The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-04-20

The storms which have delayed the trans on the Union Pacific during the past inter have forced the conviction on the mind of the great American Public that railroad must be built over a southern route-and such rosd will be constructed soon. Those same storms have ensured that there will be high water in the Colorado River this coming Summer, and, if the Atlantic X Pacific com pany would ship material to their crossing, and commence working east and west from that point, and the Southern Pacific should do the same at Arizona City, both which en- terprises are perfectly feasible, it would look as though they meant business. We are stronnly Tn favor of both roads, and long to see grading commenced on one or both in Arizona, at the earliest possible moment. The value of this portion of the United States will neve- be appreciated until railroad is built across the Territory.
 As "settler," we have the following cheerful view of the southwestern railroad projects, etc, from the Stockton, (Cal.) Re- publican:
 The Memphis and Little Rock and Fort Smith railroads have been consolidated and leased to Colonel Scott. The lease IS for ninety nine years, and commences on the first of January, 1873. The stockholders of the Memphis and Charleston road have leas- ed that important highway to Mir. Scott for the same period of time. The Fort Smith road and the Durval's Bluff and Pine Bluff branches of the Memphis Road are to be finished and placed in first-class condition by the first of January next, at which time the lease commences As heretofore announced, Scott has been recently elected President Of the Texas Pacific road, and it is his intention to hasten the completion of the Memphis & Shreveport road, from Pine Bluff and the Texas Pacific, to the vicinity of Albuquerque. While this is being done, the Fort Smith road will be carried far cut into the Indian country, where, connecting with the Allan tic & Pacific and following the line of the thrty-fifth parallel until reaching the point of intersection with the Texas Pacific road near Albuquerque From this junction one line will continue to the Pacific coast, strlk- ing, it is probable, simultaneously at San Diego and San Francisco We cannot follow out, in detail, Col. Scott's system of southern and western roads. It is vast, and covers all that portion of the continent embraced within, say, "54' 4O' or fight" and the isth- mus of Panama. The Pacific Coast must look upon those gigantic strides of Colonel Scott with pleasure. He will release us from the grasp of picayune monopoly which, al- though it is sufficiently powerful to strangle all local attempts at competition, will be but as the ground owl to the eagle in the contest with the President of the Pennsylvania Cen tral Railroad Company. The policy of Col. Scott has always been to work with the peo- pie, not against them, and to this policy is due his great success and unusual popularity. With another road across the continent, and that road under the control of Scott, there will be no danger of the great subsidy men, dicants absorbing it, and the era of prosper ity growing out of the introduction of capital and an increased immigration will have dawned upon California. The railroad com binations we have mentioned above are har- bingers of hope to the people of the south west, and upon the heels of their prosperity will follow bright and prosperous era tor the dwellers on the Pacific coast.