Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-04-03
Jottings by the Wayside.
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 ED. CITIzES:-The irain on which l ar rived at Gusymas being late, the splen- did view of the bay and city from the cars which travellers ususlly enjoy by daylight. and especially the trip across long bridge, was lost tO me cn account of the darkness.
 On arriving at the depO. you have the choice Of taking hack or the street cars to the hotel. Having so many traps to carry, I was compelled to take hack, the cost of which IS fifty cents. There are two hotels. the Central" and the "HOtel COsmopolits The Central IS undoubtedly the best bOtel for sleeping accommodations. but there Is no culinary department attached to it, so l put up at the CosmopolitR where l found quite a colony of GringOs quartered, consi L. Ing Of Mir. Edmund Lsake ,the special agent of the old Mutual Life Insurance Co, Mir. Robert FOgle commercial tray eler for Geo. GreenZweig & Co, of San Francisco, Cal, the latter, regular drummer of the modern stamp, Mr. Geo w. Jordan repHirer and timer of pianos, from Los Angeles, Cal, and NIT. c. W. Bullard mining expert from Spring field, Ills. The first impressions of Q stranger at this hotel are anything but pleasant. There IS a mellitluOus oder per vadIng the whole premises which de- notes the proximity and character oi the water cl set, which becets m one the desire to get away from it, Iu. mlsery loves company and after time tbis fully subsidies and one becomes reconcil- ed to the BiiustiOu. There is chance here for some enterprising person tO make a fortune by siarjIng R first class hotel, ;here being sufficient travel and trans lent business to justify The experiment, Tho railroad company started the foun- dstIOn for a large hotel, when the yell low fever broke out aud all building ceased for want of laborers and mecban- | ics, since which time the enterprise mas | been abandoned.
 Guaymas Is about a mile and q half | long by a half mile wide, population l about 4JO0. IL Is built a long the shore of l q beautiful bay, the harbOr being land | locked, affords safe anchorage for vos- seis drawing from twenty to twenty | eight feet. On one of the Islands m | front of the city are the crumbling runs | of an old fort erected by the followers | of MHxinlllian during his invasion of | Mexico. It was built to command the | entrance to the harOor. On viewing | thIs tomb of ambition, one cannot help | but pity the fate of the would-be Em- peror and the trials of hIs unfortunate l Carlott8.
 To one who has been absent for many | years from salt water, 1t IS always pleas ant to again return and saunter along its shores watching the various water fowl m search of food, and here there Is a great variety of sea birds, pelicars, sh8gs, looms, gulls and many others, who leave the rough waters of the gulf to fish within the harbor. The most amusing Of all IS io watch the pelicsus fish; they are very tame and cone clo,e n shore to the shallow water. Being clumsy bird the sea gull (vho is a regu- lar pirate bird) takes advantage of pei ican and when he catches fish the gulls surround hIm and try to snatch it. and very often rob him of his prey.
 There Is a line Of street cars, run ming from the depot to Aurora Garden a distance ofthree miles. The garden be- ing about R mile out of Ii e city in great place of resort, is owned by MT. 4. Grofi. as IS also the street car iine. The groat attraction at he garden is A grove of cocosnut Ualms, which at this writing are full of fruit, from the blossom to the ripe nuts. The body of the tree IS straight and smooth 10 a heighth of p feet, their foliage l. beau .Iful, consisting of festhery arching leaves about IS or 20 feet long, at the base of the leaf hang the lunches of irUit. There was also a large sbanyan ree m the garden which to ne was as great q curiosity as sthe cocoauut palms having never had tbe pleasure of seeing 'Itber before. The baryan has already spread into A small grove and running 1 have to be continually cropped , o prevent its encrOaching on it's sur oundings.
 This seems to be the coming city Of tate. although Its progress has been retarded by the yeIloUfever yet Is harbor and advantages will eventually |; ause it tO be q sea port Of some impOr- i ance. The climate is at this time of ( be year healthy. and l sm told that ( 'Tior to the coming Of yellow fever 1t 1! 'as cOnridered remarkably healthy q .isce. The drinking water IS brackish q nd on first using, It is quite disa. 1 reeshie. The old pictures m the bible V re brought viyiGly to my memory here. t s the modern Rebeccas at the we'll ary but little from .he oIien time. Tue g 7ells themselves and the manner of D rawIng water arc the same, and the v iany "aguadores" with their raw hide ' -ater skins thrown across the bsc; of "a h urro, may he seen. dozens at time, fi cling "agua duice" sll day long There o ss company orIauizsd several years n go and machinery and material vas D srtly bought. 'he company offering io I. lrnish the clty government all water D tee for the municipality in con-iderR- is on of the franchise: Cu secondithought ie municipality denied the franchise. pt acause the enterprise would throw the ,uadores ont of employment. NJ I cannot leave Guaymas without a bl lrting tvo-d in praise of Mir. A. Vii rs rd, our United States consul at this ti lrt, who is uniformly courteous tO all, to kind and affsble gentleman, whose A 'eatest pleasure 1t is to entertain a co tizen of that great nation he sp ably presents. Tbe people generally are cI )spiiable and one meets with a kindly ca ception from all sides. m Messrs- Leake, Fogle and Jordan. the gr alluded to elsewhere and n.y. T, 1T are destined to be fellow travellers T, rough the interior. We expect to Gl ave this afternoon on the Danish bark 'apa," if wind and weather are favora- in e. for the port of Agisbampo md an exec to Alamos, from whence, ns SO ated in my last, you may expect tp co ar again from your obedient servant, VI
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