Arizona daily citizen., 1901-11-06


Az Yuma On the 10th OF December
there will he inaugurateA enterprises
which are destined To be of vast ser
vie" 10 the commercial interests Of thu
two republics upon the Pacific coast
These enterprises are the Mexican
Coast Steamship Co, and the Mexican
Colorado Navigation 90 The firsf
named company viii run line Of
steamers from San Francisco TIA all
the Mexican ports along the coast AS
far sontfi as San Benito. cl,b.s 10 the
Guatemala river. calling at all the
posts bet and accommodating a
great and valuable trafiit
The Mexiean Colorado Navigation
60. will ply a line of light dranght
steamers from the mouth of the Colo
RADIO river to Needles calling AT yums
and all the landings along the river
numbering some thirty fiye.
The Gulf of California 4 Yuma
Hallway 60. nov under construction
lis the third enterprise. which will ex
tend from San Jorge hay on the east
short of the Gulf OF Colorado. in the
Altar District Of the State of Sonora
to Yuma and Phoenix. giving the lat
ter city and intermediate points the
advantages of connection with water
transportation Afforded by the two firsi
named companies,
The fourth OF these companies Is
the Sonora Land d .ineral Colonixa
tion Co. which owns an immense
grant OF s,sO0.oo0 acres OF land in tho
Altar district. extending from the In
ternational line along the Colorado
river and the gulf shore 10 San Jorge
bay. and including great scope of
very rich and fertile country. hitherto
TERRA incognita on account Of an
Almost utter lack OF transportation
facilities
Upon the occasion OF the inangura-
ton OF these great enterprises Yuma
will be scene of festivity. The gov
ernors of Sonora, Arizona and New
Mexico have been invited to attend
and will be present with their stats
and large delegations of business men
will be present from all the cities in
Arizona and Sonora which will be
great enterprises. Oasis.
A colony OF Tennessee people are
about to form q settlement on the
Colorado river, below Fort Mohave
A member OF the party will be here to
look over the ground within a week
or two. The opening of these lands 10
settlement means the bringing of
thousands OF dollars IN taxable wealth
into the country and the building up of
an agricultural community. practic-
ally all the agricultural products con-
sumed in the county are shipped In
from California, but with an agricul-
tural country In our midst a home
market could be opened mp. Mohave
Miner
c. l.. Constant and Tom Murphy de-
parted this morning by team for the
Big Sandy country. where they will
make an examination of the recently
discovered tin mines. 1t Is stated that
the tin ore occurs In a quartz seam in
the granite and the samples exhibited
in Kingman have given as high as so
per cent of the metal. II the find is as
promising as 1t was reported Mr.. Con-
stant will at once put on a force OF
men to develop the property. Tin is n
scarce article In the United States and
every reported find Of the metal Is
given a thorough examination Mo
have Miner.
EFFECTIVE AT ONCE-The 1llin.
ois Central railroad will put in new
fast schedule on their Omaha and Chi.
cago line, whereby train No. Q will be
cut down one hour. It will leave
Omaha at :45 p. IN. daily via Fort
Dodge, Waterloo, Dubuque, Freeport
and Rockford, arriving iu Chicago 81
8 80 q. m. next day. Traiu No. will
be made daylight train leaving Omaha
at 0. m. via the same route as above
reaching Chicago at 9:45 p. m. same
day. These two trains also carry
through equipment between Omaha and
st. Paul via Fort Dodge and Alber. Lea
reaching Minneapolis at 7:25 q. N. and
6:55 p. m. respectively. The equip
ment OF these trains includes the lateei
pattern wide vestibuled Pullman sleep
Ing car, buffet library smoking car, fret
reclining chair car and dining car.
E. L. WETMORE,