The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-04-11
THE WEEKLY ARTZONIAN
SUNDAY APRIL II. 1869.
NO PACIFIC RAILROAD.

in giving su ost unlimited support to the en-
 terprise are now apparent to all
 From an extract published in the San Diego
 Union, it woull apl ear that the new Com
 missioners, appointed by President Grant are
 men who will not overlook careless workman
 ship in the construttio of the road As all
 accounts agree in condemning the reckless
 manue- in which the work had been thrown
 together under the fern CT Commissioners,
 their ren oval was, doubtless, a very judicious
 act-and, if the manner in which the work
 should be conducted, were the only matter to
 be considered, as invo.ving the destiny of
 the road, success must necessarily follow But
 a road practicable at all seasons can never be
 had through region where the snow, at
 places, accumulates 10 ihe depth of from 20 to
 30 feet, Not only is the passage of trains pre-.
 cluded, but the lives of entire trains of pa ssen-
 ge are ieopardized, as 1t Is even possible that
 trains may be showed nnder while pa sSing through the Rocky Mountain region. Several
 hundred passengers are even LOW detained
 some were i'll this region exposed to the incIem-
 ency of its winter. There are certainly very
 few who would be willing to expose themselves
 to the asperities of this region, by trip on
 the Union Pacific railroad fla Southern road
 were in operation. A road practicable only
 at certain seasons can ne Yer be the principal or popular, whileo one at all seasons practica bl- is in operation. These considerations are not lost on railroad men, and we may look for speedy and vigorous work upon the Southern line, subsidy or no subsidy from the govern ment The inducements are ample to eGcour- age its completion by private enterprise.
 Congress. while hoodwinked by misrepresen- tations, has heen guilty of liberality even t. extravaganza; and nov. after having subsid- ized the Union Pacific road to the amount ot about thirty million dollars, discovers that il is a failure as may be seen by the following pitiful extract from the report of Special Committee Of the Senate:
 ''There remains risk which must be con- sta nt with the recurrence of winter, that the operations of this Pacific road may experience long and serious interruptions, accompanied occasionally by shocking msfortunes. If such interruptions should take place, the effect upon the new trade from Asia to Europe, across he United Sates, would be very damag. ing They would characterize the route as one not to be relied upon by internatiOna 
 The New Orleans Crescent, which, like the master genius of the great French aturalist Juvier, throws light upon every thlng ii ouches," thus ably reviews the transcunin- c ,ntal railroad question; vividly pcturing the magnitude cf the Union Pacific farse in con- ? lecrion with the advantages of a Southern 'oad ?
 But the question of ofinterruption isno longer | question to he talked about in the suhjunc- Il i've mood. The liability to snow blockade c f indefinite duration, was S matter of scien Il fife certainty from the beginning; and now it a matter of experimental demonstration at. II ast-d in manner that leaves no room for a oubt, dsputation, or speculation. 4 few days g1. the postofice department at Washington A as advise by its special agent, in telegram le 'om Larmie City, that for fifteen days the c' Tnion Pacific railroad had been blocked by u now for a distance of two hundred miles h' est of Cheyenne and that thirty or forty lousand pounds of mails W ere detained on the tu ne. After receiving this information the general instructed tue postmaster tn ! New York 10 send the mails for California to nd the Pacific coast by way of Panama ID urlher advices from the West stated that the St ,ad was still closed, and that it was impos- ne ble to say when the snow bound trains would SC ? able to run through. in Could anything exhibit the folly and fraud Al
 this falsely located and extravagantly sub. d0 fixed road in clearer light? The Tribunes AE leston, Have we Pacific Railroad ?" is da I,wered A gun that cant shoot is not a pu n, but useless combination of iron and tho ,od. A boat that can't cross water With ei. the