El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-02
HIGH FREIGHT TO
GUAYMAS FROM
THIS CITY
W. FL. futile Suggests Fac
tories in Juarez-The
Herald Boosting.

| in Guaynlas writes TO The Herald and
quotes some things W. H futile says
about possibilities for Ell Paso trade
down there. The writer says:
! w H futile has been here rustIing
| business for his FL Paso firm, and IN
conversation regarding freight rates
that concerned Ell Paso, said that the
freight rates are all against FL PasO-
The rate from Ell Paso 70 Nogales.
Ariz, is $11S, and from Nogales to
| Guayrnas, 534 cents, making a total
| of s1.71h. The rate from San Fran
| cisco to Guaymas, three times as far as
| Ell Paso, he says, Is only 81 by rail.
! while by steamer II is only AZ and
1 IS cents, with very cheap harbor and
| lighter charges.
The f. B. WEIGH Furniture company
and the Tuttle Paint company. which
! have factories in JUarez, seem TO be
! able to compete with San Francisco,
owing TO shipping in bond without du-
ties. He wonders why near FL Paso
firms do not put factories On the Mexi-
| co side, for Mexico is getting a better
market each year.
Old Ell PaxO Railroad ETan.
Harry Lawton, head of the traffic
department of the road. Is an old FL
Paso railroad man He has his head
working hard TO get FL Paso a good
rate into Guaymas, but before a new
rate is put in the Mexican government
has 10 go over the matter and give
it's consent.
Mr.. Lawton was loyal to FL Paso
when he was with the Central and is
still loyal, and helping FL Paso wher-
ever he car.
Herald a Booster.
In ira inc 4 har
The FL Paso Herald everywhere, and
| Il is seldom that one meets an Ameri-
can not acquainted with the fact of
.. Z, 10 and y story buildings that are
going up in El Paso. When asked how
is it that you are so well posted" they
replied. Z see it in The FL Paso Her
aid"
The Yaquis and the Eclipse.
The night of the eclipse of the moon
the Yaqui Indians, who have a settle
ment at one end of Guaymas, took emp
~ five gallon cans and beat them to-
gether to drive off the evil spirit that
was covering the moon. and after about
two hours hard work they were en-
tirely successful.
City of &Uaymas.
This city is on Guaynas bay on the
Gulf of Lower California 1t has a pop
ulation of 10000 and is 65 or 20 years
old 1t Is about due south from No
gales, Ariz- some 500 miles.
The AtchisOn. Topeka & Santa Fe
gave Guaymas its first railroad con-
nectiOn rs years ago.
1t was this railroad conranys inten-
ton TO extend On from Derning. y NJ
and connect with the ciuaymas branch.
making 4 short line TO the Orient from
Guaymas by d line of modern steam
ships, but the pla., fell through. and
10 years aGc the company sold the
Guaymas bralch 10 the Southern Pa
cif1c.
Excellent HarhOr.
Guaymas Gas an inner and outer har-
Dor. The town is on the inner harbor
and can accommodate boats drawing IS
feet. T.>c outer harbor can accommo-
date boats drawing "a to % feet
Both harLOrS have q range of noun
tains as high as the Franklin noun
tains at El Paso between them and the
ocean or gulf. projecting the harbor
perfectly from the winds
Old GunyE.as.
Old Guaymas, some eight miles far
Their inland. is said TO be 80 years
older than Guaymas Of today, and was
built away up on a little arm of the
harbor tsimilar TO Old TampicO. on
the Gulf of Mexiceo) to make a better
resistance 10 the pirates that roamed
the seas in those earlier days
EH2aime.
Just at GuaymaS there is Soarcelv
room for the 10000, people between the
water of the bay and the rough foot
hills and mountains so when the South
western Railroad company wished 20 To-
cate its big shops and supply ware
houses, II went across the bay, where
it is level. and obtained a tract of 5000
acres of land, built its general office
buildings, shops and stOrehouses there
A modern club and library are also
located there The place is called En-
paine The company has laid out
little town site where it has built quite
number Of comfortable cottage and
has put up many two. three and four
roomed houses for Mexican workmen
and their families
The Americans who are with the rail-
road and there are great many Of
them connected with the shops and the
offices, all seem in good spirits and
contented with their positions. and a
cheerful atmosphere is quite noticeable.
The climate around Guaymas is the
Arizona climate, only little DRYER. II
anything.
Two and One-HnIf Years More.
The railroad is completed 100 miles
or so beyond Mazatlan. where there is
the heaviest kind of grading, bridging
and tunneling. costing about a million
mile 1t is claimed that II will take
two and One-half years to complete the
gap that will connect the road with
GuadalaJara, and then, as the negro por-
ter put 1t, the folks can go In on the
central at Ell Paso to Guadala lara and
then loop the loop back TO Ell Paso."