Facing the dancing,
sparkling waters of the gulf the eye scans
the ever changing features of the
magnificent beach, for many leagues
roll in and recede, depositing
their precious cargoes of shells, pearls and
silvery sands, which chanrm alike the
young and the old. Nature has dealt gen.
erously with Tampico. Unlike Vera Cruz
it is in the direct course of the health
giving trade winds, which combined with
the unequalled surroundings, will make it a
most delightful coast resort. Fish, oysters
and game abound along the coast and
rivers Vera Cruz has no harbor; vessels
anchor in the open rcadsted several miles
out and discharge their cargoes. in all
kinds of weather, by lighters. dangerous,
tedious and expensive method of transpor-
tation. a glance over the map of Mexico
will disclose the many geographical advan-
tages of Tampico as against Very Cruz
Ninety per cent of the territory of Mexico
is naturally tributary to Tampico- 1t is the
nearest port to the center of population,
and to the great agricultural, mineral and
timber regions of the republic, which are
brought into direct communication by the
two great systems of standard gauge rail-
ways. the Mexican Central and the Monte
rey and Mexican Gulf. 1t is the nearest
port by 800 miles between the trade ceuters
of the two republics. This great saving Of
time, distance and cost is of vast inpor-
lance in view of the recent marvellous in
crease inn
THE TRADE RELATIONS
of the two countries. The latest treasury
statistics demonstrate that the United
States now purchase so per cent OF Mexico's
exports and sell TO Mexico 50 per cent of
her imports. The combined exports and
imports between the two countries now ag-
gregate the enormous sum of S4. 800. 900
annually Thus it may be seen that the
two great nations which an all wise provi-
dence made neighbors have at last become
united in the bonds of commercial and fra
ternal intercourse. The Tampico route will
be opened through to the gulf within thirty
days. 1t is substantially built and ele-
gantly equipped. Its permanent bridges,
tanks and buildings are constructed of
stone and iron. The general Office at
Monterey is the finest railway building in
the republic The road has been built with
rapidity. The company cou-
structed more miles of railroad in 1891 than
any other corporation on tine American con-
tlnent: remarkable achievement for so
young a man as General Manager Joseph
Ror..,-tran II npeps nm the garden Snot