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The Picayune has kept its readers
informed Of the progress of the mag
hifcent improvements for the handl-
ing Of commerce over the Tehaunte-
pee railroad, which crosses the Mexi
can IsthmuS Of that name from the
Gulf OF Mexico to the Pacific Ocean.
This crossing is Immediately south
OF New Orleans, being very nearly
on the same meridian Of longitude
with this city. The road itself is COM
Flete, and the finishing touches are
being put on the harbOrs and works
at each sea terminus for the trans
fer and shipment of cargOes.
William E. Curtis, a wellknown
correspondent, writing to the Chica-
go Record-Herald on the subject,
says that it Is expected that the
work will be finished by July l, when
contract between the railroad COM
Pany and the Hawaiian-American
Steamship Company is to go into
steamships will connect Salina Cruz,
which is the Pacific terminus with
San Francisco and Honolulu, while
on the Gulf side they will connect
COatzacOalcOs with New Orleans and
New York. They will bring raw
sugar from the Hawaiian Islands for
New York and take back cargOes of
general merchandise. Contracts
have already been made with the
Cosmos steamers, a German line
managed by the Hamburg-American
Company to connect on the Gulf side
with ships of the Pacific Mail, which
will call with its ships at Salina
Cruz, on their way to Panama.
It is reported that the facilities
are such that a million and a half
tons a year can be handled across
the isthmus and it is claimed that
no port in the world, not even Ham
burg, which claims the best dOckage
facilities. is better equipped with
modern machinery for transferring
cargoes than Salina Cruz and Coat
zacoalcos. Both ports are already
doing quite a little business. A
small cORsting trade is growing up;
the Pacific Mail steamers now stop
twice a month each way and the
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way. Several hundred tons of
freight were landed last month, and
about 200 passengers have landed
and embarked during the winter. Al
thousand tons of merchandise are
expected by the next German
steamer. most of it for the German
merchants in the southern part of
Mexico.
According to recent reports, the
Panama railroad handled 415,OOO
tons of freight last year, against
$4,000 tons the previous year. There
has been a great deal of complaint
abOut the congestion of freight at
the isthmus, which is doubtless due
to the enormous amount OF govern
rIent supplies to be handled. The
facilities at Colon and Panama. how
ever, will not compare in any meas
Ure with those which are being pro
vided at both termini of the Tehaun-
tepec road Everything on the 18TH
Tnus Of Panama is old-fashioned, in
convenient and awkward. There is
little room for dOckage; few steam
ers can be accommodated at one
time, ana the terminal facilities of
the Panama Road have been theI
cause of complaint for years. On
the other hand, everything necessary
for the prompt and economical |
handling of cargOes at Tehauntapec |
is just as complete as human ingen- /
uity and money can make it.
In the competition for trade. there 1
fore. the Mexicans will have cOnsid- 1
cradle advantage, and distances are
also in their favor. A comparison /
will be interesting
The following table shows the dis /
tances between the ports named via I
Tehauntepec and via Panama:
via Tehu- via. 4
antepec. Pana. |
From New York to San
Francisco ...--... 1926 61O7
New York to Puget
Sound - o.. 5.647 6.SS5 /
New York to Yokohama 1884 11,2Ilt
New York to Hong
Kong =, e.. 81. -. ..11,597 1855 /
New York TO Manila .10,SS6 1882 /
New York to Mel
bourne g.. 80. 90. ..11,O6S Hail
New York to Honolulu. 1855 7.7O5 |
New Orleans to San
ESronrfero Ec1 Az