The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-03


Cur Nearest Neighbor-Good Oppor-
E-gland Gets What Ought to Be
ours.
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New YORK, Oct. 29.-Although Mexico
| Is the nearest ueighbor to the United States
of any Of the Latin speaking countries. yet
the American manufacturer has less ac-
cuain:ance with the merchants of that
country than almost any other in the world
It'll not an exaggeration to say that up to
until tn ee or four years Mexico was as re-
mote from the United States, to all practical
purposes, as Patagonia.
Now, however. since there are leading to
Mexico three railroad lines and numerous
steamship lines, more intimate knowledge
Of the country and its inhabitants is being
acquired by the American people. While
almost all business men are DESTROYS of
opening business relations with Mexico,
there Las been a coyness on the part of the
manufacturers of the United States when
offered trade that has prevented any bust
ness relations between the two countries,
and made Europe the purchasing point for
all Mexican trade.
William Harper, who is prominently
connected i'll bringing the pan-American
4 exhibit for the worlds fair to New York
city in the form of perpetual commercial
a museum, approaching the fact that one of
"A the greatest obstacles to the advancement
"A If our commercial relations with Mexico is
the ma ufacturers' lack of knowledge of the
a field, has organized an excursion party
composed exclusively of the most prominent
"a and richest American manufacturers to
M in of %
Mexico visiting its principal cities and per-
.oually meeting its most prominent mer-
chants.
In the furtheronce of this flea the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company was agreed to
Il furnish a reproduction OF their limited
ye5JiDule train for this purpose for the &C
cmmodation of 100. The train will consist
# composite smoking car, dining car.
Il drawing room. sleeping cars and observa-
III ton car, all of the latest vestibule pattern.
# The vestibule composite car is exclusively a
8 gentleman's car. The forward end is set
apart for baggage, and a compartment is
fitted up as a barber shop and bath room. A
bath tub occupies one side of the
u compartment, and djoining the bath
room is a refreshment compartment.
The main portion of the car is a
smoking saloon. It is finished in natural
wood, furnished with rattan arm chairs.
lounge sofa and two writing desks, each
surmounted by small case of selected
looks. The dining car is not only dining
room, but it contains a kitchen, in which
the cooks can prepare the meals; a storage
room for the provisions, ice chests for the
wines, and the entire outfit Of large
restaurant The kitchen in the forward
end is equipped with four ranges, on which
every var ETY. of cooking is easily done.
Tne dining ables are fixed in the boiy of
the car, a d accommodate four persons
each, allowing ample room for the service
. rFf ~ a.aalf ia 4 -
this dining car is that the serving of break
fast or diuner is not dependent on arrival
a, designated meal station. but between
fixed hours the meals are ready regardless
Of where the train may be.
he sleeping cars composing this train are
the best examples Of csr-building They
elch contain twelve sections OF two double
0erths, and two drawing rooms containing
Two double berths ana a sofa Movable
lights are attached to each section, so one
may lie in ones berth ard read. There is
al 20 a bath room for ladies, which, in every
respect, is for their private use. The most
popular car in the entire train will be the
.. Servation car, which brings up the rear.
The body Of the car is an open sitting room,
finished in hard wood and furnished with
arm chairs and sofas. There is a writing
ieSk, a library OF selected books, movable
tables and piano which goes to aid to the
COMFORT OF those composing the excursion.
ihe rear door is composed Of piate-glass from
lis Top to within two feet of the floor, and the
"a rear platform is deeply recessed so as to form
nn open obs ervatory; the projecting sides Of
the car aud the everhanging roof shelters Its
IA occupants, bile they enjoy an uuobstructed
# view OF the scenery. The platform will
"a accommodate about twenty people in chairs.
b .ue entire train will be heated by steam
AID lighted by electricity generated by
'& DYNAMO.
The excursion, accompanied by an
nj iaT,l s . /. i
inent, will leave New York on Jan. II, and
81 chicago on the 18th, arriving at Monterey
On jar. II. 1t is simply step from the
# "a cG[o OF one country to the Chicago of
the other Monterey is the capital of the
ate Nue. 70 Leon, and is to great extent
atypical city of the Mexico of the nearfuture
NIoNterey'5 great Advancement is due to
Keen Mexican Craftsmanship, combined
With shrewd American business tact In
Yea Years time this quaint and serene old
city has been completely transformed, with
streets 50 eading out in all directions, street
railways, handsome parSs, electric lights,
ann large warehouses, and, what is very
|# noticeable by travellers, the best hotel &C.
combinations in Mexico. it Is great
h smelling center, and one of large manu-
tactu.iug interests
A ban Luis Potosi. the next point of inter-
est Visited is a city of some $4,000 inhab-
itants, 1000 of whom are Americans. 1t is
mining district, and the volume OF trade
carried on there will compare favorably
VITA ties of similar size in the United
STATES Its plszas and streets, lined with
Tactlve stores. serve very we'll TO Illus
rate the progressive spirit OF lis merchants.
a. an exponent of the social condition and re-
lhement Of San Luis Potosi, it can be stated
nat Its new opera house is one of the hand
sone3t structures of Its kind, being but sell
nom surpassed even in the United Sta es.
~ Jan. "A the excursion will arrive at the
lIty OF Mexico, the capital OF the republic,
having population of nearly 500, 900. Here
arrangements have been perfected to have
.le eXcursionists entertained at a banquet
Ine prominent merchants and citizens of
NE city, in which the government Of
aexico, through President Diaz, will take
10 small part.
M Puebls is next visited. 1t is q city Of
"1OOo Inhabitants. and is the second most
Iportant point in Mexico. The wealth of
y mercantile houses is well known to the
Fl tade.
from Vera Cruz the party will take one
tne Ward Line steamers on their way