THE MEXICAN CENTRAL RAILWAY.
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Leaving El Paso, the train crosses a six-pile bent trestle-bridge over the Rio Grande[1] which connects this town with Paso del Norte. An iron bridge will soon take the place of the trestle-work. There is besides a small-pile
Church and plaza, El Paso.
trestle-bridge, owned and operated by the horse-car company, which is also used as a highway for wagons and pedestrians.
The population of Paso del Norte is about 7,000. (Hotel Gallardo. )
This town is the terminus of the Mexican Central Rail-
- ↑ The width of the Rio Grande varies from 300 to 600 feet in the vicinity of El Paso.
