The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-11-24

go with instructions 10 purchase mines IN
the ~ stes ta be ceded. The Southern Pa
cfie railroad aud other corporations have
also dispatched agents TO purchase lands
and locate mines. Other interests are at
work, and chiefly railroad interests It's
supposed that Tom Scott has his eve on this
northern portion OF Mexico, aui intends 20
make II a leeler 10 his approach to the Pa
! cidc ooasf. The Texas 4 Pacific Railroad
Company employed agents within the last
two years, TO travel through Sonora. Sina-
loa and Chihuahua and report on the re-
sources, the cupitions of the inhabitants
and the prospects OF trade. The same COM
pany, or possibly Tom Scott ag an indi-
viduai speculator, has given attention to a
harbor OF magnificent availability, recently
surveyed, sounded ana chsrted, on the Gulf
OF California. near Point Medane. In ad-
vantage of situation for commerce and as a
point for railroad engineering through the
best country OF the region, this harbor is
said TO discount Gaay amss, farther up the
gull, and Is within a few miles of the pro-
posed border line, which will terminate on
the eastern shore, near the mouth of the
Esssrel.os river. It's Importance WIS made
known by the jamestown surveys four or
hve years ego, and the report extended 10
the assertion that all the vessels OF the world
could come to safe and roomy
ANCHORAGE WITHIN ITS QUIET WATERS.
Two years ago, it is said, the president
directed survey of the country from the
Texas border to this hsrbor, with a view TO
encourage a railroad project, and less than
year ago the Nsrrsgsnsett was down in the
gull surveying from Cape st. Lucas to the
month of the Colorado, and southwark TO
Mszatisp. The favorable situation of this
hsrbor was then also noted. 1t is named
Topolo Vsmpo, but except on very recent
charts or maps Will be looked for in vain.
From this point, q railroad stretching across
Mexico into Texas would prove a shorter
route to New York by $50 miles than the
present trans-continental railroad affords;
although to reach San Francisco from TOpolo
Vsmpo would increase the distance consid-
erably. There are other railroad projects on
the Threshold OF accomplishment The
English company, which owns the railroad
from Vera Cruz, the Mexican gulf, to
Mexico, has also contract TO
build railroad northwestward to
Leon, the borders of Guanaiuato and
Guadalaisra, states in central Mexico. and
from this point Mr.. Plum, formerly secre-
tsry of the American legation, has a con-
tract for railroad which is to extend
northward and connect with the Texas
Pacific. Not mile OF the road has as yet
been constructed, but Leon is one of the
most fl )urishing man ufaciuring towns in
Mexico, and the region to the north Is fer
tile and extremely rich in mines and all
other resources which tend to make coun-
dN kT6hl. ne TdiFOdu ITOul IDt DbIDOI
of Topolo Vampo would intersect and
would open up the country east and west of
it, finally crossing the Rio Grande and enter
ing the state of Texas. AS shown by sta
tistics, the whole Of this portion OF Mexico
is the mos, thinly populated in the republic,
and also the most
ATTRACTIVE FOR SETTLEMENT AND DEvEL-
oPMENT.
Many Americans are already settled there,
their attention with the speculative svidity
which characterizss them. G cod wagon
roads exist, suitable for all kinds of traffic
throughout the state of Chihuahua, and ex-
tending eastward to the Rio Grsnde. In So
nora, also, which offers a tempting fisld for
the miner. there are many small towns scat
tered throughout the state, and possibly
coune 0'ed with roads, some of which wind
over the Sierra Msdra into the adjoining
province. Tie woods of Sonora and Chi
huahus are noted as OF great value in COM
merce, Of being hard, beautiful of grain and
susceptible Ot a fine polish. Sonora raises
more of the wheat consumed on the
Pac fic coast of Mexico, and it is equal iH
quality TO any grain in the world, aud he VAL
leys of the Yugin, the Mayo and the Feuria
are among the finest in soil and climate condi-
tions OF which Mexico can boast. The tenn
perature OF Sonora and ChihuRsua is
equable, seldom rising above 50 degrees, and
never below %. little snow is sometimes
seen. IL is in Sonora that the famous Wells
Fargo mine is situated, and fourteen miles
from chihuahua City lies tract Of agricul-
tursl and mining land which Tom Scott re-
Gently purchased, and values at $1,000, 600.
In the latter province, IS well as Sonora,
the most delicious fruits are grown, and in
pasture and grain producing facilities, there
Is splendid opening for the stock-herder
and farmer. Two-thirds of the sparse popu-
lation is composed of hslf-oreeds and In
dians, the remaining third of Spanish and
Americans. Cohahuils, lying to the east Of
Chihuahua, is very thickly peopled, but
along the Rio Graude there is a good
sprinkling of population.