The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-10
RAILROAD NEWS.
American Capital Is Active i'm
Mexico.
Many New Roads Being Pushed
in Southern Republic.
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVE
Extensions Doing Much for the
Northwestern Portion.
Other Items Of Interest in
Railway Circles.

| In the northwestern corner of the
vast territory of the Mexican Repub-
| lie, American energy and capital are
| pushing forward great enterprises.
For twenty-five years the Mexican
| Central railway on the east and the
| Sonora railway on the west, 800 miles
apart, have furnished access to the
| outskirts of this vast wild region, but
new roads now are pushing into and
over the mountains and along the val
leys. --l44s
In 1898 the Sonora railway. to-
gether with; the New Mexican & Ari-
| iona, was leased by the Santa Fe to
the Southern Pacific company, which
reaching down from its main line in
Arizona to the Gulf of California in
Mexico.
In 1903 the Southern Pacific ac-
Quired the Cananea, YaQui River &
Pacific, which had built forty-four
miles of road from the Arizona Dor
der at Naco to the Cananea copper
| mines and possessed large powers for
extensions.
Under the name of the Hartman
Line" the Southern Pacific has COM
menced the construction of a great
line from Guaymas southwark to
Guadalajara, $50 miles, and has also
undertaken an extension from this
| line northward starting from Corral,
sixty-four miles east of Guaymas up
the Yaqui river to the two forks of
that stream, one of which a branch
will follow to reach an arm of the Ell
Paso & Southwestern at Nacosari, and
along the other a parallel branch will
run to the Arizona border. These
lines, which will open now inacces-
sible country Astounding in mineral
wealth, will cover something like 400
miles.
coast also is projected. The line to-
ward Guadalaj lara already is built
from Guaymas to Navajoa, lis miles,
with a branch from Corral north to
Buena Vista, twenty-six miles.
The Sierra Madre & Pacific has
been organized to absorb and extend
the Rio Grande, Sierra Madre & Pa
cific under concessions from the Next
can government covering nine lines,
as follows: Nuevat CasaS GrandeS to
Nallurachic, Chiluahue. lao miles;
Nallurachic to point al or near Santo
Tomas, on the Chihuahua & Pacific
railway, about twenty miles; Nallura-
chic to Tencosachic. ten miles; Temo-
sachic to DERRICK (thirty-two miles,,
built; DERRICK to point of intersection
on line from San Jose to Guzman; at
or near San Jose to point at or near
Guzman; at or near Temosachfc to
Msfcoba; Malcoba2to Ag1abampo, ana
Maicoba to Guaynas.
The projectors propose to reach the
Pacific at. two ports, Guaymas and
gia bampo. The distance from Casas
GrandeS to Agia bampO appears to De
about 400 miles, and the length of the
branch from that, line to Guaymas
about $50 miles.
Altogether, the length Of new road
proposed including the line north
from Temosachic to the Arizona bor-
der perhaps $50 miles, and the
branch from the old road at Lake
Guzman west along the Arizona Dor
der, seems to be over 1000 miles.
From FL ORC on the Rio Grande,
opposite Preside del Norte, Tex, to
Topolobampo, on the Gulf, the dis
lance by the route of the Kansas City,
Mexico & Orient railway is 627 miles,
of which 1872 miles are covered by the
tracks of the Chihuahua & Pacific.
OF the remaining sos miles under
taken by the Orient company there
are completed eighty-seven miles
from Minaca south and sixty four
from Topolobampo north, leaving two
gaps of eighty-two and EOS miles to
be filed, the latter including serious
work over the range.
From the portion of the Ell Paso &
Southwestern which extends from Ell
Paso west to Benson, Ariz., a branch
has been built chartered in Mexico as
the Nacozari railroad, from Douglas
south to Nacozari, seventy-seven
miles, reaching important copper
mines. The extension by the South
ern Pacific of it's Cananea, Yaqui
River & Pacific branch north to Naco-
zari will complete another route from
Ell Paso to the Gulf, and doubtless
will be followed by other develop
rnents in that interesting region.