. Mexico, a history of its progress and development in one hundred years. olls and as an incentiveto better service and enlarged facilities; it was an indispensable policy in viewof the ineffectual control or supervision possible under the general railway law,if the government would regulate the management of railways, to secure properadvantages to Mexico, and prevent the growth of corporate influence which mighteven menace that of the government. The broad national policy assures fullprotection to industries, to capitalists, and to communities by protection againstarbitrary regulations, discr


. Mexico, a history of its progress and development in one hundred years. olls and as an incentiveto better service and enlarged facilities; it was an indispensable policy in viewof the ineffectual control or supervision possible under the general railway law,if the government would regulate the management of railways, to secure properadvantages to Mexico, and prevent the growth of corporate influence which mighteven menace that of the government. The broad national policy assures fullprotection to industries, to capitalists, and to communities by protection againstarbitrary regulations, discriminations, and the rest of the great brood of evilsthat have attended the march of railroad financing in the United States. It willtend to general and steady development of newer sections as the result of a com-prehensive oversight that will extend inland facilities for national developmentto the full limit of the powers of the government and settlers, and investorswill not be slow to realize the great advantages to them of stable progressivetransportation NOCHISTONGO CUT. BUILT BY THE AZTECS TO DRAIN THE VALLEY OF MEXICO. Of the Board of Directors, twelve reside in Mexico and nine in New progressive move is part of the general effort being made throughout Mexicoto arrange for adequate land and sea transportation of its products. New lines TRANSPORTATION 329 of railway are being opened up in the interior on the west coast to meet therequirements of new steamship connections, either established or steamers are being put upon services already operating and branchconnections are being made overnew land routes. The TehuantepecRailway, which crosses the Isthmusof Tehuantepec, carrying freightsreceived from the steamship linesplying between the great ports ofthe United States and the easternand western termini, transportedduring the first year of its opera-tion merchandise to the value ofbetween twenty-five and thirty mil-lion dollars, and


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