Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-08-12

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horrible example of a nation having
the free coinage of silver. But the
election is over and the Sun can afford
10 tell little truth about Mexico as
the following will show
I'm the republic of Mexico there is at
this time more activity IN the construc-
ton of new railroads than in any other
country in the world In message
which President Diaz sent to the Mexi-
can congress two years ago, he spoke
of the new lines which were then ap-
preaching completion, and of other
lines upon which work had begun, and
also of the projects for yet other lines
which had been presented to the gov
eminent Since that time the building
of railroads, some of them long and
Others short, has been carried on as
theoretically as General Diaz could de-
sire. American and English and Ger
man and French capitalists have made
investments in them to the amount OF
many millions of dollars.
We learn that the new line from
Cuernavaca, near the City of Mexico,
to the port of Acapulco, on the Pacific
seaboard, is so nearly completed that,
if expectation be fulfilled, it will be
opened for traffic before the end of
this month. Five thousand men are ut
work upon it, There is already line
from the City of Mexico to Vera Cruz
on the eastern shore; so that, when the
road now nearly ready for service shall
be opened, there will be transconti-
tai line connecting the Gulf of Mexico
with the Pacific ocean. There is now
another road from the gulf to the Pa
Gle, short one, across the isthmus of
Tehauntepec; but it has hardly any
way traffic, and is of far less value to
Mexico than will be the line which Is
to connect Vera Cruz with Acapulco,
passing from one side of the country
to the other through a well populated
and highly productive region.
A line of perhaps greater importance
to Mexico is the one now under con-
structiOn, which is to run from FL Paso
on the Rio Grande. across the states of
chihuahua and Sinaloa to Topolobam-
pc, on the Gulf of California, and
which will probably be extended as
far southwark as San Bias, on the Pa
cifc or further yet Its title, as in
corporated at Albany by company of
New York capitalists, is the Rio Grande,
Sierra Madre & Pacific railroad Of Mex
leo A portion of this road 100 miles
in length, was opened fortnight ago,
all of which has been built in excellent
style since October last. 1t will pass
through region that is exceedingly
rich in its resources, but sparsely in.
habited, the two states of Sinaloa and
Chihuahua, which have an area OF
10000 square miles, with a population
of only about half a million The
capital stock of the American company
which has the concession for the road
amounts to 50, 100000. There is to be
n connection between this line and the
Mexican Central.
Besides these large railroad enter
prises there are a number of others OF
lesser magnitude. The Mexican NGvt
CATION and Railway company has re-
ceived subsidy of public lands for the
construction of line that shall bring
the Tehauntepec road into connection
with the city of Vera Cruz There is
to be line from Monterey to the port
of Soto la Marina, on the Gulf of Mex
leo. A contract has been entered into
for the construction of line from San
Luis Potosi TO the coffee districts of the
state Of Vera Cruz A concession has
been made for new line running
southwark from Toluca. The line that
has been built from Merida, in the state
of Yucatan, to the city of Campeeche
is to be extended, under a liberal con,
cession from the government, to sever
nj other places The new line from
Manzanillo, on the Pacific coast, ia
Colima, in the state OF that name, is in
operation, and will be extended north
ward to Guadalnjara, if renewal OF
the concession which was forfeited fol
the nonfulfllment of its terms, can be
obtained by the Americans who desire
it. Beside the many enterprises here
spoken of, there are plenty of railroad
projects awaiting the approval of the
Mexican government The 1000 miles
of railroad which Mexico had last yeai
will be increased by three or foui
thousand miles when the lines now il
course of construction, for which con-
cessions have been granted, shall bI
completed.
1t is with pleasure that we refer tS
the development of the railroad and
commercial interests of the republic Of
Mexico; and above all we recognize in
it tribute on the part of capital and
commerce of the whole world TO the
honor, the efficiency ana the stability