68 ENGINEERING EEPOETS. 
Station Buildings. 
Jaltepec — temporary engine, passenger, and freight houses, 
machine-shop and fixtures, $40,000 
Ventosa — engine, passenger, and freight houses, machine- 
shop and fixtures, 90,000 
Five intermediate water-stations, and wood-sheds, at $2,000, 1 0,000 
$140,000 
With this equipment, at least 100,000 passengers and 100,000 
tons of freight could cross the Isthmus in one year. 
Equipment. 
Estimate for opening the Road from Mina-titlan to Ventosa. 
6 Locomotives for passengers, 21 tons at $9,500 $57,000 
8 " for freight, 24 tons 10,500 84,000 
14 Passenger cars . 2,500 35,000 
6 Second-class cars 1,400 8,400 
8 Baggage, express, and mail cars 1,400 11,200 
120 Merchandise cars 800 96,000 
40 Platform " 650 26,000 
30 Earth " 425 12,750 
12 Hand « 150 1,800 
Total $332,150 
The above estimate, in every item, includes the freight ; but if 
the cars be made so as to be taken in pieces before they are 
shipped, and then put together on the Isthmus, the cost of their 
transportation may be materially reduced. 
Station Buildings. 
Mina-titlan — Machine-shop and fixtures, engine, passenger, 
and freight houses, wood-sheds, and water $80,000 
Plains of Sarabia — Engine, passenger-house, wood-sheds, 
and water , 20,000 
Ventosa — Machine-shop and fixtures, engine, passenger, and 
freight houses 90,000 
8 intermediate water-stations, wood-sheds, &c... . at $2000 16,000 
$206,000 
Auxiliary Carriage Road. 
It will be seen, on reference to Plan No. 2, that the country 
between the Jaltepec and Jumuapa rivers is characterized by 
two main dividing ridges, one running in a southerly direction 
