Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-15
REVIEW BsBE ARIZONA MORNING.
s. F. From Puget Sound
 to Guadalajara, Mexico

the Sonora road. but has been aequir. ed by the Southern Pacific, and a con cession has been granted for a com plete reconstruction Of the road. n- eluding a better roadbed, heavier rails, new bridges. etc. This section is 263 miles long
 From Guaymas to Culiacan the line follows the Pacific coast. but after leaving the latter point it assumes a more easterly course and, passing through the territory and the city or Tepic, it terminates at Guadalajara, capital of the state of Jalisco. and the second city in size in the republic. Here connection with the City of Mex ico is made with the Mexican Central and also. by the same road, with Man zanillo, the most important port on the western coast of Mexico The dis tance from Tucson to Culiacan. the most southerly point on the main line to which trains are now run, is about 750 mile5; from Culiacan To MaZatlan is about 150 miles, and from Mazatlan to Guadalajara is about 3GO miles.
 This line will traverse what is said to be the most highly mineralized sec tion in the world. and one which has as yet scarcely been touched by the pick of the prospector. In the north ern part of Sonora there are some eX- tensive mining operations by the Greene-Cananea and other companies. but further south practically nothing has been done except the crude work of the natives who had neither the knowledge Of engineering nor machin- cry to facilitate their labors. Tn troubles with the YaGui Indians have hitherto prevented prospectors, ex- cept a few of the most daring ones, from going into that region, but traty of peace has recently been sign ed between the Indians and the Mexi- can government, which, with the ad- vent of the railroad will. it is believed, open the country to settlement and civilization.
 There are several branches to this system of the Southern Pacific in Mex leo, including the Yaoui River branch, the Nacozari branen. the Cananea- Naco branch, the Nogales- -Cananea branch, and the AlamoS branch. 's Nogaies-Cananea branch has recently been comp. eted and forms one of the most important links in this great chain of Mexican railroad building
 the country through which the main line of this road is being built is cap able of supplying it with freight in the way of tropical fruits and vege- tables, including oranges, bananas, pineapples. cocoanuts, Hines, etc, and with rare hardwoods. such as rose wood. mahogany and ebony. all or which are greatly in demand in the United States. These products, like the minerals of that section, have heretofore been untouched because there have been no transportation Ta- cilities, but now that the fertile lands and the splendid forests are to be brought into closer touch with the out side world by the application of steam, there is every reason to believe that the western coast of Mexico will be. come one of the most prosperous sec tions of the American continent. So that the Southern Pacific railroad wIil be not only the heaviest mineral car rier in the world, but one of the great est transporters of fruits, which will pass from California east, and from Mexico north. each in their season while at the same time It's passengers will be able to travel further on a continuous route than on any other line in existence.