Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-03-18

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pslAsss 4 1ssAias Alsps the Imprevsnsat
4 vrlni,gtsa Harber-Ths southsrn Pa.
stls y tahs . Hand oa The Immigrant
easstisn.
We have concluded to rsssve our
hotes On Tucson for third paper
and W shall therefore conclude oil
othsE phases Of our railway ebssr-
vAtlens In the present issue OF the
H1RALD.
Deming will unqusstionably, In
Che not blatant future. become .
plaee Of considerable Importance
from . business point Of view.
1Ab would bs guaranteed by the
nagnitude Of the mineral develop.
monts which are certain to take
plaee In her own immediate neigh.
borheed. Enough has been al
soady disclosed to warrant ~ In A.
ouning that two or three heavy
general merehandising houses Will
- Iooaeed there and that they Will
- . large trade, but It should mot
- fbeyotten that eempstition Will
booharp and trying. and that both
aldes oe the sentiment will bs repre-
seated In the rivalry. The eondi.
tions de- net exist for . pepalous
tovn, ewing to the arid character
= Tie country and the absence Of
running streams. It 10 true that
~ railway company has succeed
o0in Anding an abundant supply
= vatsr ct . depth Of Afty feet, and
this y . most encouraging factor In
the future Of Dsming. Young ~
tho settlement L., several other
wells had already been sunk some
distance when We surveyed the
place. The merchants who may
IeeAte themselves at DsminY will
nss enly prsht by the large local
trade, but 1t this point the Atehi-
sen, Topeka and Danta Fe railway
crosses the track Of the Southern
pAsi6c on its way to Guaymas, 80.
nerss thus insuripg 70 Dening .
share Of the trade Of northern Mex.
ieo.
Ell PAso.
The future Of Dsming is also
monaeed by the fact that Ell Paso
llos only some seventy odd miles
. The East. Our party did not 60 as
fAr East ~ this somewhat famoui
bst utterly insigniflcant town.
However, We were fortunate
In epcountering in DsminQ
Mr.. 3. w. Craieue, formerly Of the
Los Angeles firm of Lips, Craigus
= Co., who bad gone out to thai
eoetion with the view Of entering
Into business at Ell PAso. A close
study Of the local situation has re-
sultsd In his rslinq uishiny hii
project. He is emphatically oi
oplnion that California is good
enough for him. He informed VI
that El PAso 10 town Of about one
thousand people. It isa 'debis
town, although brick and frame
Buildings are going up with some
EapidIty. Notwithstanding the
faet that 1t least three transoonti-
Mental railways will pass through
The tewn, Mr.. Craigus thinks that
it, growth will be slow for some
years to como, and that NO one who
loves the charms and comforts Of
civilization will find cempe ensatien
In business for the deprivation Of
comfort which will inevitably At
taoh TO residence there. We agree
With him mest heartily when We
take into the count all We have
learned from other sources.
TIE RAILWAY SITUATION AS RE.
sPECTS CALIFORNIA.
We availsd ourselves Of several
leisure hours Of General Superin.
tendent Towns to obtain his views
- - the eject of the completion Of
the Southern transcontinsntal rail-
way upon Business with Arizsna
and New Mexico on San Francisco
and Los Angeles. He had recourse
70 . railway map upon which he
peintsd out the fact that = very
short line Of railway brought goods
over the A. T. 4 8. F. road from
Kansas City, q large manufactur.
ing town. and . large depot for
Eastern manufactured goods, into
tho territories Of New Mexico and
Ariaona. When 1t came to con-
sldeFing the long. curved and
lsfsgulaf line which, starting from
onaha, and passing through San
1faheisco and Los Angeles,
bsUught these Same Eastsrn manu-
fAotursd geods 70 the same pei ints.