The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-12-01
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Completion of the New Limo From sallna
Cruc to G~oatzaculcps.
NEW York, Nov 26.-Thc completion
sf the T~ehauntepeo railread is an
aouuced. 1t will connect the Pacific
and Atlantic oceans, by way of the
sthnus of Tehuantepec, . distance of
$50 miles, the isthmus of Tehuautepec
being the southern part Of Mexico, ad-
toining Guatemala. Tho new railroad
passes through several important cities,
,uch as T~ehauntepec and Manititlan,
IS we'll us pueblos or towns. Az the
ierminl on the Pacific and Atlantic
lome piers will have to be built, one nm
ron pier, neal Salinn Cruz, on the
Pacific, and a similar pier on the At
iantic, near G~oatzncalcos. The latter,
when wholly completed. will open a
new and valuable transisthmian route
10 the of the world.
The value of this new road from a
be overestimnted. The distance be-
tween the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of
The United States by sea will be les
sened by nearly 1000 miles. That is.
comparing the distance between San
francisco and New York city by way
Df the isthmus Of Panama. New Or
leans will be about 1000 miles nearer
E%oatzacalcos than New York. One of
the five landings of freight by way of
Panama will be avoided. The rond
passes through valuable and fertile
land; in fact, opens q rich mineral and
agricultural country.
Another project is just announced
that nf hNil1inD n ma w rRi l\vaC from
the Atlas, or Highlands of Guatemala,
to me with the new railroad. Such
a plan. if carried into effect, will de-
velop the northera end of Guatemala,
an equally valuable strip of country.
The largest Guutamalan city near the
Mexican border is Guezaltennngo, 5000
feet above sea level. in Il temperate
climate. Reports from the Pacific coast
state that u new steamship line will be
The Pacific feeder, or n line between
San Francisco, Mexican ports and Sulina
Cruz; also that the Atlantic feeder will
be q new line between New York and
Guatzacalcos.
The new railway has been constructed
by the government of Mexico. A vig-
Drous attempt was made i'll French in
terests To capture the route, as we'll as
b concession. The French naturally
tear 1t Us a competitor to the Panama
route; the latter railroad is n of the
few assets of De Lesseps' last ditch.
President Portirio Dinz refused to sell
any concession. Asa government rail-
road 1T will be a very valuable invest
nent for the republic of Mexico, to say
Aothing of its great strntegical impoF-
lance, should any of the Central Amer
can republics conspire 20 attack Mex
co.
The Tehauntepec rnilroad will like
wise be n boon to American
IS the policy Of the liquidator of the
Panama Canal company has been un-
friendly to American enterprise. This
iiany Obstacles placed in the way of
American commerce and extension of
trade will be removed by the compile
lion of the new Mexican railway, to
lay nothing of %lessening distances
by several thousand miles, and a very
targe saving in time. Hereafter the
~Tehuantepec route will be to American
commerce what the Panama railroad
was before the French policy drove its
trade into new channels. The new
route opens up new trade centers in
Spanish America, us well MS in trans
pacific ports. being nearer to Australia,
Jarnn, etc, than any other route. Mex
tco's foreign trade is steadily improv-
ing. In 1884 her imports were valued
1t $35, $40, 600. Ia 1889 they had adj
ganced to S44, 800, 600. Her exports of
FAC, $50. $50 in 1884 advanced to 6o.i5s,-
t2a in 1889. Nor must the fact be for
gotten that nearly two-thirds of Mex
ico's trade is with the United States.
The development of railroads in Mex
leo by American capital has revoln-
tionized Mexican trade. The new ,Te-
hnantepec railrond will be for the mu-
tual benefit of the two republics and a
further strengthening of friendly and
trade relations.