Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-06-10
rns citiss of 81 Paso, Texas, and
Paso Del Norts, Mexico.
The Enterprise Of Americans as
Compared With the Sluggish
ness Of Msxicans.
Tho ,iSsrsncs Exsmpliasd by the
Rival Towns on the
Rio Grande.
, cguRcH OF A LONG TIME AGO.


Pa ',''nsnJous bit of enterprise for
"a. N.~rbqrn Pacific to push It's lines
90" ...tn the northern unlnhaoiteu /
~ 3.,-tsnf Dakota and Montana before
W. i,,dian had surrendered his title IN
-, - To the scalps and OuiIalo III
~ .srritory. But great and COM
.I,.tsIIn a. that enterprise was
W, IT, sasnrs ~ metO be the building OF
Inc sunset Route. The ne" ooJ i,t Ia
1,,.ti,. country was q desert oniy o
-. 4 was not inhabited Oy C' CIV
L..yr,. Il was 10 blossom anu oi0 IN
whenever the soil was tui heu ny sue
NOW and immigration tGilo"eu otoSe
.,uo,, the track layers. Inc I S% az, |
mrrh Of il, through "hICm .H
Suu,,.t route has pushed Us way -
:, de.art in fact. From san AnIouio W
~ pa,o the road lies manly thrOuSu"
'o.,iry which i good only TOT SraHIus' |
sv1 .nr that only where there Is water;
~ one drawback to southern anu |
I'm Texas, ami the same cOHdltiohS !
49,. 'n,J through Arizona, - the
Lack Of water.
~. amy season comes IN nliu-suh-
....rur hon II does no good agriculturalIy. |
~. ..r,ollrr streams dry up during the |
~. ,,..stner.aud 4 country that Il other
49,. ,poElr OF anything Is rendered !
49,. ., keep, Tor stock ranges, anu no |
my an develop with the land dis
.-,r..t Al i'm vast tracts upon winch cattle |
-,,,,. 80, wild Wherever irrigation Is |
,r-.,,h,,. the ue>t results have been Sc
'',.-sI:u the cultivation Of cotton, wheat |
,rwg4rrvrr crop Is desirable. Arteslan
,,.". m. doing much for the country. |
I'm. lnre- are built upon a changing |
..;~l.e but il will he years before !
wg,y-rl Texas i anything more than |
~ .,uu,ru-e stock range, with long |
-.--t,ur, ofarid waste,
Wa,t of san Antonio the country Is |
-,,In, audrOvered with chapParaI, bat |
with a number Of enterpr!s-
mo towns stretched along tor |
- ,ouplr of hundred miles, !
lrrf his section i traversed IN the night, !
and nup awakes the next morning as |
The rain strikes the Rio Cirande and tor |
fF.y %, sixty miles the scenery Is grand |
and beautiful. The train winds along |
m. -itr of the bluff on the American |
shore. now aud then cutting Ola Jut-
ting point, aud the view 1t the same !
-,uIr' by dashing into atuunel. On the |
opposite side rises the
PERCEPTIONS Bluffs Of old Mexico.
arnvr ;hr level Of the train, 20 one can
r,,t sc the towering Cacti and the |
>age blush beeping over the edge. AZ !
The ha~e of this lies the Rio Jirande, q !
NARROW. green ribbon At the foot Of the |
preC,uiyt, or stretching out into spark
Ing T.ppeS a. il flows over shallow bars.
L. /, not an imposing stream Just now,
but has bel enough in which
To stretch itself il feels inclined. After
the t-.tIu leaves the Rio tirande the
~crLr-i becomes mountainous, and We
w.LG alOu. among low peaks and
:hrOu-n Etassy valleys. It appears a
.anG-i the cOJDtrS might once have
l"rL 4 wide mountain range, upon
whjru Nr. DCuuelly'~ comet let down
av.gu;Vus discharge leaving only the
tai.e~t peaks sticking up through the
deposit, themselves too, well covered
with ir!ft. BIZ the comet failed to
Civ ,eXa- u fair shake for, while there
arr -prn gS in the tooth Is, the ground
i 80 Try thar the best of them can not
max. a rryu!et ut more than few hun
ir,1i ..,.t IA length, AMI the valleys lack
watc.. Just now, however, they are
blooming with q variety of wild flowers.
The progress westward Is marked by an
Increase OF the mountainous character,
unit. AZ PdTsanO Pass, 2lj miles east of
ia PasO, the elevation reached by the
tran : $50 feet, while some peaks
near by form the highest point of land
N Texas. This pass is through the
Apache mountains. To get into FL
PaSo the Sierra Blanca range must also
0e crossed al an expense Of much hard
WORK IN railroad construction, how
hard must be taken on trust, ~ the dis
'rl,t - .yaverSed at night.
~ Paso.
ilr metropolis Of western Texas and
tie gateway TO Mexico, Is a city of
4,do or 5,,HU inhabitants, situated on a
SSLd5 plain with mountain peaks ris-
ing on either side and the Rio Grande
~ tgn"l. II claims to have a future be-
ore p. and the immense building ell
terpr;-t> and the general air of pros
perry would indicate that the claim is
not without reason. Ii is not an ut.
.5a'U'e looking town, however. Il is
Sait,.td over too much territory, and
t"e!r are too many Of the old adobe
nU.-u.HS~, and new adobe buildings for
tAa1 "idlter, since mud brick is by no
mean, abandoned in Pa>O architecture
l" n'a"r beautiful city. But it has
only a'd about a two Years chance, and
"' ~ SoLug u city. with water works
well 'N'''''' N''"'S
To ,rr he adobe brick in its native
heath 'ne must % u the oil Npxiran
s..l O..
Paso Del Norte
"a ,ar opposite side Of the r,yar
,s.''N 'ar line forms all easy and ready
I"hN .Eahcr and Is >ald 20 have Tho IiS.
',A'iioh OF being the only iuterpgtionaI
.'-ert 'ar line m the world. psso dol
N"T.r 'iaInlS population Of from ono
% ~, ''', or rather Others claim thar
, HS u. because Pa>O del NOrte itnar has
'"e i'je spirit of MEXICAN conser$,tism
1ui , ,!aIins nothing. Ii extends for
I''i'S up anu down the river, however.
49," :, WOULD take days Journey TO see
ua' one does see is a business
STetI OF low, one-stOry adobe buildings
-' ''eAleah' except where an enter.
Et''JE American has put i'm bsr
a tST dwellings are also built of the
"'o"t 0TlcE, one story, and ususIIv sur-
iINhded by a wall of the same material
nISh enough 10 hide the buiIdinU Alto
SeIher. Along the irrigating bitches
axe IrSeS and luxuriant Vegetation hat
Elsewhere it Is desolate and dusty The
,lCans have a faculty of hiding
a o;. Ives, and they have hidden tbe;1
ny OF 1920 in way togive the casual
observer the idea that there were not a
T TSnuFed people in the whole nIacs
i ne most imposing structure i'm the ritv
E = ohr Mexican Central depot, the an.
p's'S4ce OF which shows that the road
M, M, Mexico is doing something beside
c SS,M IN the way Of opening M the
49, pom an emiuence, opposite beru;rs
~ S t~NatWas once public square, stands
Old Mission Church
" ". .1,.'l"daloupe. 1t is in a remarkable
oI a:e OF Preservation, Though n IL
tanned la. to be over 800 years Old. II "a
Duitt OF adobe, with stone trimmingS
S S,mu u the tower hangs a chime of al
upper bells, tied by ropes N tbs 80 O.u