Show navigation Navi dation orthe colorado alion Y tribune of sept haa tho following renia remarks iks on oil tho subject of the navigation of the colorado which we NYC commend to our merchants merchant the meeting of ho file mareli merchants ants of sau san frana francisco asro lately held to consider the navigation of the colorado river was of great importance that river is i s destined to become highly valuable in the future commercial tiana actions of the district covered by arizonia and put part of california nevada and id utah the mexicans fully appreciated this when they concluded tile the last boundary line treaty they cageful to deseive lie file mouth of tile river within their themo own wu jutis jurisdiction diction the country on oil both sides of the I 1 liver iver for a long distance up is lich in in minerals of all kinds kinda particularly in pic cious metals it is a mooted question whether tile the mexicans will denand dern ind heavy duties on the exports from that bisti district act passing the mouth of the river rive 1 when our enterprise has developed tho the mines and laid tile the country open to civilization and ready wealth tile the scheme of a blanch bi all ell of tile the pacific railroad from the main line to guaymas will not materially affect its importance even if made practical when the attention of the liberal mexican authorities was a short time ago called to tile importance of colorado river in the internal int einal commerce of tile district referred to and batly to the situation of the mouth month of the river within mexican jurisdiction they promptly replied that the boundary line could not be modified in tile the laatt degree they plainly intimated that mexico intends to hold leold control aa long as possible it is k known n that when gen shot sheridan idan was studying mexican affairs clobell clo bely he give this I 1 subject his serious attention and called the attention odthe of alio government to it |