The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-11-02
a SILVER SPIKE
The Great Santa Fe Road Now extends
from the Missouri River to the
Western Coast

The Great Santa Fe Road Now extends
from the Missouri River to the
| Western Coast.
An Interesting Account of the Trip of
the OmeiAls and the Ceremonies
| OF the Opening.
The News spoke Tuesday of the re-
turn of The Guaymas party. We present
below the interesting narrative as given
in the Topeka Capital of Wednesday:
Tuesday afternoon, at 1886 O'Clock,
the special train that had taken the A.
T & s. T. officials to the Pacific coast
at Guaymas, steamed into the depot at
the foot of Fourth street, with Mexican
cOlors proudly floating to the breeze
from the top of the locomotive. Supt.
Chase, of the A., T. s. F., and Mr. ]. A.
Vargas, Spanish interpreter, were the on
~ passengers, the other gentlemen, with
the exception of Director Severy, who
stopped at EmporIa, stopping at Pueblo
one day. arriving here this afternoon.
The special train of three coaches had
made the entire trip from Topeka to the
Pacific coast at Guaymas with the en-
CINE Thomas Nickerson" as the motive
power, and dad" Grifith-one of the
most reliable engineers on the road, and
to-day
THE PRoUDEsr MAN IN THE STATE
because of the success of the ride-as
manager of the throttls-valve Eugi-
neers in general fully realize the great
responsibilities of their position If the
public does not, and know that the
lives of hundreds are dependent on
their skill and prudence every trip that
Is made. and "Dad" Griffith, when he
arrived in Topeka yesterday, having
made successful run of thousands of
miles, part of it in a country where his
was the first locomotive that ever turned
q wheel, and having had In his care the
lives of the officials of his own road,
every one of whom is ready to
praise the engineer, may bs pardOned
for feeling proud of his trip. The
party that went west from here Satur-
day, October 81, at $50 p. m. were Gen.
eral Manager Wheeler, Superintendent
Chase, General Freight Agent Goddard,
Chief Engineer Robinson, Director Sew
cry, Interpreter Vargas and Charlie
Wheeler, Of the a.. T. & 8. F. ;J.J. Val
entine, general manager of Wells, Far
go s. Co.'s express company and other
distinguished gentlemen. Hearing that
Superintendent Chase of the party was
to be met at his Office, soon after his
train came in, Capital courier was
soon in his privrte room interviewing
the distinguished railroader. Mr.
Chase was considerably tanned, the re-
suit of exposure to the hot sun of the
country at Gusynas. In response to an
inquiry concerning the trip, Mr.. Chase
stated that 1t had been an enjoyable
one, nothing unpleasant occurring on
the entire trip.
"Where was the union of the New
Mexico & Arizona and the Sonora roads
made, and when ?" inquired the scribe.
'At Nogales, p. m. on Wednesday of
last week. Our party arrived there over
the New Mexico & Arizona road
Wednesday forenoon and met a special
train from Guaymes that came up over
the Sonora Limited. On this train were
Mr.. w. r. Morley, general manager and
chief engineer of the Sonora road, and
wife, T. j. SeeleY, formerly of Topeka,
now general superintendent of the So
nora line, and several distinguished
Mexican gentlemen from Guaymas,
Mermosillo and other points. After an
exchange of greetings the ceremony of
laying the last tie and driving
THE LAST SPIKE
was gone through with. The
fpike was of silver and was driven home
at exsctly p. m. by Mrs. Morley, as
sisted by Mr. c. C. Wheeler
The tie was of black
wood elegantly finiahed. Speeches
were made by q number Of gentlemen,
among them Leopoldo Zamora, Govern
ment railroad inspector, who spoke for
the Mexican Government Judge
Smith. OF Socorro, responded for the
railroads. The event was a memorable
one, sir, as the spike driven at Nogales
was the one that united with a band of
steel the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans"
Indeed it was" conceded the reporter,
"Did the speeches conclude the cere-
mony?'
"No, we were invited to Calabasas,
where an elegant banquetW was discussed,
given in honor of the occasion by q fine
he <,evr ;ah ,, al
my memory"
aid you visit Guaymas, the city on
the Gulf of California, that has SO sud
denly sprung into prominence because
of these railrosds?'
ayes, Sir, and enjoyed the visit very
much. We were received most kindly
by the officials of the state of Sonora
and the citizens of Guaymas. We ar
rived there Thursday morning and re-
NAMED one day, and saw much to inter.
est US. Guaymas is place of five or
six thousand inhabitants and is now
growing, having been aroused from
SLEEP OF MANY YEARS
by the advent OF the locomotive. We
L4CS . hOAAOCA Va kNCAcOAo VIM WCAC SOAO
to converse with US in English, and
heard as fine piano playing as was ever
heard here. Friday morning our party
went to HermOsillo, the capital of the
state of Sonora, and was shown the same
generous hospitality and warm vel
come. We visited a number of the
orange and lemon groves that are so
numerous in that country. Figs and
lines are also in abundance"
"Was the weather agreeabler"
at is now what is known as winter
there, but found the heat quite exces-
sive. Still. to those. accustomed to the
climate this is the pleasantest time of
the year. II is very hot IN summer
there, and as warm as / should want 1t
at the present time"
"Have you opened your line for bust.
ness to Guaymaa noTr'
"Yes, sir, we will run q mixed train
on the Sonora branch for the present"
ais the outlook for the new line
goodG"
"Yes, indeed; there is great deal to
attract visitors and business will no
doubt rapidly increase. We are all
we'll pleased with the appearance of
things, and have only words of praise
for the kindly feeling displayed by the in
hsbitants Of that country and for the
kind treatment accorded to US. The
people are glad of the railroads. arrival
and have only welcoming words from
all sides. While at Gusymas Mr.. Sew
cry caught couple OF fish, without the
aid Of hook or line. He is confident
that they weighed at lest one hundred
pounds each and were ten feet long, al
thought an unpreiudiced observer would