The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1925-05-23
NOGALEs TO MEXICO CITY

Rail Official Says S. P. de N. r. r.
Will Be Completed Next Year
Thy Harry Lawton, Traffic Mgr
CONSTRUCTION work by the
Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany of Mexico on the 1O2-mile
line between Topic and La Que
mada is being rapidly prosecut.
ed. 1t is expected the work will
be completed next year. This
will make possible through oper
alton of trains into Mexico City
by way of the West Coast.
THE Southern Pacific of Mex
leo now operates trains from
Nogales to Topic. a distance of
931 miles, and 68 miles out of
Guadalajara.
THE new rail extension and
connection with the Mexican Ma.
tional railways is vital to the
economic interests of the West
Coast because it will provide a
short and ready oatlet to the
central markets Of Mexico itself
where seventy per cent of the
population of the country is con
centrated in the region of Mexico
City, in addition to the present
connection with the Southern Pa
citic system in the United States.
at Nogales, for products of export
The extension between Tepic
and La Quemada involves the
construction of 1O3 miles of track
through a broken, mountainous
country, necessitating the bnild
ing of 90 viaducts, having total
length of 5000 lineal feet; the
construction of 33 tunnels, with
a total length Of approximately
FIVE miles; the movement of Gu
bic yards of earth and rock in.
volved is 8, 500, 900 with an addi.
tional 100000 cubic yards of
rock restimated from the tunnels.
For so miles south from TIE
pic. even per cent and the curves
9 degrees, though the line ira
verses q rough country, the
grade does not exceed /. For
the next 30 miles the grades do
not exceed i per cent, and for
the last % or % miles, through
what is known as the 'barancas"
region. the grade will not exceed
l per cent, although this stretch
represents one of the heaviest
and most difficult pieces of, rail
road construction undertaken in
many years.
When this work is completed
next year. and through train and
Pullman service inaugurated to
Mexico City, this route will un
doubtedly attract many thous
ands of travellers and tourists.
The trip through the territory
will be tremendously interesting
from a scenic viewpoint, and the
tour, Including Guadalajara, Lake
Chapala, Mexico City, Vera
Cruz. Tampico, etc. one of con.
tinuous interest. Tourists com.
ing out from the East to Califor.
MIA, can enter Mexico at Eagle
Pass, or by ocean at Tampico or
Vera Cruz, and swing around
through Mexico via Mexico City
and Guadalajara and to Califor.
MIA over the Southern Pacific of
Mexico, via Topic, Mazat!an and
! NoRales.
THE West Coast is not a
new territory 1t is linked by
old tradition and history to the
Pacific Coast and Southwestern
territory of the United States.
The fertile valleys of the great
costal plain were once inhabited
by Indians, and authentic re
cords show that just south of
Tepic there is village that was
founded in the Sixth century.
Culican was once the capital of
the entire western region, in
cluding California, New Mexico,
and Arizona. What the railway
is doing today simply to fulfill
the dreams of the old Missionary
Fathers who, centuries ago,
brought the date and fig from
Assyria, and the orange from
Valencia. The old fables of the
wonderful resources of the West
Coast were again revived with
the construction of the Sonora
Railroad from Nogales to Quay
mas, and the Nacozari Railroad
from DOnplaS tO the rich mines