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Title: 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
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Vincent, Ralph Waterman
Subjects: Railroads
Publisher: (New York?)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Guadalajara the MexicanCentral already has a line to Tuxpan, and it is from thelatter point that the new Manzanillo branch to the PacificCoast is being built. Going south on the main line of the Mexican CentralSalamanca, with 20,000 inhabitants, is the next town ofimportance. This place exports large quantities of kao-lin and white clay, and also sells large quantities of leathergoods of all kinds, which constitute the chief articles ofcommerce. The straw sombrero, the universal hat of fheMexican of the common class, is made here very exten-sively. Celaya, with more than 25,000, and extensive cottonmills, is next in order. The city is also noted for its con-fectionery, and is, in fact, the candy town of Mexico.Here the Mexican Central crosses the main line of theNational Railroad of Mexico and this adds considerably tothe importance of the place as a railroad centre. Largequantities of soap are made in Celaya and the town is alsothe centre of a very productive agricultural section. 43
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Queretaro is the opal station of Mexico and has largecotton mills. San Juan del Rio is a thriving city of 25,000, and also isthe outlet for a rich agricultural district. For some dis-tance south from this station the main line of the MexicanCentral runs through miles of corn fields which appear tobe as extensive as those of Kansas, for instance. Fieldsof the maguey plant, from which is made pulque, one of themost common drinks among the common people of Mexico,begin to appear. The making of this beverage is one of theimportant industries of Mexico. Even ten years ago, inone of the smallest States in the Republic, the magueyhaciendas were valued at $8,000,000. Tula, the last place of importance on the main line ofthe Mexican Central before reaching Mexico City, is theterminus of the Pachuca branch. The town is located in afertile section and one noted for its fine landscape scenery. The towns outlined in this letter are located on a sec-tion of the main line of the Mexican Central 365

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