Arizona miner., 1866-08-08
ABOUT THE NAVIGATION OF THI
 COLORADO RIVER.

A correspondent of the Alia CdlifsnsS writes as follows:
 Editors Ato-ln your paper of the 2a ult. there appears a letter from correspOR- dent signed "Arden,n dated June lst t Fort Yuma. This correspondent admits k had through ticket by the river to FGt Mohaye, and yet he had to ride an animal overland, and did not go by the river boat II is remarkable that l" Arden should have accepted the conveyance of an animal. when, fl we are to believe his statement, the CIe rado and .Nohare were all the while running on the river, and he in possession of through ticket an ready to acknowledge that the Colorado beat the Esmeralda from the mouth of the river to Fort Yuma. on that particular trip, and wifi state now sine happvhsd to tt fortunate. The Colorado, having but ies tons of freight on board, and no barge to trouble her, was in excellent running trim, and should have made the trip ;a les thsa four days. The Esmeralia lowed her barge heavily loaded with merchandise, and conse- quently could not be expected tc make time The Esmeynlda has made the quickest trip from Port Isabel to Fort Yuma ever made bg steam. Her time is three days and eighi hours, with barge in tow. The Nina 7ada has the honor of making the fastest time c record between Fort Yuma and La Pax acknowledge that the old company have warehouses at different points on the rive, and the time is seldom seen when they as not stored full of freight, owing to the inabl lty of the company to forward it. Thg have at the present time, more than fiitesi hundred tons of goods lying at the mouth ( the river and in their warehouses, porta of which were shipped from this city by An zona merchants and miners more than sI months ago, with the assurance on the pah | Of the old line that they would put thsA through without delay. In the meantm these same merchants, finding there was 10 prospect of obtaining their goods, came z San Francisco, bought another stock, and shipped by the new line, and received ta same in Hardyyille in forty-fiye days trn date of purchase, while the goods shipped ? the old and reliable company, six moniS since, are still in the warehouse, with P prospect of reaching their destination n months to come. Let Arden eonEene time with some of these shippers who hlw tried both companies, and he will find uS he has made great mistake in accepting H statement of the Commodore as gospel trslA Undoubtedly the company he extols 50 hsr ly are doing all that lays in their poWefp put through their freights, but to my eer''s knowledge they accept peoples goods hes agreeing, verbally, to put them through siu dispatch, when it is well known by PIluS on the inside, that it will take their siea% CTS many months to forward their gooeE ready accumulated at the mouth of the n'ss They will sign nothing but through bhso lading, and so hold the shipper in theirv va like grasp until it suits their convenleIsp deliver his freight. The Pacific and OOy rado Steam Navigation Company is conPsm of material that will in time, develop ar ar, ferent state of affairs on that river I new line has two steamers and three oa
 all in excellent condition, and, being
 hands of experienced and energetic they are prepared to do a large amour work. They have delivered, at a~"
 points on the river, more than one sHss,s tons of freight within the past fev me'
 and never, ae yet, since the compaay VI ss ganized, has pound of their frcs5p. layed on the route. One of their sfeA'''' k nov on the way to Callville wR San Francisco, July 2, 1866.