Arizona miner., 1868-02-15
Mails, Mail Routes, etc.

Tus CALIFORNIA MAu arrived in Prescott on Wednesday evening. and started back again on Thursday morning. Mr Ballard one of the con tractors anu Mir. Wm IT, Hardy, came in with it. They left again on Thursday. From thc ac- counts of the disasters met wi,h by mail riders on the end of the route between the Colorado river and san Francisco the.wondcr is that we nave received any mail at all during the past month or six weeks in crossing swollen streams, riders and animals often came near losing their lives. Mr Ballard himself in attempting Co cross the Mohaye river, would have been drowned. were it not for assistance rendered him by one of bis riders When be left Los Angeles. the coaches between that city anl san Francisco were unable tO make the trip, owing to the wash ing away of roads and bridges. Billy Sproul in attempting to get tho stage which be was driving across the Santa Clara river lost stage, nuimals. and malls. and came very near losing his life
 also. A Mexican threw him 8 rope nd got him ashore. We could not learn anything definite in relation to the rumored removal of ihe service from the Hardygille route io the La paz route. We believe, however. that the contractors have been requested by the Postmaster General Co make the change, and. also. that the Department agreed te give them SIe.n9g over contract pricc. tO cover the expense of removing stock etc . and carrying the mail. As near as we can learn
 1t is not the wish of the contractors to abandon tut AlhAAFNllt IONtfs ana We arc tOlA tllf they are even now building houses and corrals upon it, with view to running line of stages over 1t in the spring, from Los Angeles tin Hardy vile and Prescott, ,o Albuqarrquc and Santa Fc. which we are now well satisfied the neccs- sies of the country demand Gov. Mitchell. of New Mexico. in bis annual message to the iegis- lature of our sister Territory recommends the opening mp of the great national highway adja- cent to the 3bth parallel. and as it is now tllc route selected by General Palmer upOn which 10 build his Pacific Railway. we haze no fears but that, at an early day contract will be given by the Department to transport the great South- crn, Southwestern, and Eastern mails oyer this route. Wishing 10 sec every town and settlement in the Territory prosper we however hone that something will be done, and that speedily in the matter of establishing mail service upon the old route from San Bernardiao. California t.ir La Paz and Wckcnburg 10 Prescott. l. is a shame and disgrace to the Department Co leave the i'm portanl towns and settlements upon that route SD long without mail service. We hope our Delegate Tn Congress will use his influence to have service placed upon the La Paz route as soon as possible. And we hope also, that the California delegation will aid him in getting for the people of this Territory their just dues We are bound to California by every tie that binds ncighbOring communities our interests and hers are alike, nearly every dollar taken out of our mines goes there and it would indeed. be strange if her representatives iu Congress would not lend their assistance tc the people of q Territory that k almost without voice to plead Ter wants in the national councils. The Territory is gradually advancing in population industry. civilization, aad the development of her undeniable mineral and agricultural resources. notwithstanding the great drawbacks, from hostile Indians and want pf lines of communication. which our people have had tO contend against We can now '' count the days" in less than twenty minutes. when we shall prove to our neighbors of CAlifor- mia that Northern Arizona does produce gold and silver in paying quantities. Give us military protection and mail facilities, and our word for it, Central Arizona will soon be all right