The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-02-17
CAPTAIN MARSHALL'S RETURN.
HIS Trip through the Territories AND
u visit to Old MexicO-El Paso
as n Railroad Point

| A HERALD reporter had the pleasure of
meeting on the streets yesterday, Captain
Ed. p. Marshall, formerly of the law firm of
Williams s. Marshall, of this city, who has
lust returned from an extended tour through
the western states and territories and part
of old Mexico. He has seen much of the
west and expresses himself as delighted with
his travels and what he there saw. He first
took in Kansas and her principal cities, and
next Colorado and her wonderful mining
camps-her grand canyons and magnificent
mountain scenery. Thence he passed down
the Atcbison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad
across New Mexico 10 Ell Paso, Texas
and old Mexico. He speaks of New
Mexico as heretofore being mere CIPHER in
the galaxy of western territories, and as a
mere abiding place of marauding bands OF
wild Indians, but now since the advent OF
railroads she is beginning to take rank
among the foremost Of the western terrific
ries. 1t is claimed that her mineral resources
are rs great as those Of Colorado, and that
the ores, such as gold and silver, are far
richer than those of Colorado and Arizona
Already capitalists are seeking Investments
| in her mines and introducing mining ma
chinery preparatory to the development OF
herSmineral products. The complexion OF
the Atchison, Topeka u Santa Fe railroad TO
and down the Rio Grsnde valley, opens up
to ready access the richest mineral regions
| found for centuries as the source from when
.6e Montezumas drew untold wealth.
| He speaks of the Rio Grande
valley as the garden Of New
Mexico and the great vineyard OF the west.
| II contains fruit trees resembling forest trees,
the pair tree actually attaining two ieet IN
diameter. The amount of fruit which can be
raised and wine made in this valley, he says,
| is simply beyond calculation, and there can
be no doubt'that the completion of railroads
| 10 FL Paso will develop q revenue IN this line
which is never thought of at the present
time.
The captain has just left Ell Paso,. and is
pleased to style it the future great interior
city of the southwest" Says that hunting-
tons Southern Pacific and the Atchison,
Topeks & Santa Fe railroads are slraining
every energy to reach Ell Paso first:
The Southern Pacific has its road completed
TO within twenty miles Of the place, and the
| Atcbison, Topeka & Santa Fe has its track
COMPLETED TO within six miles OF the town
and The remainder ofthe way already graded,
and inside of six weeks both roads will have
reached the place. One of the peeuliarlties
of the building of the Southern Pacific Is that
lha eol,psuy does all Of is own construction
nv means Of Chinese lsbor, having employed
about three thousand Celestials, all under
tho, management of the company, without
letting contracts as is usual. For this labor
they pay each Cbinsman 81 per Gay, out OF
which small sum they pay their board. At
this Introduction of Chinese lsbor there is
widespread dissatisfaction among ,ne
American laboring classes De
saws that slready the employment
of Mexican laborers has to great extent
demoralized the labor system OF that secuon, |
and ii is feared that the panic will Dc COM
plete when that region is overrun Win
he speaks of FL Psso as being at present a
modest little.town situated on the American
or TEXAS side of the Rio Grande, opposite
from ri Paso. Mexico, which IL considerable |
Mexican CITY of somo six or eight thousand |
Inhabitants. Ell Paso, Texas, has now some
s;x or eight hundred Inhabitants, one-hali
American and the other hexicens. But
large numbers of business men and aoyen- |
turers are beginning 10 pour INTO
the place from al quarters under me
impression that il is 10 be CITY
There Is one thing which seeIns TO surprise
and crafty the captain and that Is the inn
provement he notes 10 every par OF tne city
since he left. He says that Dallas Is the liye.t
ana nluckiest town he hss seon IN All hh
trayels except one kansas City,. and TO her
he returns and here be is content 70 remain,
confident that from the present DELEGATIONS
sbe will become a city Of $1,000 inhabitants
h less than five year, The HERALD 70 glad
40 welcome the captain back afIer his wan