Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-25
MAZATLAN

many beauties or InlS CITY ana sea-
port, which is but forty hours journey
over the Southern Pacific railway from
Tucson.
Leaving the capital city of the state,
, Culiacan, about midnight, the traveller
arrives at Mazatlan at 8 o'clock the
next morning. On landing at the sta
tion of Mazatlan, one is not particu-
larly impressed with the prospect in
view, and it is a good twenty minutes
drive in q carriage before reaching the
city proper. On arriving there, a fas-
cinating panorama is spread as far as
the eye can reach. Old. quaint, with
its unique style of Spanish architec-
ture, the city is a refreshing sight for
the foreign visitor.
Though an old city, Mazatlan is
progressive one, with modern sewer
and drainage system, recently estab
lished with the aid of the federal gov
ernment, and with the completion of
the Panama canal President Diaz has
intimated that millions will be eX-
pended in dredging the harbor and the
erection of modern docks and wharves.
AT the present time vessels of deep
draught have to anchor some distance
out in the harbor, necessitating the
use OF lighters to load and unload
freight, causing double handling,
which is expensive.
Several established lines of steam
ships doing an international business
make Mazatlan a port of call, besides
the large. fleet of coasting steamers.
FEW AMERICANS HERE
The city has many large foreign and
Mexican business houses. 1t is
strange but true that there Is but one
American business house in this pros
porous and thriving city-a carriage
90, N11 4I,s,
FELTON, brothers. Mazatlan has mod
ern electric light plant, large brew
cry and ice factory, besides many cigar
and cigarette factories.
The population of Mazatlan is esti-
mated at $4,000 Owing to the great
number of employees, laborers, clerks,
ETC., at work on the construction of
the Southern Pacific railroad between
Mazatlan and Guadalajara, large num-
bers are continually arriving by every
train and steamer, and many strangers
are daily seen grouped around the ho-
tells or sitting in the plazas. Correctly
named the "Pearl of the Occident,"
Mazatlan has a great future. the wise
administrator, President Diaz, being
one of the first to realize this by prom
ising large sum for the improvement
of the harbor.
running almost through the middle of
the state from east to west, connected
with the Hawley interests throughout
the middle and southern states of
America, the state of Sinaloa is indeed
blessed with transportation facilities,
and the farmer and manufacturer are
assured of getting their products either
in the wonderful markets of the orient
with it's countless millions, or in the
cities throughout the Atlanic seaboard.
OPENINGS FOR FARMERS
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have seen what a few Americans are
doing with modern methods, are now
beginning to realize the fact that vast
fortunes await them whenever they
choose to delve earnestly. There is no
need of fertilizers in this prolific state,
the land after several crops only need
ing a few years rest or change or
crops to regain it's original fertility.
Indeed, it can be truly said, after
visit to many of the haciendas, that
modern agricultural machinery, in
stead of the antiquated methods of
tilling the soil, is all that is necessary
to transform this state into one of the
richest in the Mexican republic. Ma
ture, without doubt, showered her gifts
with lavish hand upon Sinaloa. Wa
ter in abundance from running rivers,
unlimited mineral wealth, the fairest
and mildest of tropical climates, to-
gether with a fertile and virgin soil, all
ready with a little couragement and
patience to burst into bloom, bear wit
ness to the truth of his statement.
The possibilities of the Sinaloa are
practically unlimited. AS a great ag-
ricultural and mining center the state
is destined to become one of the most
important on the great American con-
tinent within the very near future. A
perfect network of rivers renders irri-
cation an easy matter, and lands that
are today considered arid and useless
could at practically little or no eX-
pense be transformed into veritabe
gardens. Sinaloa has been aptly termed
"the garden of Mexico,'' and hundreds
of American settlers found scattered
throughout the state are enthusiastic
over results obtained from this section
FAR FROM A DESERT
Many people throughout the United
States are under the impression that
the entire western coast of Mexico is
a desert, on which the suns rays beat
down remorselessly. Contrary to such
opinion, statistics show that the state
of Sinaloa is so affected by the Japan
ese current that it is free from the dis
agreeable effects of tropical climate,
and colonists will be agreably surprised
to find that the climate for nine months
in the year resembles that of Southern
California while during the other three
months, which constitute the rainy sea-
son, the thermometer never rises as
high as it does in the citrus belts of
California.
From a chart kept by the manager
of the Sinaloa Land company in his
office at Culiacan for several years, it
is shown that the temperature rose to
100 degrees only on rare occasions.
While the whole state is free from
frost, for several months in the year
the nights are cool enough to make
sleeping between blankets comfortable.
"A stroll through it's beautiful plazas
in the evening, or drive along the
coral driveway, Olas Atlas, enjoying
the cool sea breezes, is one of the de-
lightful recreations of the residents of
MaZatlan.
The city presents many attractions
for the investment of capital. The erec-
ton of a modern American hotel would
fill a long-felt want. There are many
hotels conducted on the Mexican plan.
These hotels are always filed to over
crowdng. Mrs. Feltons beautiful resi-
dence is always filled with appreciative
American guests, who consider them
selves privileged to be among the Sc
lect few who can be accommodated.
The city also needs a modern street
car service to replace the two-mule af-
fair now in oneration. Indeed, in this,
as in every Mexican city which has
been unlocked to the worlds commerce
by the magic key of Hartman with his
railroads, there are unlimited oppor-
tunities for the American business
man and CAPITALIST. 1t is impossible to
even attempt to make a list of the