Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1871-03-18

navigation of the Colorado. 1t was
attempted by Spaniard-FernandO
Archon-in 1913, but it remained for
the 30-ton steamer "Uncle SAM"
owned and commanded by Capt. Turn
bull, to make the distance from the
Gulf of California to the Yuma land
ing-Dec. 3, 1852. Her first trip was
impeded greatly by an earthquake,
which changed the channel of the
river. While this trip occupied IA
days, she ran down on the return in
Is hours. Second trip up, y hours.
She supplied the post until June %,
SO, when she was run ashore a few
miles below that point, and left to her
fate. TOn Jan. Is, "a, Capt. George
A. johnson, now of the Colorado Nav
igation Co., reached Yuma with the
steamer "Gen. Jessup,' Cotton boat.
Since then a number of suita BILE stea-
mers and barges navigate the river
regularly, and as high up as Ehren-
berg, near La Paz-over 800 miles
from the Gulf. A steamer was mostly
'cordelled' nearly as much farther up,
to place called Callville, but such
rope-hauling will hardly ever appear
to advantage off paper. The Colorado
below the ella, has an average depth
of four feet at low water. The tides
are said to rise to fearful hight at
times towards the Gulf The COM
pany mentioned have dry-docks, and
other facilities for repairing and build
ing craft, at Port Isabel near the
mouth of the Colorado. What with
the mining discoveries of Arizona and
the increase of military service, the
commanding position of
ARIZONA CITY,
as base Of supplies for all, was ap-
parent. Quite a burg has grown up
there-opposite the Fort, and below
the debouch of the Gila-and like all
Pacific coast towns, when it gets large
enough to incorporate, it will see the
usual and useless absurdity of the
thing and drop the word city 1t
may arrive at this happy condition
sooner than might have been expected.
The ella river (pro. Heel-a. from
the fact perhaps that every traveller
along it is expected to go 'heeled'),
like the Humboldt in Nevada, affords
a grand pass for railroad through an
otherwise broken country for the dis
lance of several hundred miles. 1t is
not probable that the forthcoming
road will take any other route. There
seems every reason then that Arizona
City will have an unusually promi-
nent part in the construction of this
Thirty second Parallel Railroad. By
reason of this water communication,
the work of grading and tracklaying
can commence, as it were compare
lively speaking, in the middle as well
as at either end of the route and work
be prosecuted all the more rapidly.
San Diego is about on the longitude
Of Austin, Nevada, and Arizona City
is near the line of the western bound
airy Of Utah-Tucson is on the map to
the eastward of Salt Lake City. The
trend of the California coast to the
eastward beween San Francisco and
San Diego is thus seen to be several
hundred miles. The Central and
Union Pacific company are doing an
immense business i'll shipping ores out
of Nevada and Utah; trade not Sec
ond to that must follow the compile
ton Of cheap and rapid transportation
along the ella, &c. Should the Gen. !
trail company, which is also known as
the Southern Pacific engaged in ex-
tending the road from San Francisco
via San Jose, Gilroy, ETC., continue
that work as rapidly as reported it
must soon tell for the better on the !
times along the Colorado. There is !
much good land along this river, and
below the ella it is anticipated that
sooner or later, cotton will be grown
The Colorado spreads ,
out not unlike that celebrated self-op- J;
ORC tinr ditch Mia Tho roi,,iDor