Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-08
SAN ANTONIO LETTER.
What a Correspondent FOresess
For the State Of Texas.
A Letter that VIII be Perusod
with Interest by Railroads
ers and Others.
mo. 81

yesterday L pAOhlAoON w H"J NNc
about the town Of Ell Paso. 1t seems
to be the FL Dorado towards which
not only the thoughts, but the bodies
of many adventurous people OF the
Lone Star State are tending. The Texas
& Pacific railroad will be completed
to that town on the 10th inst, and
many people even here, seven hundred
miles of, are preparing to he there on
that occasion. 1t will certainly be an
important event in the history and
prospects of Texas. There are now
1900 population there, while last
March there we're not over three hun,
bred. II will be an important railroad
center. g..
The Texas & Pacif: approaches i
on the East, with trains laden with
products from the Atlantic ocean, the
great lakes of the North, and with
Immigrants and freights from Europe
aud Great Britain, and with tho rich
contributions OF the vast valley Of the
Mississippi, The Southern Pacific
comes from the northwest through
vast chains of mountains and broad
virgin pl lins from the golden coasts OF
California, with its rich contributions
| commingled on the same trains with
the products Of China, Japan, the
Sandwich Islands and the East In
alas. and the same road will come
from the Gulf of Mexico on Southwest
& New Orleans & Florida, with trains
bearing the products of those
regions, as we'll as the varied
products of the West lndias
and the Central American
States, thus dropping upon a spot
heretofore the home Of savages, al.
the advantages Of high civilization anc
all the delicious fruits OF every eli
mate on earth.
But we must not stop here in emu
merating the many advantages clus
tering around the future great city o
our Western border. The Atchison
Topeka and & Santa Fee Railroa'
Company have a road built from tn
Missouri across the pl ms to Pueblo
in Colorado, thence running due south
enters New Mexico, where it brancbe
in two directions, n running to i
Paso, on the Rio Grande, theme
under the name Of the Mexican Cen
trail railroad, it is being constructe0
through tho States of chihuahua
! Durango, etc, to the City of Mexico
thence to some point on the Pacitl
coast, The other branch Of the Atct
isou. Topeka & Santa Fee road
being constructed through New Mex
leo and Arizona, snd thence throUg
Sonora, in Mexico, and on to the Of
: Mexican city Of Guaymas, on tb
| Cult of California. When the term
| mus Of this road is completed, or az
c others pushing on to the Gulf OF Cal
t fornia or the Southern Pacific nceal
D the trip from Boston or New York
Hong Kong, China, or Honolulu,
c the Sandwich Islands, or to Japa
will be five hundred miles short
( than from Boston to those countri
y via st. Louis and Chicago, and {
5 west BY the more northern routes.
y But again, the immense Sy
o tenn Of the Denver 4 Rio Gram
e Narrow Guags Railroad Company,
what is more generally known as Il
r, Palmer-Sullivan syndicate, will II
y their trains down the Rio Grande
l. Ell Paso from Denver, and its ma
branches permeating the valleys a
y climbing the precipiees Of the era
old Rocky Mountains, thus pouri
s. into the lap Of FL Paso the mine
Is; wealth that is being dug out Of I
earth 10 California, Nevada, Col0raC
# Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and o
n gon. Then the same road will run
d. trains from the Gulf Of Mexico cl
ag through the State of Texas to Ell Pa
M Thus the people of I'll Paso
ed have Zoo many railway outlets in
IRE ferent directions to ever be at
mercy of combinations or freight
a passenger pooliDgs. III Paso is ne'
1000 feet above the sea level,
7as plenty Of water and is surrounded
tie. great extent by the rich aud allu
ing valley Of the Rio Grande. The
he mate is said 10 be very fine, and a G
se;; place for persons to 90 and live
Led have pulmonary diseases. I'll Pas
as destined to be the great city Of
nal plains in the Southwest, as Der
70 wilPbe in the Northwest, with the
so vantages greatly in favor Of the forI
de- for east Of Denver for 800 miles Il
the is a sterile plain that can add not
Use. to her prosperity or growth, "
ex- every acre Of land on the plains
ut, and south Of Ell Paso is good farm
the landeto say nothing Of the rich CT
In try vest Of it. 1t is the best pla
an know Of for a pushing young ma
lat 20 aud grow up, etc, as Greeley sal
and SAN A. DE BExA