195 



(x) This amount does not include the tramways. 



RESUME OF RAILWAYS IN MEXICO IN 1895. 



KILOMETERS. 



Railroads under Federal Grants io,723,k 113 



Tramways 427, 583 



Surburban Railways connecting towns 410, 164 



Railroads belonging to private parties 87, ooo 



Portable Railroad, Decauville System 242, 252 



MILES. 

 6,663,022 

 265,687 

 254,863 

 54,059 

 150,527 



Total n,890,kii2 7,388,158 



As I have already stated most of the roads built in Mexico have 

 obtained large subsidies from the government, and that fact has con- 

 tributed very materially to their present prosperous financial condition, 

 as they have used the proceeds of the subsidy, not only to build the 

 roads, but in some cases to pay the interest on their bonds. On the 

 whole Mexican roads are very prosperous, and the following statements 

 taken from the official reports of the principal roads shows their trade 

 and earnings are increasing considerably. 



The Mexican roads like the Mexican Government have been very 

 much crippled by their obligation to pay in gold the interest on their 

 bonds and dividends on their shares, and as they collect their freights 



