The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-07-20
RAIL ROAD NEWS.


 Tsxas and Pacific, thatis of interest.
 First, as to the A. & P. Road. Late San Francisco papers have columns Of reports of the proceedings of meetings, reports of com mittees, resolutions, statistics and specula- tions, on the subject of the proposed road. Of course, every Arizonan who sees those papers has read it all. But for the benefit of our readers, not a few in number, who take no other paper than the MINER, we will from time to time, as to-day, give in our columns such an abstract of the general news concerning these railroads as will enable them to form fair opinion of their prospects and progress.
 About May lst, party of St. Louis rail- road men and capitalists visited San Fran cisco to hasten the building of the Thirty Fifth Parallel Road, known as the Atlantic Pacific. The first result of that visit was the holding of mass meeting and the ap- pointing of one hundred business men of | San Francisco as a committee, to take action to preserve the interests of the city from the monopolzing schemes of the Central Pacific R. R. Company. it being understood that forming c connection with the <. P. O., would be desirable, if possible to be made on terms of fairness and something like equality. With that object in view, the committee of one hundred, on the 9th day of May last, met at the Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco and appointed three of their num- ber a committee to visit St. Louis, examine the road already built, the affairs of the com pany their charters, lands and prospects, and to confer with the company, and make and receive proposals for joining the capital and business men of both cities in completing the road to San Francisco The committee Messrs R.. G. Sheath, CT. Hopkins and John S. Hagar-left San Francisco May 9th, and went in company with some of the St. Louis party by the c. F. & U. P. railroad to Cheyene, thence to Denver, thence to Vineta, the present end of the A. F. road, in the Indian Territory, and from that point. over the road, 36S miles, to St. Louis exam ming the road, and every thing connected herewith carefully, At St. Louis the com mittee spent six days investigating matters of interest, and from there went to Wash ington and then to Boston to the office of the A. P. O., where they occupied week in thoroughly examining the accounts of the company, and in negotiating terms of agree ment, returned to St. Louis June Sth, and again went over the road to Vineta and back in company with fifty St. Louis capitalists. On June 16th, a meeting of the citizens of St. Louis was held jointly with the Board of Trade, to receive the committee and ex- change views. The meeting was enthusiastic and the committee were we'll satisfied, and on the l7th started for San Francisco, and on June 26th made report of their doings to the Committee of One Hundred, in San Francisco, which occupies seven columns of the Cal, giving the result of their investiga- ton in clear and interesting manner, show ing the following facts.
 MarSh F, 1S49, the Legislature of Mis- souri granted charter to the Pacific R. R. to construct road to the western boundary of the state, with view to its ultimate exten-, sion to the Pacific Ocean In subsequent years valuable grants of land, and aid in other ways, were given to the company and in 1853 the road was built to Franklin, 38 miles, and up. to 1861, 75 miles more were built. In 1866 thirteen more were built. The company was consolidated with the Att lantic & Pacific in 1868, since which time the road has, been extended to Vineta, 242 miles further, making in all 368 miles from St. Louis. The distance from St. Louis to San Francisco is stated as 2,3SS miles, 397 miles the line being in Arizona The number of miles to be built is 2,0l7, and the estimated cost is sSo, 100000.
 Carefully drawn agreements and proposi- tions were made and signed by the commit tee and by the officers of the A. & P. compa ny, which we have no room to insert. The main feature of interest to us is that el5.- 0O0, 900 shall be subscribed for stock in the company in California and California shall have three directors in the company, and the control of the road and expenditure of the money in California, and the time for accept ancc of the proposals is limited to January lst, 1873.
 On the 9th of July an adjourned meeting of the Committee of One Hundred was held and the reports of the Committee was dis cussed at length. From the proceedings it seems as though some members of the Com mittee of One Hundred had gone over to the side of tho Central Pacific Go. and were try ing to make trouble in the committee. No were arrived at, and the commit | lee adjourned to meet again on the sth, and 1t is to be hoped that eventually the difficult | ties in the way may be removed, and active operations in building tho road be con- nenced in 1873.
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