The weekly Arizona miner., 1869-05-08
Have We a Pacific Railroadl

The books Of the Register of thc Treasury ies- tify that we hsye. The issac 0f Government bonds to the Union pacidc Railroad. to an amount exceeding twenty millions Of dollars. pretty sharply snggests the e1i5tence Of such a highway. The holders of the millions Of mort gage bonds issued by the Union Pacific Road are certain that ttat fine is not a myth But what is a railroad An auger that can't bore is not an suger, but scrsp-iron A bridge that cannot be crossed does not connect the opposite banks of river. aud ]. not bridge. 4 raiifoad which cannot be used is not railroad. but only the probability, or possibility, or suggestion of a railroad. The American. European. and in part the Asiatc idea of Pacific Railroad s, that it is a highway Of commerce travel. and mail trans poriaiion that can be used three hundred and | sxiy.hge days in the year. That certainly is what tbe world wants out Of line of American traDs-continental railway, and that certainly is what tbe American people expected to get. and. in effect. cos:==>.-a = have of thr baf1I Pacific line when they lavishly endowed il by act of Congress- But they have not got it
 On Saturday last the Postmaster Cenerai recei- ved telegram from D. E. Ball. special agent, dated at Laramie City stating tha, for fifteen days the Union Pacific Railroad had been block | cd by snow for distance Of two hundred miles ! west Of Cheyenne. and that between thirty thou | sand and forty thousand pounds of mail matter were detained upon The line On Monday the | P0si-Otice Department directed Postmaster Kelly | of tbs city t0 send all mails for California and ' the Pacific coast by the Isthmus of Panama. and ! to retain all matter for tbe Pacise coast aher ' hat shipment, for the AspinwAll steamers Of the l llth and 2lst of Marcs Adviccs received from | the Nesi on Monday afternoon stated that the \ Dnion Pacific Road was not yet open and that it ! was impossible io say when fhe mails detained in | its saOg-bound trains would be gotten through. 1 Thc Report of she majority ef the Senate Goa | Fhsr4 Tfaffs Ias ago. predicted the very condition of things thst now exists- Speaking of the necessity Of two addiiOaai trunk tines io ihe Pacific. in order io have uninterrupted communication the majority of tbc Committee say
 ~Ii is an undetermined problem the uniou Pacific Railroad between Omaha aud Sacramento can be operated throughout tbe year. Of ihe elements 10 solve this quesl0n thefe are. Fsrxt: ! The known effects uf drifting snow npou tbe rail- way lines of Central llinoSs and 0f tbe hiliy dis tricis of New Eagand and Pegnsy yivaHiA- Second. [ The known depths Co which snow falls and packs la portions of the Rocky Mountain region. Thir5s The extraordinary height Of the grades and sharp. ness of the curves in the passage oi he Sierra Nevada Trains ia Iiiinois have ufen been snowed under, and travel and trAfBe to and 0a, of Chicago have been completely emhArgncd Railroad comrngicAiioa in Massachusetts, New ! York and Peunsyiyaais, is oflen suspended sE winter Tbese yicissiutdes iAke place ia States where labor Is ahunaABt Where thf stations on the iues are very mar together, where fuei and food. draasht 4nimals aRd tools are plentifal and accessible. Bot De line brgween Omaha ..d Sacramento L z. er--.ef sln.ess e1.liaaess. wilderness -porlions of l, never wiil bs Eettled Population is scaFce-heip Ia troabse csGBct bs had outside of shc train - ihe stock of accessible fuel may ss limited 10 the supply en the cars ln fbe deep catiings. and iE some og iae cauyon' of Dakota, Utah, Nevada, and California, snos ' well known to drif check iasl to sle top, and C ] mack hard The donih df kaow in places trAVelec sy he overland siaresleighs has been creiibls rrportea ai from gg ,o SO E7ct. and t vas Bo melted till Jane Grating the efficacy of roof inC. granting tEe adequacy ~ machinery co ac c0apsish as ssscA sa gAe Ie;ea hse4aes lias s' on the Chicago A NoFihs hsrSsrgn or ea ihe Aibans X Boston. tkerc remains riak uhieh must bs constant with ihp reeRrrrnoe oi winter. that fhs operations of ilss Pacific road may eKprgiencs lang and eeFi1ss interFnptiaas, Asramp~n.ea oe ca-iousiig Wilh saockinE iassiarisues q sacS interruptions saoal6 take place. che effect epor ife new trade ffpm Asia se Enropc. across ihs United States wOala be very dztBAging. They would chsracieFize ths rsaic as ore not Co bs relied oa by international e0mmeTce. Bat thers is DO doubt thst a railroad on fse s5th parallel of laiifnds uonld be operated fo S9a franclscf sss dave iH the year Nor is neee any donh that iine between Fsxets' Sound and Lake Sa prri6F could be operated pf1h5as sETi5Hs siFsstT51
 ton bv snow lss grades through ihe mcuntaini are al comparatively low, and sts iise is within the isoihrTmai lins of Eie4R aahaal i~mPesAtaE' of SO deErres.T
 The co1npi4ini that the ls9rerameut aid Co tli Unisn P4siGc Road has been pockcied by it consirucsors. while they huih ihe line out of iA' proceeds of iis hrst mortgage bonds. h genera
 and sore. if there s to be added to this grievance
 the inevitable result of . mistake in loeslins h' road on the snos line of the continent. that e use is to be aunnaliy interrupted for long per
 iods Of time tba legislation which Rniersics iht ! enterprise will prove 10 bc reproach and shame to our coantrv.-.Nsle fogk Isstaas MarA 10.