New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 11, 1924, Page 20

™ “ PUERTO MEXICO 1S THE NAME JUST NOW But Short Time Ago Mexican Port Was “Coatazcoalcos” Pu- go Washington, April 11.—"1t is erto Mexico now; but not long its mouth-filling name was ( coaleos,” says a bulletin trom Washington, D. C., headquartc i eographic Socie town which domina Mexico's * ma,’ just recovered by federal force: “The change of name reflects the tremendous change in the commu- nity its * continues the bulletin, “for where once a negligible little village slumbered there is now a twentieth centu port. At Mexico's Waistline. " “The town and port lic on the At lantic side of Mexico's ‘waist line, the Isthmus of Tehuantepee, where the two gre oceans approach to within little more than a hundred miles of ecach other, and whege the mountain ckbone of the country dips to its lowest point. Cortez cognized the possibility of tra ing goods or ships from oce ocean in thi re- to induce the King of to grant him lands in the neighborhood. A few years ago some of his descendants still held the lands. “Half a century ago the first at- temps were made to dig a canal and many railroad schemes were proposed | from time to time, including a ship railway for the transportation of vessels. The first work on a railroad was undertaken by the Mexica government in 1582, but it was not until 1907 that the Tehuantepee Rail- road was formally opened, after a succession of failures and after years #f unremitting labor, Railroad Survives Revolutions “The road as It now exists is a well- rmuctfid line about 120 miles long. 8 in passable condition even after | Cordillera, which divides the Gulf{ Two Jungle Babes ars of revolution and inst Mexico but the has depafed. Salina Cruz, the Paci. fic* terminal was given excellent mo- the probably the best bulk of its business dern port facilities by Diaz re- gime, and became on the Mexican west co: ing and nunloading machipery of » latest type was installed and until Panama canal was opened it Puerto Mexico, at the Atlantic in the mouth of the Coat- os River an excellent natural in which ships draw even h as 30 feet could be accom- ‘Along the Coatzacoalcos River is a Mexican oil field rivaling Tampico. Derr every and. T bustie about wells kers gives an unex- ouch to this otherwise sleepy tropical region. , Modern Port of Electric Cranes “Defore the days of the pioneer and forest roads, the Coatzacoalcos River (the River of the Winding Snake), emptying , was the favored highway, and ¢ natives car- \d a few passengers up river and its tributaries, a narrow mule-path from the h lonely plantation or village. however, the new stands side by side with the old. Fin 1 beats run on the river—bhetween olutions— but the old native still poles up and down in his dug-out canoe. Good roads and ity in | into the Guif of | ks of the | d the entrance to some | Today, | { sh Malatengo chasms, Pass, entered at a height of 735 feet above sea-level, the highest point on [the down the Pacific slope of the Slerra Madre, tance Tehuantepec, then cutting off across to Salina Cruz, the Pacific port.” that of | S tadle oot ks plercs the sky on | slope of the | beautiinl, country, [ paims trees topping a thick matted jungle, and I Tnaian Best Creamery Butter, 51c Ib.; 2 ibs. $1.00. mule-paths were made frém one plan- | tation to another, but they have gone down in recent years; and the old- time oxcarts have not vet been dis- carded. *“The christened mouth of the gr the gre town of Coatzacoalcos, Pucrto Mexico, at at river, has under- est change. Once a hole, it now has by | gone veritable fever | contrast marked modern touches ands |1t is bei brought into some sem- i blance of sanitation, Long wharves jut out from the shore, and fireproof warchouses and electrie cranés give the water front a businesslike appear- ance, Road Penctrates Wild Country “From the port the Trans-Isthmian railroad gradually begins to climb the | re- | the | " A baby orang-outang takes a ride astride a baby rhino in| Central East Africa. The two explorer, R. Kittenberger. were caught by the Hungarian | | Innw BRITAIN DAIEY HiRALD, from that of the Pacific. Much route lies throngh wild and with tall manaca (Attalea cohune) and forest here and village there a quaint Jittle on the bank of a ed, shallow river. The picturesque Canon; with its ~ rocky is followed by the Chivela thmus, aving the pass, the train crawls running along for some dis- by the banks of the Rio de Russell Bros.—advt. Germany, PRIVDAL, Arnil 11, locd. Clever European Swindler Called Habitual Criminal Berlin, April 11. — Stepban Otto, born near Brussels, who posed as a major in the Belgian army in 1919 and decorated Major General Henry T. Allen, commander of the Aemrican forces at Coblenz, with the Belgian military medal of honor, and who has since been arrested as a swindler in half a dozen European been classed by Berlin detectjves as a “habitual criminal.” young man may soon slip from the German prison because charge has been filed His latest exploit was an attempt to obtain a high priced car on the pre tense that he was a member of the interallied commission of control in POR Used Quite Sufficient She—You're a waster, girls would marry you. 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