erally travel either in the first or second class cars, the proportion being evenly divided. There is but little third-class travel. The freight carried by this company consists of lumber, coal, machinery, live-stock, and general merchandise. Bullion is transported in considerable quantities by Wells, Fargo and Company's Express.
CHIHUAHUA.
Population, 17,500, of which about 1,500 are foreigners ; elevation,
4,690 feet.
Hotels.—American and National.
Baths, on the upper Alameda.
Telegraph and Post-Office, on the main plaza.
Bankers, Messrs F. MacManus & Sons.
Chihuahua, the capital of the State of the same name, lies on a broad plain at the base of the Sierra Madre, in north latitude 28° 35' 10".
The city was settled toward the close of the seventeenth century by some adventurers, for the purpose of working the rich silver-mines in the vicinity. In 1833 the population was 10,600, and in 1853 it was 12,000.
Places of Interest.—1. The Churches of La Parróquia (or Cathedral), Guadalupe, and San Felipe. 2. The College of the Jesuits, in the rear of
