The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-11-26
TIE WEEKLY ARTE0NAN
N0VEMBER 26.....................i87O.
THAT FREIGHT ROUTE.

THAF FREIGHT ROUTE.
 The freight route to Arizona constitutes . subject to whi ch e vast amount of imp pOrtarce has heretofore been attachsd; and during the election campaign it was urged by the sup- porters of Mccormick, that as Hon. Sylvester MowrY WEI friendly to the route vis Guaymas, and at tho same time friendly to the slaesion to Congress of Peter R. Brady Eaq,, the latter gentleman would, if elected, cast his influence in favor of the Guaymas route. This deduction was ofcOurso bus 2 ruse, pra0tlGsd by men who did net, and 60 not new, care tha vslra af e Mexican tJaco whether tho 'setsIars on the Gila road woald bs deprived of their pasturA age" or otherwise. If they night OHly sue- cesd in sending shair man to Congress, he Wsuld, in the cenrse of two years, enable them to steAl sufficient funds to warrant thsm in leaving the Territory when his term of office should have expired. New, "the settlers en the Gila read have the freight contract via Yuma, 70 'tis said, and they have Mccormick in Congress to dead certainty. We regret ,hsreis 10 ground for songratulation upon the acquisition of either What? No cause for congratulation upon the acquisition oI this freight route? Not any while it remains in the hands of Hooper, Whiting $ Col The contract via Yuma, in the haads of these spoaopoHsta, is so iu name. We have good authority for saying that jarga portion of this contract has bsen sus let to the delivered at Taeson depot vis Guaymas, Hooper, Whit ;nv X O., it is stated, make two csnts per pound on the supplies thus delivered; hcC0r- mick is interested; and so lhis great bugbearis but 8 speculation to throw mousy into ;he pockets of Hooper Whiting S Co,-Out of which money Mccormick wil be feed for violating honor aad honesty, and for prOstltuting the public trust. Do the settlers along the Gila road whose interests we hayo sver struggled to protect, DOW realize the true character of the representations put forth to obtain their sup port eff Mccormick. If they do not, practical demonstration will convince them ere many months shall have passed that the election of Mccormick, and not any consideration for sheir welfare, influenced the idle, illogical ar gument coupling Mr. Brady with Ar. MOwry in opposing this reuts.
 The Yuma route, at all events, will be B. bandonea immediately after tbe present con- tract shall have been axscutedj and no ar- gument on the part of Mccormick, however forcibla under the inspiration CT sell, will have power to sbaokls the decree. That the Tucson depot will likewise be broken up IS guiss evident Weare sorry for this, but it were useless lo argue simple, unsustainod hope against g numerous array fentago facts. Camp Crittenden will be abandoned Camp Grant receives its supplies duect from Yuma; Goodwin will bs abandoned; Camp Thomas will receive it's supplies via New Mexico. where then are tbe posts for which g central depot shall be maintained st Tucson. Apache Pass, the only dependent post, can receive its supplies mora obeaply via New Mexico. The abandonment of he Yuma route is ineYi- tabis and not lass so is the abandonment of Tucson as 8 supply depot.
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