The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-16
RAILROAD NEWS.
A Kansan Discusses Greatest
Railway Scheme Of the Age.
Thousands of Mines VIII Burst
Out Like Volcanoes.
MEXICO'S VAST RICHES
In Minerals viii Be Torn From
Mother Earth's Bosom.
Sees Thousand Ways For For
tune, None For a Living.

Dr. c. L. Conway, of Cottonwood Falls
Kansas. received the following letter from
E. W. Tiff. a former Kansan, giving a
glowing account OF 1Iextco's wonderful
mineral resources and prououncing Mr..
1welPs proposed Kansas City, Mexico &
Orient railroad the greatest thing that has
ever happened He believes this road viii
develop all this property that is laden
with wealth to be acquired for the effort.
Writing from Urique, Estate de Chihua-
hua, Mexico. under date Of October 2, Mr..
IhR says:
am check full of good things to write
you from this, the land of the Monte
zumas. My only fear Is that you Will
not take the time or any pleasure in read
ing. The Kansas City, Mexico & Orient
railroad is much talked of here KAN
sas City IS getting her nose into every
thing; the bacon, ham and canned goods
for US. all come from Kansas C1ty-WTIth
vegetable soups from Germany
have heard nothing recently from John
StllWelI- The orphan Cnlnuahua & "a
c-f1c railroad which the Kansas city &
Orient have adopted, runs boldly west and
souEh to WITHIN mics q 5asIrs-o' =
Conception, as all the maps have II, our
old STAN ping ground-rlearly 80 mil 8
from Chihuahua Enrique Creel & Co, OF
the Banco Ainero, ard vice pTesidelt OF
the Crent, and the biggest capitalists in
all nor hern Mexico, were Tory years
ahead Of their time, when they built this
sh1 TT line to Guerrero. or Minaca- the
was ferty years ahead Of his time when
he conceived the two great oceans en-
uected a railroad Mr. SdlWeu goes
farther and conceives what President
IiAz declares IS the greatest ra-ilW-y
American company in this part of the
cOun ~. and consequently have the great
est in crest TO look IN o it. A railroad from
Kansas Cs5fv ro rTorleI 3 Ia rnr1o or a. Ii has
been renamed, Port Stilwell, means some
few millions to the originator from the
Mexican government It is written, God
loves a cheerful giver'
The road will strike southwest from
Guerrero river, a rolling prairie count Y
I only hope they viii look up the short=r
and better line from San Antonio around
the south end of Sierra Prieta into Ia
sweep forty miles on the top of the CONT
mental divide, between great lakes, which
were once volcanoes, and which Will be-
come in time famous pleasure resorts. At
the head OF the canyon, Tajedic. a pebble
the Pacific. Here is found first the heavy
timber county. and wagon roads leading
ztv mics away IN carts 1 ne faA4road
would pass down to the Guerrero west
line and strike heavy timber sooner and
avoid most of the bridging. From that on
southwest, sixty miles up the channel, are
no heavy grades and they again come
back from the west on top of the Archaeu
granite backbone OF the continent Then
continue southwest along the divide, th1r-
ty or forty miles from Los Ojitos to Gui-
teco. and they have overcome one of the
and have passed through at least seventy
miles Of magnificent timber land offered
by the Mexican government at fifty
cents gold per acre The building Of the
Rio Graude narrow gauge-between
Pueblo SiIverton g. Durango, Col, would
have regarded as a picnic this job But,
at Guiteco. nearly 80 miles from San An
tonic, SdIwel and his friends may well
stop and look back Their short line to
Guerrero has already caught Cusihura-
chic, mining camp where the Stand ard
Oil Company are making a few Of their
many millions La Reina, nearby, is ship
ping millions, with millions more to fol-
low. with hundreds Of other big veins I'M
tried and undeveloped and even unoWned-
which may make big shippers
THE Chihuahua & Pacific of which
Stilweu has recently become possessed, is
clearing a thousand dollars q day, and
almost before passenger traffic has be-
gun This trade is mostly from fifteen to
twenty miles to the south From the
northwest comes to them much Of the
Sonora trade in ores The MuIatOs mines. f
recently sold for a few millions have sig
nifled their intention to trade dire city with
Kansas City Due west from there, fifty
TO seventy miles. is Jesus Marie. A1e rris.
G ncheu and dozen other smaller camps.
with fifty mills in operation, mostly o8n-
ed by Denver parties Their output is at