The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-07-13
NEW RAILWAY At
TEHUBNTEPED
NEW YORK CENTRAL is PLAN
MING A VAST PACIFIC TRANS
FORMATION SCHEME.
The San Diego Tribune says:

The San Diego Tribune says
Flushed with triumphs recently won
In the eastern and middle states, the
New York Central railway and its
connections, known as the Wander
bilt system" is determined to com
plete the circle of it's conquests by
establishing a freight route from New
York by way Of the Isthmus Of Te-
huantepec, to San Diego, San Fran
cisco and all Pacific coast ports, south
as well as north.
r. c. Caples, special representative
of the freight and traffic departments
of the New York Central, is now in
the city of Mexico concluding the ar
rangement in the latest strategic
movement in the great game that is
now being played by the great rail-
way corporations of the United States.
His visit to the Mexican capital is
said to be solely for the purpose of
making arrangements whereby freight
may be shipped back and forth be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific coast
ports He is said to have already held
number of important conferences
and it is now reported that there is
every probability of agreements being
reached within the next few days.
According to those who are on the
inside of the movement the signing OF
traffic agreements will be the first
step in the big fight that is to be made
by the Vanderbilt system on the Har.
riman group of railroads, which en-
braces the Southern Pacific and the
Union Pacific systems. The New York
Central apparently believes that in the
railway business the longest way
around is sometimes the shortest way
home.
The Vanderbilts, it is said have
conceived the idea that with a cheap
water rate from New York to Coatza-
coalcos and a satisfactory traffic ar
rangeIhent with the Tehuantepec rail-
way from Coatzacoalcos to Salina
Cruz and then with cheap water rates
from Salina Cruz northward to San
Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and 9TH
er northern ports, the New York Cen
trail will knock the transcontinental
railways into cooked hat This move
by the New York Central is believed
to be part of one Of the boldest and
most comprehensive traffic plans ever
devised in the railway world. The OBJ
ject is practically to half-girdle the
western hemisphere, without waiting
for the completion of the Panama ca
nal The Tehuantepec railway, in the
opinion of the New York Central of
ficials, will serve as well-provided that
satisfactory traffic arrangements can
be made.
The proposed deal means much for
San Diego and all the other ports on
the Pacific. For one thing it means
that the contemplated double-track-
ing of the Tehuantepec railway will
quickly become reality. Already the
immense amount of traffic that is be-
ing routed by way of the Tehuantepec
is taxing the facilities to the utmost
With the New York Central and all
the other lines of the Vanderbilt sys-
tenn working in favor of the new route
it will mean the changing of the rout-
ing of large part of the freight ship
ments that are now coming across the
continent by the trans-continental
railways 1t means that the fleet of
steamships on the Pacifcswill have to
be materially increased. And this will
mean many more steamships calling
at San Diego every few days.