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No. 409. Mr. Foster to Mr. Fish .

the southwestern terminus of said International Railroad, thereby joining the projected railroad system of Mexico with that of the United States. The proposed road from Leon contemplates uniting, by means of the main line or branches, the cities of Lagos, Aguascalientes, Zacatecas, Durango, San Luis Potosi, Saltillo, and Monterey. The contract provides a subsidy of $9,500 per kilometer, ($15,288 per mile,) for the payment of which 25 per cent. of the customs-duties at Matamoras and the other frontier custom-houses on the Rio Grande are pledged. The work upon the road is to be commenced within …

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Source	Foreign Relations of the United States
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	US Department of State, Office of the Historian
Date	1874-12-23
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1875v02/d105
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Record ID	`frus:frus1875v02/d105`

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No. 409. Mr. Foster to Mr. Fish .. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1874. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1875v02/d105.