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Mexican Profiles . . . . 253 



From Veracruz to Mexico by Orizaba, by the Mexican 



Railway . . . . . . .'-". . 253 



From Apizaco to Puebla, a branch of the same road . . 253 



From Veracruz to Mexico, by the Interoceanic Railway . 254 

 From the City of Mexico to Morelos, a branch of the same 



road . , . . . . . . . 254 



From Puebla to Izucar de Matamoros, a branch of the same 



road . . . . 255 



From Mexico to El Paso del Norte or Ciudad Juarez by the 



Central Mexican Railroad ... . . . 255 



From Aguascalientes to Tampico, a branch of the same road. 257 

 From Irapuato to Guadalajara, a branch of the same road . 258 

 From Mexico to Laredo Tamaulipas by the Mexican Na- 

 tional Railway 258 



From Acdmbaro to Patzcuaro, a branch of the same road . 261 

 From Piedras Negras or Ciudad Porfirio Diaz to Durango, 



by the Mexican International Railway . . . 261 

 From Sabinas to Hondo, a branch of the same road . .262 



From the City of Mexico to Cuernavaca and Acapulco . 262 



From Puebla to Oaxaca, by the Mexican Southern Railway. 263 

 From Coatzacoalcos to Salina Cruz, by the National Te- 



huantepec Railway . ... . . . 263 



From the City of Mexico to Pachuca, by the Hidalgo and 



Northeastern Mexican Railway ..... 264 



Northeastern Railway from Mexico to Tizayuca . 264 



Hidalgo Railway to Tuxpan . ...... 264 



From Tepa to Pachuca, a branch of the Hidalgo Rail- 

 way . . . . . . . . 264 



From San Augustin to Irolo, a branch of the Hidalgo 



Railway . . . . . . . 264 



Bridie-Path from Durango to Mazatlan . . . . 265 



Wagon Road from Manzanillo to Guadalajara . . . 265 



Wagon Road from Tehuacan to Oaxaca and Puerto Angel . 266 



THE VALLEY OF MEXICO'S DRAINAGE . 266 



Topographical Conditions of the Valley of Mexico . . 267 



Work done by the Indians . . . , . . . 267 



Work done by the Spaniards 269 



Work done by the Mexican Government , . . . 274 



The Tunnel . .. . . . . . . . . 276 



The Canal . . . . . . . '. . . . 277 



The Sewage . ... - ... .279 



Completion of the work . ... . . . 279 



Index 407 



