Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1881 — The Mexican Railway Scheme. [ARTICLE]

The Mexican Railway Scheme.

The'Mexican railway system, in-I stituted by certain Boston, New York and Chicago capitalists, is being! pushed with that energy characteris- I tic of the east. The Mexican roads I will be in connection with the Atchi- I son, Topeka A Santa Fe road. Targe gangs of men, surveying parties, mechanics, with all necessary implements, are being sent forward, and the opinion is that the several projected roads will soqq be completed. It was originally Intended to establish a line fromTampico, on the Gulf of Mexico, across the country to the Pacific, but recently the system has been greatly extended, so that it now covers a large area or country and touches many Important polntq. The Mexican schemes instituted by the eastern capitalists are understood to be independent of Atchison. Topeka & Banta Fe company: yet the roads will be I operatea on jntinqate terms, and, in fact, will act as one gigantic organic zation. . The first right to the company was granted from Mexico to Leon. Then an extended franchise was obtained, to extend the line to the Paso del Norte, where it will connect with the Atchison combination. Next was acquired the franchise for the crosscountry line from Tampico on the Gulf to Ban Blas on the Pacific coast. These concessions are exempt fron taxation, including everything pertaining to the road, for a perioa of fifty years, together with fifteen years’ exemption from import duties on the material necessary for the construc-

tion of the roads. AU this is supplemented by a subsidy of $9,500 for each kilometer of the road constructed. The line between Mexico and Leon must be completed to Irapuato by the end of the present year .and to Leon within the nejt year. The authority to operate for ninety-nine years has been granted. At the end of that time the lines free from debt and in good condition will lie by the government. . The cost of constructing the road and telegraph lines from Mexico to Leon is estimated at $5,400,900. These roads wiU open up some of the richest mineral country of the world. The wealth of Sonora is very great, being the scene of some of the richest silver mines known so Spanish history. Goal fields are found on the upper YdgUi river. A great deal of the land will be opened up to agriculture, and, upon the whole, the scheme is one of the most important railway measures of the age.— Leader. ■■ ■ - ■■

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