Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-10-19
RI PAso

q letter rom q frlond now in III
Pnso, from which we glcaa sos., o
interesting fncts. Franklin or III
Paso, Texas, is II neat little villags
Of about five hundred inhabitants
with regular, wcll.shadcJ streets.
I'll Paso, Mexico, Just across tho
Rio Grandc, is city Of probably
twelve thousand inhabitants. 1t is
regularly built and strings out sew
en or eight miles. It has been se.-
lied for two centuries and II half
aud has an antiqua,cd, or as somo
would call il, r0nantiT appear
ancs. Tho route Of the Tcxus and
Pacific Railroad lies through these
two towns. The climate is delight.
iul; the summers and wintc ara
shorter than here, and tho svr;ngs
and autumls, tho most de.iuious Of
tho seasons, arc protrneicd, the ono
into the summer, tho other into tho
winter months. Fruits of many
kinds are produced in abunduuge,
particularly gr. pcs, which are sg!t
as low as ono and half cents nor
pound. I'll Paso has remarkube
natural advantages, and With The
completion OF the railroad to IT'S
doors, promises to monopolizc ai'
the trade Of northern Mexico and
Of considerable portion OF the
States and territories contiguous.
Gold, silver, copper, lead, lime and
cement abound on both sides Of tho
Rio Grande, with strong evidences
OF tho existence Of coal. The val.
Icy Of the Rio Grande Is productive
and quito extensive, beng in some
places ~ or II miles in breadth.
There was II considerable inhuX of
people into El Piso and the valley
some years ago but many gr,w
weary OF waiting for tho railroad
to be built and left, and property
is now extremely low. Nov IS
probably, the best timo TO buy prop,
erty IN that region. Our tricndo
correspondent thinks there ndyov
was, or VIII DO, u better opportuui.
ty to make profitable lnvestment1,
either upon Il large or small se;lIo
than at present exists liz III Paso.
The finest kind OF agricultural and
lands can be located VITA
scrip, costing but from fifty to sew
cnty-rirc cents per acro--mincral
is not reserved as in United SEutes
In going out to locatv
lands, II Is necessary to so in par
ties OF from three to ten persons,
on account OF tho laulans, though
they do not Seem mach disposed
in lnat region, To marder, thor oiJ-
lect being merely to steal. lac
stages between San Antonio and
HI paso, aro drawn by perfectly
wild Mexican mu!cs; these are
hilched 10 the stage, six or eight
IN number, and guided into chs
road; tho pos.lllluns turn thenl
.oosc and OFT they bound like wit
buialos, heads down, or in the air,
champlng the bit, snorting, dig
.,ing their hUots in the earln, tahs
in the air and goiug Ut
q furious rate, the business Of illo
driver being only 10 ke:p then IL,
the road. One SET OF these mt '..a
arc often driven forty miles oYar
reads. 1h0 stages are
seldom upset and scarcely ever at'
tackled now by the lndlans. Laad
certificates In San Antonio .u:o =
worth us follows: 32U acre certih-
catcs, per acre, IS cents; 64o acre
~ cehts per aero; 500
acre certificates, 50 cents per acre,
l476 acre certificates, 5U cents por
acre. These prices are in god.
There is II class Of scrip know, -
railrond scrip, that ID worth from
30 to ~ cents per acre. Three hun
dred aud twenty acres OF this scrip.
locates Gi0 acres, halt for the Statcl
md so ON with any sized scrip In
locating these lands the minerals
arc not reserved TO the State, bub
belong TO the locator. There ar9
tinc tiinbcrcd lands, and some Gcau.'
tiiul valleys covered with the mOsp
IuxurianJ grass, subject TO location
with this scrip. lie expense pf
locating at present is cousldorabl.,
On account OF the escorts required
IS a protection against the lndlaus-
For locating lands within iitty
miles of EI Faso, tuur-tcnths VI tl,o
land is charged, and for locating NJ
4 greater distance, ouc-haf. bn-
proved lands may bo purchased at
rom two dollars TO ono hundred.
dollars por acre, location ruthcr
han tho quality OF the land regu-
ating the prlce.--!ShreuepOrt 2aeeS.'