Show A RIVAL mv AL TO EO THE TIlE CANAL It In mi evident that Mexico Is s endeavoring oring to take time by b the tho forelock In Ilio tho matter of or traffic anti and If It tho the Panama canal Is la not con von constructed In u it reasonable rca period of ot lilac It may a n respectable Io rival In III th railroad This enter Is completion It forms torms n II UnIt link oval tho the part of Mexico between en tho tine oceans In lit Ina a It short time limo a II fleet of oe steamers will vIiI willi i maRO In lii tho ocean transportation bo Le be between tween the thu terminals of ot the tho Isthmian arid the tho ports ot of San an Frau Fran and Honolulu on tho the Now New and ami on oil tho the I Atlantic and gulf ulf dc According to all lilt reports tine ter terminal or mural minal facilities nt at tho tile gulf anti and ports of cit time the railroad are areto areto to be of or the and highest older New NosY docks dock equipped with w Ith tl o best modern machinery III for tor transferring i Ca directly from the to railroad care carl o 0 to hove hMO been built sire aro to bo be bein II In III the tho Improvement of oC tho tIme harbors It li is that this railroad will willbe liI liIlie be lie h a competitor lito I with tho thu Pana Panama ma m project It Ie It Is In this the Hold long Ions before time the completion of lit thu tue annul to draw the tine traffic over Mexico In Javor of ot Viii 1111 Is hi tho shorter It U offer offers between soma of or tho the point NeW York Yo k to tu Sun o It U tl pointed out tout ho tho distance by way WR of ot poo 1100 Is U n IBM lee than by IJ way oC of Panama front from New NitI York to Yokohama ma flirt It U iii I 1227 lese lens from froni New York to Manila It U III hi about inline lews lele from rein Now Orleon to Francisco It II ItI H Ii I 1154 lip ios from Liverpool to It U IS 9 lost loss These ports all nil large centers center of oC commerce Tit TI of at unloading and reloading from suit ship to tn railroad cars and from corn cars cam to ship at mit tho terminal points la Is I however u rt serious rlou drawback to the time horter route rOil to If H at lit Nome lorne time It Il ho he found practical lo to construct docks In which tho tine could 1 hu he placed Illace anti and hauled hauld the the would In all nil probability take 8 mo most t of ot tho tIne trails Some Seine such luch Idea wais suggested year ta neo ego |