, 1880-11-15
THE SONORA I..tILI,oAD.

THE SONORA NAILNoAD.
Special Correspondence of Tie Chicago TRIBUNE
GuAYstAs, Mex., Oct. l4.-Work M tho
Sui'ora Hallway has progressed stcadsly sincc
thu commencement Of operations in AIuy last.
TWenty-four nn1rs Of road nrc HOW graded
ntltt ready for supcrstructurr. AbDut tD0
men are employed, Of wllc!, 100 are forc!gn-
cvs, tllosty Americans.
The terminus OF the line Is on tho lslnnd Of
Art|Itn, on the westnrll side Of which wharf
i!as been built extending Into seventeen fcet
vessels Of tint draft can liz safely, the bottom
llciA3 4. tccp lnyer Ut soft ln,.d. Vcssets
Il ~ 5 er TO afSor ieSi ws ,s IL oasr r
l!or. whfc!I Is perfectly secure, can i,ec0l'luo-
t!atc ships If my tlraft. I'lle Island Is co,-
nected with the nlnlniald by II pile bridge
' x cargo m f' oi iI ruis l,ns arrived, and three
more Ala shortly due. lteo;notlYe nntt
twenty tlAt-cars aeGunlrany the first cargo
Il ,s!N ions steel rallsl.
The State Government a1M! municipal MI.
tlispt'srt i, fayor Ut the enterprise, nnt haye
expressed M!l,cl, confidence IN llle 1etlrtits tU
t!'u Sia'e to be expected t!t'in tiie openrE OF
tho railway. 4 few people win owl! prep
Sfy y T i tg e elY lwaS 9S s nis'ps'sa 10 e ~ 4 @ f, S S
tal,tr,. Of lie town. III their interest small
weekly paper has raised very scnsrlcss
clnnnr III Ignorance of the terms Of ttle COM
pa,.y's contract will, tho Government. AN
newspapers stating that tho teop!e wcr. IT,
tislOsull towards thu enterprise, and t1lnt IN
consequence disturbances WE'RE anticipated,
SO. thnt the officers nf tlU Company bnu rG~
a!lrated protection from i',e Government;
als0 shifting lint several employees llai clIal-.
icngcd tho editor Of tic local paper l,cre, nt
Of which statements are malicious false
hoods.
X great augmentation Of mining enterprise
tn this Stntn .nny be surely looked fnr wien
the railway Is completed to 1icr,los!llc. anil
still greater when connection Is made ut thu
frontier with MI American! line. a h'tnlber
nf ilew mining companies haye l,een cstab--
tishGtl, ntilurs arc III trcniy, mid several old
enterprises hnye been revived. Experts atld
others In tho Interest nf American capitalists
nre numerous In tl!o different inininE Ills
trtcts. AgricNtturtsts nitl htOck-rnisers are
bottoms, valleys, nnd tttot Hills, n,ut FROM II
stntU Of utter oppression ono nf activity Al!tt
sanguina hope tas arisen which is very
chGerinE after r, many yGnrsof StaEl,Atto'l.
wishes, arc far peace md a cessation pf tho
formerly normal condition OF revolution,
look nn tho completion Of tho railway us di1
Of tlu best guarantees for TINT desirable coll
There IL large field for agricultural I'm
prOyellellt, mid wien peace has strength
enetl the ha,ltLs OF tho Government sutlu nf
tho rich ln1Afs int entirely controlled by tho
laqit! Indians w'El be thrnwll open 10 oc-
cx4patltn. ty iu,nlxrnnts, n.NI u large II,crtaso
VI production Ut cott0n ntNl sslEnr will artSa
alMl create I'M exlloYt trade IN tlinsc articles
Asa wllcnt-cSmrtiMx, country S0n2ra run
never clter tnt0 runlet[tiun with CAllf0riia.
Suites Of Mesico On tic Taclilc Slore ind
ntso Ntraragna. KS n cptt,!l1-ra1sflg State,
llIo ctl1nate ~ ndMtrably sultahle, bit until