The Arizona sentinel., 1888-08-25
A CREAT ALLIANCE.
The tnternationaf Company and
 Southern Pacific,

without any fully authorized state
 ment to that effect, the suppositio
 has been general that the Internation
 al Company's road in Lower California
 would connect and operate with tn
 Santa Fc system. The natural condi-
 tions appeared to favor this. Tn
 Santa Fe interest is already we'll es
 tablished in Mexico through tn,
 Mexican Central and the Guayma line. The Santa Fe system, by it terminus here, which is also to be tn, terminus of the International Com pany's road, also suggests convenient interchange of business.
 But the reports now current indi- cate that negotiations are being made at least for entirely different arrange ments.
 It will be remembered that Lui: Huiler was Ill San DIrgo a few days ago and was interviewed by a repre- sentative of the Sun. He stated in terms as positive as man could em- Ploy that all the preliminary negotia tions for the construction of the road ia Lower California had been com pleted. The money had been secured the routes had been surveyed and ac cepted, and everything was ready tc b:gin actual construction Mr. Hull,r went to Ensenada, looked over the field carefully and then, returning, went to San Francisco.
 Out of this trip to San Francisco grows the new reports concerning ne gotiations for traffic relations for the International line. The report as it reaches the Sun IS to the effect that Mr. Huller's tri p to San Francisco is for the purpose of forming an alliance with the Southern Pacific people which will be of the utmost importance to this section of country, as it will bring to us not only the International rail way, buC the Southern Pacific as we'll, anu not only will these be accomplish ed merely, but in their accomplishments San Diego will be placed upon a direct line from the East, by way of Yuma, to San Francisco by way of the South ern Pacific.
 To be more specific, it is stated that Mir. Huller,s proposition to the Southern Pacific people is that that company take hold and build the road Tn Lower California under some form of sub-contract from the International Company. The Southern Pacific is to employ it's own engineer and con strucrion forces, but the International Company will furnish the finds for construction out of the $5,000,O0O all ready raised for thas purpose and from the sl2,e00 mile subsidy provided by the Mexican Government.
 Rut while the International Com pany proposes to contine its railroad operations directly to Mexican terri. tory, this proposition made by MT. duller goes beyond that and binds the Southern Pacific to an agreement to extend either its Pomena & Elsinore or its Santa Ana line down through San Diego and to a connection with the International ConpAny's line at Tia Juana, thus giving the lnterna rional Company road free and direct outlet to San Francisco and other California points.
 
 fnis will undoubtedly be Q most ex- cellent arrangement for the Interna- tional CSmpany's system of roads, but with the line to Yuma in operation which IS an almost dir;ct line to that point from San Diego, defecting but a few miles below the international boundary, it will also be an important and excellenct arrangement for San Diego, as it will plac. San Diego di rectly upon through route between California and the East.
 Only the general outlines of these plans are yet to be obtained because, while negotiations have been opened and are in progress, they have no, yet closed. Information, however, comes from an excellent source that it is Mir. Huller's desire to bring about the arrangement as stated, and as he already hAs :t command every dollar that will be needed to carry on the work, thare cannot be much doubt that he will succeed ill his efforts.
 MR. DUNHAM's RETURN.
 A telegram received in this city yes terday announces that A. s. Dlnham, the financial manager of the Interna tional Company, had arrived in Chi, cago and would reach San Diego about the middle of next week, on his return from New York. It is expected that the arrival of Mr. Dunham will be the sipnol for active onarotiOnS halO,, tba