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292 the capital of the State of Tamaulipas, and has a population of 8,000. The best hotel is the Hidalgo. This town is 271 miles from San Luis Potosi via Tula.

From Victoria the line will have a southeasterly direction, and it will cross the Rio Pánuco, near the village of Tanjuco, about 45 miles from its mouth. A good wagon-road goes from Victoria to Tancasneque, on the Rio

Tamesí. A small steamer runs from the latter place down the river to Tampico. The scenery along this route is beautiful.

The company has the option of building branch roads to the port of Tampico and to San Luis Potosí, but the Mexican Central Railway Company is pushing the completion of its line from this port westward to San Luis Potosí, and has now (October, 1883) about ninety miles of track