Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-01-08
s,e,,,l correspo1dence oi tne CITIZEN.

away 10 hue unnoticed. The railroad
 is progressing favorably. The long bridge here is not quite finished
 vet, but the work ou it goes on stead ily and will soon be completed. The
 grading IS finished to with ten miles
 of Hermosillo, but the track laying Is slow. l believe i've miles of track IS
 all there is al present. The Atchison,
 Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Com
 pany have one locomotive and 70 cars
 on hand and expect more engines in a
 short time. The editor of one of the
 Guaymas weeklies flor Gvaymas is blessed with two of these), the MOni-
 tor del C mercia, has abused the rail-
 road company and its uperintendent,
 Mir. Gardiner, in the meanest and
 most untrulhiul manner for several
 months, eGItorially and iu it's local
 columns. In fact, have failed, af-
 ter a ciligent search through its files,
 10 discover anything else in it but
 vituperation of the grOssest kind, d
 tissue of distorted statements and of
 disgrGceful comments upon them.
 What the object of all the animosity
 1T cant could not at first easily under
 derstand. Blackmailing, or may be the insane desire of a sucking or yer dant editor Co obtain notoTiely by in- sul,ing and ,landering great corpor-
 ation and its representatives, were my first thoughts. Since then, however,
 l have heard that the whole matter lies in a nutshell. A you are aware,
 the depot is being built outside of the town, at a place called Punta Arenas, probably half d mile from here. ThI> did not suit the property owners of the pueblo, as It gave no chance to dispose of their real estate at fancy prices to the company. The mother of our veracious and elegant editor is one of those propeiy owners and il struck him as a happy thought, in- deed, to commence holy wordy war against the bad company who would not enrich Sis family by buying their land and building their depot on it. Consequently be has had d bully time ever since harping on the fancicd shortcomings of the company, and if he goes on much longer his over worked skull wIll succumb to the strain and he will be a mOunmaniac, sure. His last diatribc accu-el Mr. Gardiner Of smuggling goods in. This was triumphantly disproved by the Superintendent, who gave affdaviIs from the custom house officials deny ing the allegation. The Monitor had to publish lhese, bat this pcstilent ed itor is not yet squelched. When some one sits on him bodily then he may expect peace.
 The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce has started a grand scheme for opening the Mexican market 10 the produce of the Pacific Coast, and the plan will surely succeed. By the last San Francisco steamers arrived Mr. c. W. Slurtevaut, who has been appointed Commissioner of the San Francisco Board of Trade. He has with him several hundred samples of goods manufactured in California, which are now on exhibition here, and by the way he is taking orders for goods it looks as if the English, Ger man and French traders had received a blow from which they will not rc- cover. The articles on exhibition ure certainly far superior 10 he same articles of foreign manufacture, and they are much cheaper. Let the Mex lcau once become aware of these su- perior claims and he will not be sal istied until he has obtained the Cali- forRia article or which he may be in need. Mir Sturlevant is just the man who is needed for this business, be having a great knowledge of such matters, and speaking the Spanish language fluently. He informed me that he will visit Hermosillo, La Paz, Magdalena aud most of the place, on the coast which are easy of access 10 merchandise, after which he will g. to Central Ameuca, and probably ex- tend bis trip Us far as Peru and Chile. The projrct Is B grand one, and can- not fail 10 be attended by the most valuable results. Sl. Louis is getting excited at this San Francisco move ment, and the S. Louis Republican, after quoting an article taken from the san Francisco Journal of Com merce, has the following 10 say in conclusion:
 This locks like an intelligent reeog- milton of the Spanish American siIu- l ation and grasp of the sGblec' which ! means activity in securing the results ! of valuable trade. And the appl- 1 cation of the commenting article Is still more pointed in reference tn St. ! Louis than San Francisco. Where !. are men ol enterprise and capital, and | why do they not see the opportunity !. and acts
 think St. Louis has been left be- ] hind in this race, for while the good | Missourians are still discussing the 1 San Francisco has is ener- ! getic Sturtevant here doing good work | and getting customers for the metrop- l oils oi the Pacific. These will not . change their sources of supply afIer h.x, pnre hava bppn nlLgpu in rclu- .