El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-11


the republic There are millions OF
! acres of fine land waiting to be de-
veloped. The minerals in the noun
tains have merely been scratched
over with the prospecting pick There
is room for an immense dairy. 1t is
very difficult to get butter at the
hotels and restaurants along the west
coast for the reason that no butter Is
manufactured in the country A can
ming factory is needed. and many 9TH
! er factories would be big paying in
dustries from the start
The lands around Hermosillo are
fine agricultural and horticultural pro-
ducers They grow almost anything
and grow il to an abundance. Irri-
gable lands may be bought at, a very
reasonable price, and there are thou
sands Of acres of fine land, at present
without water, that can be bought for
from SIS up per acre Some OF these
lands can be irrigated from the river
and others are and can be irrigated
by pumps. as there is water very
short depth below the surface The
first water level is struck at about 80
feet and the lower levels are very close
together.
The trees are loaded with fruit some
orchards having been picked. others
being picked and others waiting to be-
The greater part of the oranges grown
! in Sonora are shipped in bond across
the United States to Canada, where
they are admitted free of DUTY
There is a great deal of wheat grown
around Hermosillo which is made into
flour at the big mill in the city
Empalme OverIOOks the Bay.
In Empa1me the railroad shops OF
the Southern Pacific OF Mexico are To-
Gated The town, which overlooi<s
Guaymas Bay. and at a point where
the road branches to go to Guaymas-
The shops at E-lpalne are the finest
and best equippec in Mexico. The
shops are kept in first class order
There is larga American colony at
Empalme, all living in good homes. and
all the men are employed in some ca
pacity with the railroad company.
There is a railway club for the unmar-
ried men to make their home in The
club is fitted up with modern improve
ments. having a dining room. a read
ing and pool room. a barber shop. and
individual baths and large porch.
The Port of Guaymas.
Guaymas,. around the hill, is the
northern seaport OF the California gulf
ard a shipping point Of much impOr-
tarce- The population OF Guaymas is
~ ly as large as Hermosillo, while
the business exceeds that of Hermo-
nesS and commercial houses and one
Of the largest manufacturing plants in
Mexico The Cha Industrial V Explo-
tadora de Maderas, s. A. lights the
city, has large foundry has a furni-
ture manufacturing establishment in
connection. where all kinds of office
furniture is manufactured and also
does a general electrical repairing
business for the city.
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to purchase coal from Australia and
Vancouver for $3.50 (gold) per ton.
In the farming country down the
Yaqui valley from Esperanza. the
Richardson Construction company has
done a wonderful work in the con-
struction Of the 500 kiIcmeters of ca
nal and laterals already completed
The main canal from the headgates to
the present end IS So kiIometers long
The company owns 100000 acres Of
Taqui valley land, of which 1900
acres are cleared and 1882 under cul-
tivation in the subdivided tracts There
are 24,OO0 acres being irrigated by the
canal at present Including the old
Pueblo canal The Pueblos of Cocorit
Bacum and San Jose receive their wa
ter from the government canal. which
receives its water from the new canal
Of the Richardson Construction COM
parry.
There is an abundance of water in
the canal and laterals at present. be-
ing sufficient quantity to irrigate
$4,000 acres The company is not only
building a big canal but has a large
corps of engineers in the field work
ing up the Yaqui river for more than
hundred miles figuring on the amount
of water it is going to be able to d.
vert into the river from the small
reservoir Of larger capacity than the
Roosevelt reservoir in Arizona The
capacity will be 100000 acre feet.
which will give depth of water at the
dam of about 245 feet The reservoir
will be about so miles long and 10
miles wide, and will require four years
TO build at a cost Of over $4,000, 900.
A Small Pasture.
In the immense acrea ge the companv
owns are 122, 0e0 acres of ranch land.
The ranch is managed by an expert
enced cattleman who does nothing but
look after several thousand head now
feeding on the 10000 acres fenced.
called the small pasture
The company's farming land is 25
miles from Esperanto station, where
headquarters are located large
portion Of the company's farm is set
aside as an experiment station. which
is under the direction of w w Mackie.
Everything in the vegetable line grows
to an immense size. Onions can be
placed in the northern markets from a
month to six weeks earlier than from
Bermuda and Texas. which allows
them the top prices.
For some distance south of San
Bias the railroad runs through a very
fine farming country which has been
farmed for many years by the natives.
who have depended wholly upon the
rains for water. The road crosses
many large rivers. Out OF San Bias
some % or 80 miles the unsettled coun-
try is reached again and continues I'M
til within the same distance OF Culia-
car.
The SfnalOa Canal.
The Sin3lo9 Land company has a big
canal and irrigation project. working
$50 men and an immense machine
called ditcher. that is being worked
20 hours out of every "a The Canal
Canedo is the official name It Is over
Is miles long. with only one and a
quarter miles 10 be completed. The lat
erals will be commenced Immediately
after the completion of the main canal. !
The unfinished portion will be COM
pleted early IN April and water turned !
in at that time The dam across the |