Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-03-27
Jotfings by the Mays,,le.
GUAYMAs, SoSoRA, Mex. {
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business trip through the land Of man qua, i;he thought occurred to me today that 1t would not be uninteresting l. your readers, to peruse an occasiOna letter regarding the country througl which l am passing. I presume thert are many persons in Tucson, who, hk, myself, have been long residents o9 tue ancient and honorable pueblo" vel never crossed the border, and know but little of Mexico. The writer himself mas been resident of said a. h. P. for if teen years and was never further ia the interior than the town of Msgdalena GnC that was but thr5e months ago. There. fore with n view Of benefitiug acme o-e who may contemplate a similar journey will endeavor to chronicle my exper- fence travelling in the Sister Republic that others who wish may benefit there from.
 On boarding the train at Tucson, 1 found as fellow passengers for shor; distance, our gentlemGnly Superintend- ent Col J. A. Muir, and our genial friends Judge Alexander Campbell and +. l.. Austin, with whom the time passed pleasantly till We reached BeEsop, where Col. Muir left US, and Judge, Mr. Austin and myself switched of on the "burrO Tram, and We're joined by Colin Cameron who was returning to the San Rafael ranch from an extended visit east.
 At Fairbanks I bade Gdieu to the Judge, at HuRchuca siding to MT. Aus tin and at Land and Hays Ranch Mir. Cameron left me the sole passenger on the train, lin fact 1t Is the first time I ever hal the honor to have special car to myself,J till 1 reached NOgales, the coming town of Southern Arizona, where during brief stay 1 had the pleasure of shaking hands with quite a number of old acquaintances from Tucson, also the Irrepressible "NelsOD" mine hos: = the Cosmopolitan. May his shadow n,ver grow less.
 After tine usual search of baggage by the Mexican customs officials and the stamping of same, the train pulls out at 9:30 D. m. and you are m foreign land. There being no Pullman cars on this "BurrO' line of Rail road, travellers should provide themselves and you can then Improvise sleeping GccommOdEtiun by the use Of tine cushions of two o= three seats. and manage to pass the night very comfortably. At 7;Jj tEe next morning we reach Carbo, 12j miles south of Nogsles. Here the train stops 30 minutes for breakfast where travel lers have the privilege of paying 70 cents for very ordinary meal or go without. The country and vegetation in this part of Sonora is similar in appearance and characteristic of southern Arizona. At lO.5O a. n. We arrive at Hermosillo, at present the capital of, and the largest .ity m the state. Distance l7J miles -.ush of Nogales. The city is built Tn tLe valley of the NonorR IIver at point sav--.i miles he!Ow where it Is joined by the EiI San Miguel. Here vegetation is very rank, the valley h-ing fertile and well watered. tine chief products being sugan cane, corn, wheat, and belns, and of tropical fruits dRtes, bananas, oranges, lemons. and sweet llmes. There are many beautiful groves of oranges In and around U.e city, the fruit being of the bes. gnal..y raised m the staie There is Cus street n Ncrmcsi.l0, lsai- ing from the AiaEeda, or park, 'o the center of busin.ss, which Is very beautI- ful, both sides of the street having large orange trees which at this time Of the year, are hanging full of golden fruit. The cify plaza is a!sI place of Gttrsc- ton. # x lgstefuiiy lad out in walks, boIdeIed by beautiful flowers, inier- -Eerssd with rare shfubs and plants, and the whole square enclosed m rows ot orange trees Of large growth, many with the ripe fruit ready to te plucked, and others teening with blossoms, emitting a delicious perfume. In the center of the plaza IS a beautiful psgods in which on Sunday afternoons Gnd evenings, the band discourses sweet music. Here on these occasions you will see the beauty and elite of the city gathered together promenading, The plaza being Illumi- nRtei, It presents 6 very animated scene, and one long to toe remembered.
 Fl PalacIo del Gobierno,--the govern mental palace-or with us more proper ly tLe capitol building, froEts on the west side of the plaza. There IS nothing remarkable about the structure except that it has SO far cos. un immense amount Of money and has been under construction a great many years and is only half finished. It is an immense pile of brick and mortar qugintly put to- getier without regard to beauty or arch fleet, and G7 Co columns end arches pain ful to look gt.
 There IS but one hotel in Hermosillo. the, e,"Hotel Frances" kept by "Frenca' gentleman from Poland named Michael Cohen. who plays the Fart oi host resonH- bly well for the consideration of S2JO per day. The bill of fare IS cOmpari- lively good, "mein trent Cohen usually serves on his table all the delacscics the market affords. The hotel is situated about mile or less from the depot and carriages are numerous, the fare being 2J cents Tor single per son Co and from the depot, or to any part Of the clty, or one dollar an hour. Each carriage 0! hack has the rate ot charges posted mp inside ot the hack Hs regulated by the Prefect of the District, SO that the drivers may not impose on strangers.
 Owin 7 to the scourge of yellow fever through which IermOsillO has passed during the psst three years, she has lost somewhat her commercial supremacy. Business is apparently dull among the merchants and general complaint Is heard from almost everyone. Besides this, many families have removed into locations not yet visited by Yellow Jack. The city at the present time IS entirely healthy, there not having beer case of yellow fever since Dec. lOtb. last year.
 Having made brief stay of 2i hours i0 Hermosilio We BggIn resumed our Journey on ire "BurrO trsin' at Jl:3J n. m. and ct I jJ the dinner station, Torres, is reached. Here you can have the choice ot two Mexican fOndas and one restaurant at which tO dine. chose the latter and received very ordinary meal for JO cents. From Torres to Guaymas there is not much il scenery to interest a traveller, and the monot- ony of the ride was unhyoken, except tb.t at the etatIon oi Ortiz is encRmqed the Mexican troops who are to move on into 'he Ya4ui country to put down (or try tol the revolt of the Yaquis. w0uld like to comment on the appear a-ce Of the Mexican sO'dIery, being an old soldier myself, but | will defer thl until come more appropriate time. We reach Guaymss at 65ij p. n. dis tance from Eogales of 2O4 miles, the ac- tual time of travel from Tucson being l g hours and 2j minutes and its dis tance by rail 297 miles.
 Being compelled 10 remain Rt this