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284 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, 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.