Identifier: isthmusoftehuant00will (find matches)
Title: The Isthmus of Tehuantepec : being the results of a survey for a railroad to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, made by the scientific commission under the direction of Major J.G. Barnard ... : with a résumé of the geology, climate, local geography, productive industry, fauna and flora, of that region : illustrated with numerous maps and engravings
Year: 1852 (1850s)
Authors: Williams, John Jay, 1818-1904 Tehuantepec Railroad Company United States Naval Observatory, former owner. DSI
Subjects: Railroads
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton & Company ...
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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e mouth of the Malatengo to the Sarabia is19 miles ; from the Sarabia to-the Jumuapa, 14; from the Ju-muapa to the Jaltepec, 10; from the Jaltepec to the Chalchija-pa, 14 ; and thence to the Horqueta, 38—being 95 miles betweenthe Malatengo and that point. Above the confluence of the Jaltepec, the country on eitherside of the Coatzacoalcos is more or less broken and hilly, andthe banks of the stream often rocky and precipitous; but be-low this point the margins are comparatively low, and the sur-face level for some distance back from the river. Between theJaltepec and the Horqueta, there are a few spots called cerritos,or hillocks, composed of beds of clay, from 40 to 60 feet inheight. The banks of the river, however, seldom exceed 10 or15 feet, and are sometimes so low as to be covered in times offlood. At the Horqueta, as has been said, the river branches—thewestern arm being called the Brazo Mistan, and the eastern theBrazo Apotzongo: these branches unite after having formed the
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ENGINEERING REPORTS. 21 island of Tacamichapa. The Mistan receives the waters of therivers Tatagapa and Monzapa ; the former draining the countryto the west of Mt. Encantada, and the latter having its sourceto the southwest of Tesistepec. The Monzapa has a depth of15 feet at its mouth, and in the rainy season, is navigable forcanoes to a considerable distance. Seven miles below the islandof Tacamichapa, the Coatzacoalcos receives the waters of theCoachapa River on the east. The source of this stream is un-known, but it has been ascended in canoes for twelve days, thetime usually occupied in going from the bar of the Coatzacoal-cos to the Pass of Sarabia ; schooners have also sailed up it fora distance of several miles. The cross-ties used on the railroadat Yera Cruz were manufactured from timber obtained fromthe banks of this stream. Four miles below the debouche of the Coachapa, but on theopposite shore, is the village of Mina-titlan; and three miles be-low this, the river Uspanapa j

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