The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-03-19

governor of Missouri also sent |
one. as did the governors of
Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas,
and Secretary Ryan, of the state
department in Washington, a
great friend Of President d iaz.
sent this telegram:
Understand Stilwcll is going
to Mexico to build railroad. If
you get him, for Gods sake hold
him. and he will be- blessing
and bencdiction to you
HIS CONFERENCE WITH DIAZ.
President Stilwell told of his
hesitancy in approaching Diaz,
because of his recent experiences
in connection with the Kansas
City Pittsburg & Gulf, and Of
President Diaz sending his aides
out to look for him. He express
: ed the opinion that President
Diaz was the greatest man on
, earth. II told him ] had lost
/ the Pittsburg Gulf, etc. said
Mr.. Stilwell last night. Pres
ident Diaz said, Senior Stilwell, !
, don't care what you lost; only
care what you did"
e II am mighty glad that Mica
{ ragua canal commission was
D appointed" said Mr.. Stilwell, in
directing his remarks to the Kan
sas City Mexico & Orient line,
proper. 1.-THE railroad leaves
9 what we all know to be the center
of the universe, and goes the
u great state of Kansas, through
= Usage City, Emporia, Wichita
). through Oklahoma and the grea'
cattle district of Texas. reaches
the great quicksilver district nea
Preside and, from thirty-si,
miles south of the Rio Grande t,
within thirty-six miles of Por
Stilwell, it goes through wha
President Diaz says is the riches
mineral country of the world 70
600 miles: it goes through tn
country out of which the Nor
tezumas and Cortez took 5000
600, 1000. There are 5000 recor
mines along our line. One FL
glish company has spent $4,000
600 in development work, and
: found company after company
England that had invested none
: in mines in that country, and Al
: waiting for this railroad to ope
them up.
! "The Kansas City, Mexico al
: Orient will make Kansas Cit
one of the greatest markets
the United States; it will be 81
{ miles the shortest line from Kal
i, sas City to the Pacific ocean, al
: and will bring Kansas City Ia
( miles nearer the western coast
I Central and South America tn,
the present route, via San Fra
( cisco. 1t will have the casie
I grades of any road across t
: continent. 1t will open t
{ great Valley of the Fuerte, whe
I three large sugar mills are NJ
: under construction; three gre
{ irrigation projects are under wa
and orchards and vineyards &
being planted in anticipation
' the railroad.
STEAMERS FROM FORT STlLLWEL
I'VE already have an offer fr,
one of the greatest steamsl
~ lines to make n contract, with ,
W exclusively, not touching at II
, other port in this country, for
years. And this company prac
- cally engirdles the world. TT
III
my friends in England beca'
." interested in this project is !
;" strange ut all, because they
y. the best posted people ON ear
That country, being,a great me
ey power, has had to go out
wv go out to-. South Africa, Sor
W" America, Australia, Mexico a
other countries to find pill
ON for its investments.
~" Every one of the II men
AZ" England who were with /
."' in the Pittsburg ~ Gulf, will
IVY n few days after reached Ii
'"s don, sat around n table with
""' and said: 'Stilwell. sic e