Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20
.cors.po1dence ofrae cai,ls. Id5ane.

GO some Oi your readers. Ult j. i- pi ln
 Go every intelligent observer Rho
 knows the facts X grca clty, r.il-
 road ceuier Oi the Er~t magnitude. Q must in the near f.ture be established
 at or near Li Paso, Texas This new
 city will have Commun.c catiaI with
 Galveston by the sunset " line now
 being extended .rpm San Altuui0 10
 meet the southern Pacific at Ei Paso;
 with the Southern ola.e- Jy lbc Texas
 Pacific. with Mexico ay iLc Mexican , Central and Sonora Railway Com
 pauits; with San Francisco aud the
 Pacific Coast by the Southern Pacific:
 and win the Northern and Eastern
 Siate> by t1e Atchisln. Topeka and
 Santa Fe Rail oad Al Ior these r.ll-
 roads have been commenced. and two ot them, tLe Atchi-ou. TO,eka and
 Santa F. aud Southern Faciic. w4s-
 in a month will ach Fl Pa,o. The Southern Pacific expects fo arrive at that place by January ], 1851. The extent of country that wIll be opened up Go settlers by these rnads IS Im-
 mense, and the wealth and prosperity
 of the whole country will be increased
 beyond computation
 But ] started out Co write some thing about Gua} mas and the Sonora l Hallway Company This cifv uC about 1Uo0 inhabitants has long been known
 aS one oi the chief ports cu the Gulf of California, and is a place ol cou-ia- | erablc importance. Il is situated on l The inmos. shores Ot a bay which | opens from the Gulf forming a com modious harbor, perfectly protected 1 from all buj southeast storms. The l ely covers a considerable extent oT . l ground, and houses are many Dr them large and rOOMy, built Oi brick in The . | M"uri-h s,yle. with flat roofs. wide . front entrance, and spacious inferior !. courts, into which all the rooms open. Very few houses have .w0 stories. To a stranger the houses present prison like appearance. rhe windows, which are nearly on level with the ground, being secured by rcias. or iron bars. let into the wall on each side. and standing out lIttle from the case mcnt to admit ut observation up and down the street. The streets are none ut them straight. but as go rule sufi- Cieutly wIde for She small amount of
 wagon travel. LISe every other Mex
 icah town GuaYGas has iIs plaza.
 vacant square Ot ground cnclo-ed by a chain fence, SUIT uudel by walks cl stone lrregular.y ptve1, lined with
 laurel trees. Al night the plaza j. lighted with lamps and benches asc provided for the ,umbcr- who resur
 there every evening. Fronting ue plaza Is the church. a plain bIck structure. large and modern looking.
 The people of Guaymas age. a~ a rule polite. peaceful and orderly. The higher classes are as refined and cultivated as any ln our large cities and are hOspiaUle Co the siauge.- properly introduced. Some of Them speak English. and many young pco- pie of both sexes have been educated at San Francisco or at Eastern schools. |, There are number oi very rgspccts- ble iamllios af the middle class. and the lower classes are commonly nr- derly and well behaved, although it i- sad their standard Oi morality Is not ! very high. Neither is the standard 2 oi education, but that will bc rem ? edied in time. as there are four public y schools well attended There does i q not seem to be an over abundance of T wealth In Guaymas, and the poor are 9 very p.or indeed. There are no mar d .le;s, and with the exception ol oys- a .crs in season, some fruits, and uccas- T. iona.ly fish, the food is poor and a coarse, and the style of cooking uu- e suited Go American ta.tes. u
 Now as to the sonora Railway Com Q pauy ,iimitedI: What has n done t and is doing. t
 IhI- company, composed chiefly oi 4 Boston capitalists, organized under $ he laws of the State ci Mass tI lchusetts for the purpose uf doing C pusInes- in Mexico, is working under J what is called the Blair Concession. a in authority which iJ is claimed I- n ,till iR force. Pending final action by the Mexican Congress, this coL- lany Was allowed Co begin work last bring, bonds 10 iAe amount of S5G,- v jUO being deposited with the Mexican Government 1 have the whole his " ory of this project from its inception q n 1860 under the auspices oi Gov. u 'esquiera. of Sonora. the Hon. Alex , ndor Willard, American Consul ar 2, 5uayma>. and others but it is mol ne- ,essary to give details here. [,
 ln April last. w. R. Morley, Esq ii thief Engineer. formerly 8 leading &, of the Atkinson, Topeka and 'anta Fc Railroad uuvcl in Gus- O uas with a corps 1t assistants, aud al R ,uce began work. X schooner load .f sl material just arrived from San Fran lsc3 furnished tools and powder. and |, natives Ot the country, Mcyicaus and q, aquiS, were at once employed. More ,g ngiuegrs and skilled labor soon ar- ived and vast amounts oi material ,.. we're received during the summer, SO ,t hat the heavy work around Guaymas n, sas completed in good season, and ri Le work beyond that put under con ., ract After extraordinary labor and ,6 Teal tact and skill in dealing with ~, intricate questions Mir. Morley can "a, OW congratulate himself Uu Inc sue .l css of his efforts The diiticuluc, of uch an enterprise as beginning Go uild a railroad at a distant point from ihcr roads. in country like Mexico. re incredible, X strange country er nG foreign language, infrcquent com luuicajion with the East and with aG Francisco, mails being irregular, la nd no telegraph line; 8 people who T. I'd not half believe in the good faijb in [ the enterprise. and who yet united .ith the cheerful uuauimity in getting ' le highest possible prices for thcIr ne .bor and what they had tp sell; labor ni lcoDstaut and careless; these and n lOu,and other impCdimen,s have been -ercome by Mir. Morley's ability and ''N lersy. ably assisted. however by "a .r. W. " Symou, an Englishman. - at a resident of Mexico for some sev- o. ltceu years.
 About mile and half east of The we fly of Guavmas is a half rocky, half Co udv peninsula of considerable eN- bl nt, called Punta Arena. or in Eu- lsh. Sandy Point This peuinaul3 @ vides the outer harbor from the in- N