Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1870-12-10

vast area constituting the public lands
of the United States, not only all mat
ters pertaining TO agricultural lands,
but also all of the money interests
embraced III the law of 1866. He has
passed upon questions involving thou
sands of millions of dollars in value
ON salary barely sufficient for the Or
dinary support of a family, yet no
whisper of corruption has ever been
heard in connection with his name.
He retires poor in purse but rich in
honor. The masterly reports which
of late years he has submitted review
ing the land system of the United
States, showing its superiority to that
of any other nation, and pointing out
the powerful influence it has exerted
in the growth of our country, have ex-
cited more interest abroad than any
documents published in Washington
for many years. They have been
sought for by the authorities Of Can
ada, Mexico and Brazil, and most Of
the South American republics, to the
end that the system which under his
development has worked sucn wonders
in the United States might be evolved
from them and applied in the DISPOSE
ton of their own lands.
Arizona has reason to be particular
ly grateful to him. He kept fully up
with the development Of all portions
of our country, and while officials
here generally looked blank when
Arizona was spoken of, knowing moth
ing of its growth or wealth, and were
disposed to ignore its request for sur
veys, Wilson responded promptly to
Mccormick request and recommend
ed that the allowance for surveys III
Arizona be doubled. It will be long
before new man can be found that
will sa satisfactorily fill his place.
Talking about cabinet changes tho :,
was there ever an administration with
50 many? We are only in the second
year yet, and in the State Department
we have had Washburn, then Fish,
and new one coming soon; Interior,
Cox and Delano; War, Rawlins and
Belknap; Navy, Borie, Robson; At
torney General, Hoar and Akerman
Treasury, Stewart mot confrmed) and
Boutwell,.
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
This is the great thoroughfare here,
leads from the capitol building to the
Presidents house, mile and quar-
ter, and extends on beyond the Presi-
dents, I don't know where. It is a
hundred and sixty feet wide, I believe,
and has been, without exception, the
worst paved street in America. 1t
was terribly cut up during the war
with the heavy army wagons. After
a long fight it is ordered paved with
the new wooden pavements. The diff
ferent rings crowded one another SO
hard no one of them could get it, so
they divided it between four different
patents, the Stow, the Miller, and two
others I don't know the names of. An
army of men without distinction of
race, color or previous condition, is
employed on it now, and by January
1st it will probably be one of the f.
nest thoroughfares in the world.
IMPROVEMENTS.
The streets of Washington are of
immense width, and the cost Of keep
ing in repair is so great that general
parking system has been agreed on,
whereby a strip Of from twenty to
thirty feet ton each side is given up to
grass and trees, and good roadway
left in the middle wide enough for the
largest conveyances to pass. It has a
beautiful effect. and will contribute