The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-15
THE TEHUANTE.
Pee ROUTE
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= NANAA40CO IEOtu rage L.
l at the mouth of the river, which i
broad and deep for several miles from
/ the sea, and a large system of wharve
has been constructed, capable of re
ceiving ships of thirty-ive fee
draught. AT Salina Cruz there is n
| harbor, but only an open roadstead
with a tremendous surf. 1t has beer
| impossible for vessels to anchor there
except in very calm weather, bu
Pearson's company has inclosed 81
area of ninety acres of water b!
breakwaters of solid masonry which
furnish perfect anchorage and 1000 fee
Of dock room. In connection with the
harbor a new town has been built or
modern principles, with sewers, water
and other modern Improvements, in
Guiding comfortable hotel, which is
planned for a winter resort The eli
mate is delightful for seven months in
the year, but in the summer season
| the rains are very heavy.
The wharves are fitted up with mod
ern labor-saving equipments, similar
| to those on our great lakes, by which
| a cargo can be transferred from the
| vessels to the trains and vice versa in
| twenty-four hours, and the warehouses
| are capable Of storing million tons of
| freight. 1t is intended, if possible, to
| make Coatzacoalcos the chief shipping
port for coffee, which is now being
grown extensively in southern Mexico,
and is the chief staple of Central
America. In addition to the Hawaiian
steamship line contracts have been en-
tered into with European companies
for regular service between Liver
pool and Hamburg and the isthmus,
and the promoters believe that a great
deal of traffic with Asia and India
may be diverted that way.
TERMINAL AND OTHER CHARGES.
Under the contracts between the
Mexican government and the Pearson
syndicate the entire charge for hand
ling and transporting freight from
ocean to ocean, including loading and
unloading, is not to exceed 81 "a ton.
which is only one-third or one-fourth
of the rates recently charged by the
Panama Canal Company. The govern |
ment guarantees dividends of 3 per
cent upon investment for fifty years
from May, 1903 and if the enterprise |
shall prove profitable the Pearson |
company is to receive 81 IL per cent
of the net proceeds for thirty-five years
and 20 per cent during the remaining
fifteen years. The fact that these rates
are established and are known to every
body as unalterable will, it is believed,
attract steamship traffic from all parts
of Europe and Asia, as we'll as from
the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the
United States The Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company, which until now has
had a monopoly of navigation on the
west coast, will hereafter make SalinG
Cruz a port of call and bill freight
from San Francisco to New York by
that route. The Pacific Steam Navi-
cation Company, which conducts line
Of steamers between Panama and Liv-
erpool is expected to make Salina Cruz
its northern terminus. The Cosmos
line of steamers, which is controlled
by the Hamburg-American Company
and now runs up the coast as far as
San Francisco, will also take freight
from and to the new railway.
This new line furnishes active COM
petition with the Panama railway,
which belongs to the government of
the United States and has thus far been
operated at an enormous profit. It has
been monopoly for nearly sixty
years, and one of the most profitable
that was ever conducted Since il
came upder the control of the govern |,
rnent the rates have been materially
but the traffic has not in
creased to any great degree and steam
ship connections with American ports
have not been improved
TWO OTHER RAILWAYS. II
Two other railways across the 18TH !
nus in Guatemala and Costa Rica have {
been under construction for many years
Ind enough money has been expended Z
to have built several lines If it had
been honestly and economically applied
o the purpose for which it was intend
I'd. The frequent changes of administra-
ion and political disturbances in Qua
emala have interfered with the enter G
rise and millions of dollars, borrowed :
or construction purposes, have been {
for military equipment and
upplies. There is still a gap of a
nd very little progress has been made.
n Costa Rica the government has been Ia
building a railroad between the two
casts for thirty years, and at last it !:
5 nearing completion. It may be ex- =
ected that cars will soon be running 3
'om Port Limon on the Caribbean sea c
> Puenta Arenas on the Pacific. =
While both of the roads are of great .
zeal Importance, they will not affect 9
ne across the isthmus of Tehuan- .
pee.