The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-12-16
THE ORIENT'S PROGRESS
President StiIwell Talks Concerning
the Work Completed and That
Now Going On.

the Kansas City, Mexico &
Orient, headquarters at Kansas
City, Mo-, passed through Deni-
son last evening. Accompany
ing Mr.. Stilwell we're E. Dickin-
son, vice president and general
manager, and wife, and A. F.
Nathan, president of the Union
Construction Company, and
wife.
"We are returning to Kansas
City from a weeks trip to Mex
leo, " said Mr.. Stilwell, "where
we went to inspect the work of
construction now in progress in
the Republic. We found every
thing in first-class condition."
While in the City of Mexico n
dispatch was sent out by the
Associated Press stating that Mr..
Stilwell was in Mexico for the
purpose of asking the Mexican
government to guarantee the
bonds of the Orient company in
order to secure the completion Of
the construction of the road in
Mexico.
Were you successful with the
Mexican government in having
your railroad bonds guaranteed?"
asked The News correspondent.
81 did not go to Mexico for any
such purpose. read the item in
u Mexican newspaper, and was
surprised that such nonsensical
stuff should nave found its way
into American newspapers, and
yet / ought not to be, when it is
u well known fact that certain
railroad interests in the East
have been trying to discourage
further progress of the Kansas
City, Mexico IL Orient, There is
absolutely not u sclntilla of truth
in the story sent out. 1t is alb
surd, ridiculous. In the first
place, governments do not guar
antee railroad bonds, and in the
second place, the Mexican govern
ment would not help us if it
could. Stilwell guarantees his
bonds. 1t is true that the
heaviest and most costly work of
construction, that across the
Sierra Madra, is still to be done,
but we have sufficient millions
behind us to insure the success of
the enterprise. English capital
could be obtained many times
over to complete the road, as
Englishmen are the principal de-
velopers of the mineral wealth
along the right of way in Mexico.
You may say for me for the bene-
fit of those who have professed
skepticism concerning the COM
pletion of the railroad to Topolo-
bampo Bay, that all the financial
arrangements for the construc-
tion of the road have been COM
pleted, and that the work is in
progress in Southern Kansas,
Texas and Mexico.
1.-The Orient is the only rail-
road now doing any work in Mex
leo. The Mexican Central has
suspended construction work, put
ting hundreds Of men out of en-
ployment, Some of their impor-
tant plans have failed and thous-
ands of railroad ties, which were
shipped from the shores of Lake
Superior into Mexico for the Mex
lean Central for use in the Cen
trail part of Mexico, have not
been touched. President Dlaz
and other prominent officials of
the Rebublic congratulated us on
the fact that the Orient was alone
in the construction work"
HAS n compact been complet-
ed between your company and
the Hamburg American Steam
ship lire for the Pacific Ocean
service?"
Certainly. We have arranged
a passenger and freight line to
the East and line of freight ships
to Australia from the new termi-
nal of Topolobampo, Mex. Port
StilwelD."
Mr.. Stilwell, when asked about
the present status of the construc-
ton work, turned the reporter
over to General Manager Dlckin-
son, who, in substance, said:
"The Orient track is half way
across the Republic of Mexico,
About $50 kilometers have been
graded. There are $50 kilometers
of the system in successful opera
ton. The entire line, from Kan
sas City to Port Stilwell, has been
definitely located and route Sc
lected. The connections between
Kansas City and the Pacific Coast
cover total distance of | 800
miles We will use orr owl