Arizona citizen., 1874-10-31
THE GUAYMAS RAILWAY.
G Stimulative Address" on Railway Matters by the Corporation of Guaymes.


 From various sources, public and pri- vate, we learn that the people of Sonora are intensely anxious to have a railway | built from Guaymas into the interior of the State and to extend up to Arizona. The people of Guaymas are especially anxious to have it done. The municipal authorities of that town issued on Sep tember 5, in pamphlet form, what they call a Cumulative Address :" to other cor porations in the State and to the people generally, urging them to use their in- fiuence to get the Supreme government to give its sanction to what Sonora has al- ready done to encourage the building of a railway. Not more to show the earnest ness of this appeal than to let our read CTS know from Mexican authority the al- most disconsolate condition of our neigh bors just over the line, do we give the following translation of the principal points of the Cumulative Address. |" The proposed railway is of leading inn portance to all this part of Arizona, and our people should in every way encour- age its construction. But to the Address l:
 There have arrived at this port, en route for the capital of this State, Messrs. J. c. Truman and D. B. Blair; the former an agent of several New York banking firms, and the latter from the house of Hart, Blair & Co.,, San Francisco, branch house of Hart, Macfarlane x Go. of Glasgow in Europe. The main object of their mission is to get the measures of concession on ac- of a " proved by the Congress of the State, July 2, 1872, declared a law by competent au- thOrity, asking, as the best means to effect the end, the help and cooperation of the government of Sonora.
 The building of railroads in all cOun- tries has been for them most advan- tageouS metamorphosiS, which, taking them from isolation, uniteS them with commercial ties and com binatiOn Oftheir interests; changes poverty into abundance and gives life to paralyZation in one word it means in Sonora resurrection from death. Wherever railroad is constructed, there exists a monument 10 labor, there resides activity, and there true progress makes headway.
 It is an undeniable and universally re- cogniZed truth, that nature showed itself most generous ill forming the territory of Mexico. Then we must give an opportunity to science and industry, so that our natur- al riches may be developed and multipli- ed; we must give every protection to use 1ul enl6rprlSeS, ana m GScnanSo or the capital of enterpriSing men, Jet us divide with them our fertile lands, our rich mines, our woods and our pasture grounds. In this manner, helping one another, our population will increase to such an extent that the fartheSt deserts will be changed into f1ourishing cities; commerce stripping
 itself of that dullness and ruin in which it is unhappily plunged at present, will re- vive; agriculture will shake off it's draw backs and flourish anew; mining will bring to light treasures till yet unknown; and at last the fountain of innumerable riches which our country contains, will open all it's pores and augment all those products which we ought to take to foreign markets after satisfying the demands of Our home necessities. In this manner the ruinOuS trade to which we are now subjected will cease, and instead of exporting only metal lie matter, we shall be able to dispose of our varied products and receive manufac- tured goods in exchange.
 Reliable statistics show that the Situa- ton of Sonora is so painful, that it's ruin and decadence are inevitable, if a favora- ble change does not soon make an end to its misery. One of the reasons thereof, IS that a square league of the Territory can not show on an average ten inn abitantS. Many have to leave their home and hearth in order to seek in foreign couu- try the means of subsistence, without counting many who, unable to overcome their poverty and giving themselves up to evil passions, are forever lost in vice and III G1cn GO ONGTCOIne InlS prostration, we need a regenerating ele- ment, which will revive, nourish and give new strength to society. This element we can only find in industrial enterprises, es- pecially in the construction of railroad which wlll place us in immediate contact with the United States and Europe.
 All our endeavorS must be given to the prompt realization of so important an en- terprise. We have extensive and rich but uncultivated lands; we derive from them little or no profit, and we must therefore not be jealous of them; let us only watch the integrity of our Territory and national dignity, ana not stop to inquire whether the sleepers, locomotives and rails come us embrace the enterprise enthusiastic ally.
 If the United States in opening their doors to people of all climes and of all nations, had stopped at such nothings whichs to-day are considered despisable nonsense, they would not now occupy that fabulous night amongst nations which they enjoy.
 Let railroad enterprises come, the soon- CT the better, so that the power of industry once more raises our spirits. A great fu- l ture for our nation will come with them | our reduced population will commence to | grow, and we will be like our neighbors, | strong for labor, and only in labor exists 1 the fundamental base of social progress. |
 May the supreme government of the Re- | public calm the state of anxiety under ] which the people of Sonora labors; and it | may be sure that 1t will alleviate our suf- 1 ferings and abate our ills, by giving early | attention and consent to the matters pro- | posed by Messrs. Truman and Blair. That | is what we should expect of truly pa |