The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-11
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At Chicalote, eight miles north of
Aguascalientes, is the junction with the
branch, by way of San Luis Potosi, con.
meets the main line with the Port OF
Tampico.
SanLuis Potosi, ,on the Tampico branch,
one hundred and thirty miles from Chic.
elote, and 6,l1S feet above sea level, is
one of the most important business cen.
ters of Mexico. At this point, the Tam.
pico branch Of the Mexican Central
crosses the line of the Mexican National
Ry. San Luis Potosi is manufacturing
city. In its vicinity are cotton, linen
and flour mills. A considerably industry
is also carried on in hand weaving. This
is the distributing point for large sec.
ton of country: The sub.tropical regions
of the Rio Verde and Huasteca are trib.
utary toit. An extensive smelling plant.
established by American capital, is in
successful operation at this point. With.
in the last few years the city has been
greatly improved and beautified by the
erection of many fine buildings, and
there has been general increase in all
lines of business. Many of the owners
of the great mines, newly discovered in
the town of Pesos, are residents of this
city and have added greatly to it's wealth
and developement.
To the eastward, the Tampico line
gradually descends through country
similar to that between Aguascalientes
and San Luis Potosi. Crossing the east
ern range at the Pass of Villar, rapid
descent to the Gulf coast begins. This
descent is made by passing through a
succession of valleys, each lower than
other, until sea level is reached. These
valleys are divided from each other by
mountain ranges of varying attitudes.
The road enters the Rio Verde, the first
of the series of valleys, near it's head,
and skirts its edge for distance of about
thirty miles, to Las Tablas.
The Rio Verde Valley is one of the
favored regions of MEXICO. The climate
is delightful and nearly all the sub trop.
ical fruits and crops, including corn,
sugar cane, oranges, beans, bananas and
sweet potatoes, are raised under the
most favorable conditions. Through the
center of the Valley flows the Rio Verde
a stream OF considerable size. On the
southern edge are number of fresh
water springs which rank among the
largest in the world.
The immense volume OF water issuing
from these springs is distributed by
means of irrigating bitches over large
acreage of land. Much of it, however, il
not utilized. There are splendid oppor
tunities for land investment here, as MOI
one. half of the land capable of being ir
rigated is yet under cultivation. Th,
municipality of Rio Verde owns tn,
right toirrigate from the largest of thes'
springs, called the Media Luna, and tn
water privilege goes with the titles t.
the lands originating from the munici
pality.
There is considerable expectation o
oranges from the vicinity OF Rio Verde
The sugar industry is also one of grea
importance.
From Rio Verde, the road passes be
tween low and barren hills until tn
station Of Las Canoas is reached at th
head of the Tamasopo Canon. At tn
lower end OF the canon at the station O
Zacate, the real tropical country begins
In this vicinity coffee is being success
fully cultivated.
This is on the eastern slope of tn
mountains and is region where drouth
are unknown, due to the fact that north
ers, which are the prevailing winds i
winter, or dry season, deposit heav
dews, making irrigation unnecessary ez
cept for certain crops. Coffee, oranges
bananas, sugar, manioc, lines, ginger an
all sub.tropical fruits grow in this regior
From Zacate, the road follows one {
the tributaries the Panuco, until, passin
through the canon of Ell Abra, it descend
into the plains bordering on the Gulf.
In order to avoid difficulties in eng
, neering, the line was continued to th
north, avoiding the larger rivers br
, crossing many small streams, until
reaches the Tamesi, five miles from Tan
pico.
| The plains west of Tampico are perfec
{ ly adapted to the cultivation of all troI
ical productions. Their fertility is VI
limited, transportation facilities both b
land and water are first class, labor
, abundant, land is cheap, and there
no tropica! region in the world so fire
from malarial complaints peculiar
southern end we'll watered countrie
On the bottom lands rice is abundant