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Opening of Tehuantepec railroad shortens world travel
City of Mexico reports that the Tehuantepec route, now completed from Salina Cruz to Coatacconicos, shaves roughly 1,250 miles from New York to San Francisco compared with the Panama route. The project cost about 35 million dollars, with 15 million more planned, and includes docks, warehouses, and modern docking machinery. The achievement, seen as a rival to the Panama canal, is described as a historic link across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec linking ocean to ocean. The piece notes anticipated savings in freight time and tolls, and mentions a related refrigerator car service expansion by the O R & N from Portland to points east.
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City of Mexico
Porfirio Diaz
Republic of Mexico
Weetman Pearson
Tehauntepec
Tehauntepec National Railroad
Coatzacoalcos
New York
San Francisco
Re Isthmus
Tehuantepec
Panama Canal
Herman Cortes
Panama
Salina Cruz
Coatacconicos
Honolulu
Orient
Liverpool
Las Marquesanas
Cortez
Valley of Oaxaca
Tehauantepec
Canal
Cros