Show RAILWAY TRAFFIC ACROSS Tehuantepec Line Lne Owned Largely in iii England Rival Rival of Panama Road More or than 00 worth of Ameri Amen American can en merchandise was carried erre by rail rn across acl the isthmuses of at Panama and Tehuantepec in the th fiscal year yer 1900 and andin andin andIn in the calendar year yer which ends with wih next month the total will wi probably reach in value Of the two railway lines Une which now carry cr freights across acl the narrow neck nek of ot land connect connecting ing Ig North and South St America that at atthe atthe atthe the isthmus of Panama Is la forty miles mie in length the other othe at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec 19 miles The one at atPana Panama Pana owned owne by the government is of ot course cour largely devoted devoe to work and traffic growing gwing out of ot the construction of the Panama canal the other at Te Tehuantepec Tehuantepec a miles mie in length con constructed constructed chiefly with wt British capital and controlled in part at least let by the Mexican Mexican can government was wu built buU especially for the purpose purl of handling freights be between between tween twe the Atlantic and Pacific and al although though opened at the beginning binning of ot 1907 1507 has hs already carried cr about abut worth of ot merchandise passing chiefly between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United Unie States Reports received by the bureau of ot statistics of the de department of ot commerce and labor show that the Tehuantepec railway which crosses CIS the isthmus of ot Tehuantepec in inthe Inthe inthe the southern souther part of Mexico carrying the freights fights received tromp from frol the tho steamship lines lne plying between the great ports of the United Unite States Stes and its is eastern and western termini carried crrie in the first It year yer of its is operation 1907 between and 00 worth orth of ot mer merchandise chandise in the second year 1903 nearly 00 worth and anti in the pres pree present pre eat ent tnt year will exceed in the value of the freight carried by it The Panama railroad engaged chiefly as above suggested te in work in hi behalf behal of ot otte the te Panama canal carried carre in il 1907 1007 about worth of ot merchandise hatIng in the United fite rite and bound bund either ether for other parts of this country or for foreign forin countries in 1908 about worth and in il 1 1909 1009 will show about the same total The merchandise passing over the Isthmian railways in the year ending eding June u 30 31 1905 included el worth originating on the eastern coast of ot the th United States and destined for tor Pacific ports pr including both the United Unie States and ad foreign n countries s bordering on the UIG tle Pacific aid ard worth originating on the Pacific coast cost and at the Hawaii Hawaiian HawaI an Islands island and destined d for the te eastern ports of ot the United States Of Ot the merchandise crossing by way of the Panama railway worth moved from the Atlantic to the th Pacific and a little less le than worth from the te Pacific to the Atlantic Of the th 00 crossing from the Atlantic Attic side to t the Pacific coast by the Panama line lne 00 were destined destine to the western weste westernport ports port port of ot the United States and 0 to foreign countries located lote upon up the Pacific coast cost of America America The business of the Tehuantepec line lne although much larger larer in Its value than that of ot the Panama route included Include chiefly merchandise moving movin between the eastern est rn and western wester ports of the United Unite States and the Hawaiian islands Of Ot Otti the ti nearly worth of merchandise merhan dime dise di passing over the Tehuantepec line Une linein linein in the fiscal year yer of ot 1909 1009 19 over over 00 worth moved from the Pacific end de destined destined to ports on the eastern estern coast ct of the United States and 10 worth moved from the eastern end ed destined I for Pacific ports Of Ot the th S worth of ot merchandise m received at at the Pacific terminus of ot the te Tehuantepec Teh road r over worth was from Hawaii Hawai being bin almost almot exclusively sugar for the refineries of te Philadelphia and New York while over OO worth originated or inte on the Pacific coast cst chiefly at San Sn Francisco FrancU being composed of miscellaneous merchandise Of the worth passing over the Ume Tehuantepec line 00 was wa sent Mt to t ports pr on the Pacific coast cst San Francisco Francis San Diego D o and Seattle and 00 worth to Hawaii Hawai New NewYork York and San San Francisco Frncis are the chief centers for this pecan and trans isthmian traffic tr lc between the eastern ell r and western coasts costs of the United UBle States State |