[Mexican Railroad]:

$325 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

COMPAÑIA NACIONAL DE FERRO-CARRILES DEL PACIFICO, MEXICO Y EL RIO BRAVO. A rare pamphlet promoting a major Mexican railroad company, with plans to build a line across Mexico to the Pacific Ocean. The by-laws are statutes of the railroad are given, its capitalization is discussed, and the officers listed. Mariano Riva Palacio was the President of the railroad company, and Edmundo Stephenson, whose name appears at the end of this report, is listed as the Vice President. Mariano Riva Palacio was a prominent Mexican statesman with a distinguished record of political and economic reform. He served as governor of the State of Mexico several times and, though an ardent republican, defended the Emperor Maximilian at Queretero. OCLC locates only two copies - at Tulane University and New Mexico State. Rare.

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