Arizona republican., 1907-03-01
THE PHOENIX COLONY
OF SOUTHERN MEXICO
A Further Description by W. II. Greene
of the Glories of the Country About
Tampieo.

I Tamaihua. Mexico. Feb. 2O.-(Special
4 Correspondence of The Republican,
/ This beautiful little town is situated on
! the shore of the pretty Tamaihua lake
denounced Tam-a-ah-wah) and direct
B ly west of Yucatan in Central Ameri-
ca, as your readers may see by looking
at the map. The tall cocoanut trees
towering away up 40 or so feet above
the land and over the papapua and ba-
nanas, also orange and lemon trees ex-
tending all along through the town for
two miles and away up above the hor-
lion make a most pictureque landscape
as seen from the lake. This is a full
tropical country, where rubber. coffee,
cocoanuts 1.-TWO kinds, oranges. lem
ons, pineapples, etc, grow in abund-
ance. Also the Mexican apple called
monte, the finest fruit 1 ever tasted;
il is the size of a pear and richer than
the famous tamarinds of the WeSt In
dies.
A little over a mile south of this
Mexican town is the New Tamaihua
American colony and its town of Gren-
vile, located on the south bank OF the
very smOothest and prettiest of Next
cos rivers, the Milpas, navigable for
seven miles to the head OF tide water.
being u feet deep. The town Is about
one and half miles up the river, west,
and the Gulf is only about two miles
east. Large steamers can land at the
townsite. There is fully sixty inches
Of average rainfall and it is one of the
healthiest parts OF Mexico. DR.. Boni-
ito told US at TNuxpau the other day
that he had practiced thirty years at
Tamaihua and there was never a case
OF yellow fever, and it is also free from
other diseases.
A gentleman from down towards the
City of Mexico said to us on the steam
err as we came down: Il think the
American Colony people OF Phoenix,
Arizona, may feel proud in securing
this noted fine land on the Tanjieo Ha-
cienda, for they have done more than
President Diaz could do. He tried to
buy this Hacienda a year or two since
for fruit. etc, and could not get ii.
The original owner. Mr.. Sanchez. was
educated in New York and his wife is
half American. He says We want
American settlers and their enter
prise"
TIE corporation was organized in
Phoenix the LIST of February-w. W.
Creme. president; W. H.Kingdendall of
Tampico. vice-president. and W. H.
Greene, secretary and treasurer. They
have already sold about 1000 acres and
only have 5000 more to SELL A Chica-
go corporation bought 1000 acres .or fl
bre raising-zupupa plant, similar to
century plant, and better than manil-
la; $4,000 has been raised from $50 acres
in one year. A banana company of
Houston, Texas, has bought 500 acres
Of this colony for banana raising. Also
canning company Of Oklahoma has
bought 800 acres for canning factory
and gardening-to can fish. fruit. veg
etables, etc. Finest turtle. shrimp and
other fish and oysters in the lake and
coast A contract is made for a saw
mill to be erected on the river to saw
fine mahogany, ebony, rosewood, live
oak. etc. Part OF the land is only
small brush. much in valuable timber.
A railroad is surveyed across the land.
Mexicans here use mostly mahogany
boats cut out of solid logs-hundreds
Of them from three to five feet wide
and 30 feet long. The phosphorescent
waters of the Gulf are the most beau
tiful sight at night that 1 ever saw.
Tuxpam lake. which opens into the
Gulf of Mexico, is a pretty body Of wa
ter. and as we passed over it in the
night every stroke of the oar or paddle
cleaned with liquid fire. making scin-
tilation of bright strs and silver CLEANS
Of flame. a scene beyond all descrip-
ton. Thousands of fish leaping out Of
the water made the same great flashes.