The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1897-05-29
Takes Charge CT the n. nj. & A
Railroad.
Now Engines to Be Put on
the Road.
Guaymas to Be Made Port of Entry
by the New Manage
ment Soon.


begin its operations from that date.
Superintendent Epcs Randolph will
have immediate charge of the roads in
addition to his duties of superintendent
of the s. P. in Arizona, and it is
rumored that Mr.. E. J. Gibson, present
train dispatcher at Hogales will be
Mr.. Randolph's assistant. If true
this will be good news to Nogales peo-
pie because Mr.. Gibson is a general
favorits here and his promotion would
be hailed with delight by his fellow
townspeople.
There will be many improvements
made in the operation of the road
when the S. P gets down to business
and all the toy engines will be sent
home and real engine. be pressed into
service. The old rolling stock will also
he worked off in time and soon the $50
miles of road from Benson to Guaymas
will be in fine running order.
This short strip of railway will give
the s. P. the shortest all rail route be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
and will make Guaymas the landing
place for all of G. P. Huntington's big
steamships that now go to San Fran
cisco.
This change in the management OF
the N. NJ. d A. and Sonora railways,
the settlement Of the Yaqui trouble
and the prospects of making Guaymas
an important seaport will cause boom
in Sonora the like of which has never
been seen there. Guaymas, Hermo-
silloand Nogalex will blosson1zinto little
cities in short time.
In speaking of Guaymas in cennec-
ton with the change, the San Fran
cisco Examiner of last Friday says:
Guaymas has about $4,000 people,
and in its general appearance it is a
typical Mexican town, IKE buildings
being for the most part only one story
in height, of adobe, brick or stone,
with thick, heavy walls and high cell
ings, fiat roofs and generally devoid of
external ornamentation. The most
imposing building in the place has been
recently completed by the municipality
and is devoted to the public use, in
GLIDING all the offices and the municipal
jail 1t is a massive stone building,
the rock being a green basalt, very
hard and finely finished. The general
government has recently made an ap-
preparation of about 5000, 900 to erect
a new custom house. t.-.
When following very nearly north
and south line, the Sonora Railway
approaches the town from the east, its
shops and round house being at Punta
de Arenas, which is less than a mile
east from the Plaza de Armas, at the
Cathedral. From Punta lie Arenas n
spur track of the Sonora Railway
crosses to Ardilla island over a bridge
800 feet in long.h, and skirting the
western end of the island terminates in
a wharf about $50 feet long, where
the depth of water now varies between
ten and fourteen feet at lew and high
tides. Coastins vessels in the Puget
sound lumber trade tie up at this wharf
and discharge cargo directly int cars.
In the inner harbor the greatest
depth shown by seundings was eighteen
feet In the outer harbor, to the east
of Ardilla island and Alma gre Grande,
the depths vary from twenty-four to
thirty six feet. At the drydock, the
south side of the bay, those are at
tanned very close to the shore, and |
along there the carrent has secured the |
bottom, preventing deposits to any
great extent. A belt railway few
miles around the town would bring car
and ship together i'll deep water, or
eauseway, no greater than the Oakland
mole, from Punta de Arenas and Ar
dilla island, would accomplish the same
purpose.
1t is stated on good authority that u,
concession, for constructing wharves
and piers in the harbor at Guaymas |
has been granted General Ceballos