El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-14
WONDERFUL
FUTURE
Ell Paso Destined to Become
A Great City.
IN A VISITORS OPINION
All Railroads to Be Built to Mexico
VIII Pass Through Fl pdsO and
IT Is predicted that the Ciiy's
Growth Will re Pie nom. nal.

Growth Will he phenoms nal.
John T McCarther. of Seattle
Wash. is at the Zeiger.
Mr.. McCarther is man who has
been associated with the mining bus
mess for many years and has visited
every section of the United States
where the mining industry exists and
also spent several months in Alaska
and Cuba.
He is at present in the employ OF
Arkansas capitalists. who have sent
him to this part of the country to look
for mineral lands. He will prospect
among the mountains of New Mexico
and perhaps buy some prospects that
are already opened up
Four years ago Mr.. McCarther was
in this country on the same business
for other parties. From here he went
to several mining districts of Mexico
and then to Alaska He went to Alas
ka on his own hook but never made
any successful operations there. After
returning from Alaska he went to
Cuba for Chicago parties to look for
investments in tobacco and mahogany
timber lands. He could not secure clear
titles to any of the lands there and re-
turned without making any deals. ar
irving home in October, 1898.
Before he came through FL Paso in
1896 Mr. McCarther. in his prospect
ing tour through New Mexico. walked
from Santa Fe to Eddy. distance OF
$50 miles He was then looking for
farming lands for some Utah people
who wanted to leave that state and
settle in n new country. Speaking OF
this walk though. he says that he had
a walk that was ahead of this one in
point of wildness of the country and
danger of being alone. as he was in
both cases.
In August 1898. just after his return
from Alaska he walked over the Seven
Devils mountains in Idaho from Lewis
ton to Boise City. This was only two
hundred miles. but it was through such
a hilly country that all he could take
with him was his blankets and he had
to depend upon what fish he could
catch and the game he could kill with
a revolver for his sustenance on this
journey.
Speaking of FL Paso. Mr.. McCarther
said. Il notice in Ell Paso the change
that | predicted in 1896 | said then
that the town was destined to become
a great city and il is fast becoming
So When I was here the river had
just been on a tear and washed away
some houses. l said that they would
soon be replaced by better ones and
that the river would be fixed so as to
insure against any more such incidents
and | see that has been done. In the
four years that have passed since |
was here last the city has built up re-
markably. 1t has built up more in four
years than any city of its size or in
similar circumstances in the world.
Toll Gate City.
There is no reason why FL Paso
should not control the entire trade of
the southwest FL Paso is the only real
toll gate city in the United States.
IF that sounds too big Just study
over the matter and you Will ind that
il is true All railroads. or nearly all
at least, that are built to connect the
United States with the rich mining
and agricultural country of Mexico will
be built through FL Paso. What you
have already got is only drop in the
bucket to what you will have in a few
years. Within three years an enor-
nous amount of railroad capital of the
United States will be seeking invest
ments in Mexico and FL Paso will have
to put forward but little effort to Sc
cure these roads through this city.
AS to Irrigation.
Il would suggest that Ell Paso follow
the example of what Denver is report
ed to be doing. 1t is said that there
is ascheme on foot in that city to get
hold of all the desert lands OF New
Mexico and western Kansas and then
induce congress to pass a law having
the government bear the expenses of
the irritation of these desert lands. The
object in this movement is TO get the
country tributary to Denver settled up.
On account of the failure of crops and
bad climate thousands o. people are
"a
Thee Innate of New Mexico is delight
full and if the soil was made produc-
tive a large influx of desirable citi-
zens would he the result.
This may look like booming New
Mexico when you rather | would Sug-
gest plan to boom Texas. Texas
has no public lands and again Texas
can hardly he considered as tributary
to FL Paso as New Mexico. that is in
point of the amount of business the
two sections bring to your city. l have
travelled extensively and | am free to
say that in the country lying between
FL Paso and White Oaks. New Mexico.
is the best climate on earth. All that
is necessary to bring that section to
the front is to get il irrigated so that
it will produce farm products. A large
portion of IL can be irrigated by arte-
sian methods and where artesian water
can be found oil and other valuable I'M
foreground deposits are liable to be
found. The country is also well wood
ed and where else in the United States
are there any extensive land to he Sc
cured by individuals?
All the other timbered lands of the /,
United States are in the hands of as !
sociated capital. except Il little in |
southern Missouri and northern Ar
kansas and everybody knows that |
there the timber and soil - moor and I,