. American engineer and railroad journal . ty generated by water power at the fallsof Juanacatlan, 20 miles to the east This installation is quitemodern, the alternating current generators having ueen sup-plied by the General Electric Company and are driven by ropecables from horizontal turbines. From Irapuato the main line is practically level until we reachSan Juan del Rio, and we then pass over two summits before 182 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. reaching Mexico City, 1,224 miles from Juarez and 7,350 feetin altitude. The country north of Irapuato resembles NewMexico and Arizona,


. American engineer and railroad journal . ty generated by water power at the fallsof Juanacatlan, 20 miles to the east This installation is quitemodern, the alternating current generators having ueen sup-plied by the General Electric Company and are driven by ropecables from horizontal turbines. From Irapuato the main line is practically level until we reachSan Juan del Rio, and we then pass over two summits before 182 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. reaching Mexico City, 1,224 miles from Juarez and 7,350 feetin altitude. The country north of Irapuato resembles NewMexico and Arizona, but south of that point is exceedinglyfertile and well watered. The Guadalajara branch also runsthrough a fine agricultural section. Most of the engines onthis branch burn wood, as also on the Cuernavaca wood is mostly the root of the mesquite, which growsabundantly and which, while being very light wood aboveground, has roots from 4 to 8 inches in diameter. Coal isquoted as worth $20 a ton Mexican, and wood probably $8 the property. This is composed of adobe with brick pilastersand coping, and is about 12 feet high. It is intended more toprevent articles from being stolen than to guard against first building which you meet is a 12-stal roundhouseabout 75 feet length per stall, the walls being formed of concreteand the roof of wood laid flat on joist, supported by two postsbetween each track. There are fixed wooden smoke jacks over


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