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VOL. 40. CLEVELAND, SEPTEMBER, 1910. NEW YORK _ No.9 PORT OF MANZANILLO LTHOUGH Mexico lies contiguous to the United. States, it is less accurately known than its importance warrants;: It) is,.a land of striking con- trasts and with an artistic and intellectual past, and. it possesses a character and an individual- By M. L. Gitmore. ocean. Most of the natural harbors of Mexico are on the Pacific side, among' them the splendid bay of Acapulco, con- sidered one of the most beautiful bays of the world. The following Pacific ports are ports of entry open to foreign trade: Acapulco, Altata, Bahia de la Magdalena, Guaymas, La Paz, Mazatlan, Puerto Angel, San Blas, San Jose del Cabo, Salina Cruz, Santa Rosalia, Todos MANZANILLO Harsor, SHOWING WHARF AND RAILROAD TERMINAL. ity Peculiarly interesting. It is com- paratively easy of access and in point of Picturesqueness and historical interest it has few equals. With a coast line of 1,600 miles on the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea and 2,800 miles on the Pacific, Mex- to has no less than 24 ports on the Gulf of Mexico and 31 on the Pacific los Santos, Tonala, San Benito, . and Manzanillo. Mexico may be reached from the sea by several lines, either from New York or the Gulf ports of the United States, or via San Francisco or one of the numerous lines plying between European and Mexican ports. On the Pacific side, the Pacific Mail Steamship Co.. the Pacific Coast Steamship Co., and the Kosmos Line provide means of com- munication, the Pacific Mail sailing reg- ularly every ten days from San Fran- cisco; calling. at Weazatlan, San "Bias, Acapulco, Salina Cruz, and Manzanillo. The Pacific Coast Steamship Co.'s ves- sels leave San Francisco on the seventh day of each month, calling at Ensenada, Magdalena Bay, San Juan Del Cabo, Mazatlan, Altata, La Paz, Topolomampo, Santa Rosalia, and Guaymas. The steamers of the Kosmos Line sail from San Francisco every two or three weeks and call at Mazatlan, San Blas, Aca- puico, Salina: Cruz, Tonala,; San Benita, and Manzanillo. Several lines of steam- ers maintain a regular coastwise service between the different ports of Mexico, the most important of these being the Campania Naviera del Pacifico, which is subsidized by the Mexican government. The rivers of Mexico, although num- erous and some of them of considerable length, afford but scanty means of navi- gation, due to their small volume of water and the fact that they are apt to rise suddenly during the rainy season and fall rapidly during the dry season. The Rio Grande, the Lerma, the Rio Panuco, and the Rio de las Balsas are navigable for short distances only. The three largest ports on the west- ern coast of Mexico are, Guaymas, Mazatlan, Acapulco and Salina Cruz. Next in importance and destined to be one of the most extensive western ports is the port of Manzanillo, the Pacific coast port of the National Railroads of Mexico. On Dec. 12, 1908, President Diaz