Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-25

of this style to be installed in Mexico.
The septic tank will be discharged in
| the Guaymas bay.
All these dwellings and other build
! ings are lighted by electricity gener-
| ated in the shop powerhouse. Grass
| has been sown in all the yards and
trees are set out along the sidewalks.
| An up-to-date water system furnishes
an abundance of water for all pur-
poses. This water is obtained from
| four deep wells located four kilo-
meters from Emphane. The wells are
800 feet deep and ten inches in diam
eter. Salt water was struck near the
surface.
SlNAL0A
Away back in 1542 Juan Rodriguez
| Cabrillo, coming from Europe by way
| of the state of Sinaloa, Mexico, LANDED
on the coast of California and explored
the region where the city Of Los An
geles now stands. Again, in 1871, eleven
! families from the state of Sinaloa
! formed California's first settlement,
| and 124 wears later, in 1905, COM
pany of Angelenos formed the Sinaloa
Land company, an important land
project.
This magnificent state, abounding in
natural resources, having rich LANDS,
forests of hardwoods and pine, min
per of great magnitude. has until re-
Gently been cut off bysmountain bar
riers from the rest of Mexico and
from the world at large. 1t has lam
fallow waiting for the coming of the
railroad to quicken its latent powers
into activity.
The population of Sinaloa by the last
census was 36O,S65. The area of the
state is S7,231 square kilometers, or
54,520 square miles.
RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT
Sinaloa, owing to lack of railroad
TRANSPORTATION in the past, is only just
now opening up to modern commerce.
The Southern Pacific railroad now eX-
tends the entire length of the state
as far as Mazatlan, the principal sea-
mort. and a line is under construction
from Mazatlan to Guadalajara, where
1t will connect with the. Mexican Cen
trail railroad.
The Kansas City, Mexico and Orient
railroad crosses the state of Topolo-
bampo, with it's magnificent landlocked
harbor, entered by winding but deep
channel This harbor is destined to be
one of the greatest in western Amer
lea and to control a large Oriental
and European trade, being 500 miles
nearer the eastern states than san
Francisco.
A
New York Edwin Hawley, the railroad
magnate who has long been working
on the development of a transcontl-
mental line has gained his outlet TO
the Pacific coast through the kansas
City. Mexico and Orient railroad, ana
vast diversion of freight to the new
transcontinental route is predicted:
The water route of this new Oriental
dispatch will be made by the Ham
American Steamship company,
which has contracted to start trans
Pacific line as soon as the new road
is completed
What this means to Sinaloa and the
entire west coast of Mexico can read
ily u seen. With the Southern Pa
cific running through the entire state
from north to south, the Kansas
City, Mexico and Orient railroad
There are immense tracts of excel
lent land in this state for general ag-
ricultural purposes which 1t is. possible
to carry on throughout the entire year.
Along the ten large rivers which flow
across the entire state there is a vast
acreage of sandy alluvial soil formed
by the rivers during the past centur-
les. land as fertile and productive as
any to be found on the face of the
EARTH
SOME PRODUCTS
great variety of products can be
raised successfully in Sinaloa, such as
corn, beans, sugar cane, aifalta, to-
matoes, vegetables of all kinds, or
anges, lemons, mangoes, grapes, pine
apples, zapotes, tobacco coffee, wheat,
barley, bananas, etc. All of these give
big returns.
The production of fiber is now one
of the great industries of the state,
and it is probably destined to be the
kx1f<y ln ciern
plant (maguey) has been used in the
manufacture of alcoholic drinks, te
uuila and mescal, out now that de-
mand has been created for the fiber
large planters are giving their atten-
tion to it. The crop requires little Gull
tivation and absolutely no irrigation.
Hence it is a safe crop, though it re-
ouires at least four years for the
plants to mature after planting, and
they grow in any soil, even out of the
rocks.
After four years growth the yield
of heneduin fiber per acre is estimated
to be SIS to 800 gold, and as the de-
mand for this fiber exceeds the sup
ply there is a large profit and steady
income for those who produce it. AS
mentioned, this plant also produces the
strong Mexican liquor called mescal,
and large fortunes have been made in
this line by planters through this
traffic.
PINEAPPLEs AND MANGOEs
Pineapples and mangoes thrive in
this state, and in case of any possibility
of an oversupply of the local markets
of these two delicious fruits they could
be canned, exported and bring excel
lent prices. Here it would be well to
draw attention to the fact that there
is not single cannery of any impor-
tance in either the state Of Sonora or
Sinaloa. There is a great fortune for
the wideawake person who starts one.
There is no starch factory in either
state. all the charch now used coming
from Germany. Here is another open
ing for a large and profitable business.
The duty on imported starch is high.
For raising cattle there is no better
country in the world than the Sinaloa
lowlands which are covered with a
dense underground, an ideal forage
for stock growing. There are a few
American stock raisers near the city
Of Cullacan who have added consider