. Mexico today and tomorrow; an outline of the present earning power and future possibilities of her railroad systems. Facts, figures and suggestions regarding the principal traffic producing centers . quoted, are entirely confi-dent regarding the future of this Republic. From Aguascalientes to the Capital. ■\/TEXICO CITY, Mex., Sept. i.—Here we are in City ofMexico, with its 400,000 population, 10,000 of whichare Americans; the Capital of a Republic with 14,500,000population. Although I have been here only a few hours Ihave seen distinct signs of marked progress over the al-ready satisfactory
. Mexico today and tomorrow; an outline of the present earning power and future possibilities of her railroad systems. Facts, figures and suggestions regarding the principal traffic producing centers . quoted, are entirely confi-dent regarding the future of this Republic. From Aguascalientes to the Capital. ■\/TEXICO CITY, Mex., Sept. i.—Here we are in City ofMexico, with its 400,000 population, 10,000 of whichare Americans; the Capital of a Republic with 14,500,000population. Although I have been here only a few hours Ihave seen distinct signs of marked progress over the al-ready satisfactory conditions that existed when I visitedthe city last year. But more about Mexico City in an-other letter; in this one I wish to outline the big businessthat is being done along the line of the Mexican Centralfrom Aguascalientes to the metropolis. Lagos, the first place of importance, is the centre forthe trade from a very rich agricultural district, and has apopulation of about 25,000. Leon, with nearly 65,000 in-habitants, comes next. It is situated in a valley noted forits great fertility of soil and is a big manufacturing quantities of rebosos, tapalos and mantillas, the 41. three grades of shawls worn by the Mexican women, aremade at Leon. Zarapes, the blankets almost universallyworn by the Mexican men of the lower class, are also ex-tensively manufactured in the same city. Silao, with 15,000 to 20,000 souls, is the terminus of adivision on the Mexican Central, and is, therefore, a rail-road centre of considerable importance. A branch runsto Guanajuato, the rich mining town which had a dis-astrous flood two months ago. In the vicinity of Silaothere is a great abundance of water ordinarily, and evenin dry seasons it can be found at a depth of a few feetbelow the surface. Silao is in the centre of a district inwhich the soil is said to be the most productive in Mexico. Irapuato has a population of 20,000. At nearly everyimportant railroad station in Mexico a
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