The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-09-28
LETTER FROM CALIFORNIA
Los ANGELES, September 9th, 1872.

To fhe Edttor of Me ATtzo"1 1"deF'
 Progress of the Railroad Scheme.
 At the opening of the scheme to procure railroad communication with Los Angeles by the agency of subsidy, stated the partic- ulars in my letters to the MINER; and having commenced and carried this subject through to the present time by successive communi- cations. now propose to give you the partic- ulars of the finale.
 As I have already stated, the Stanford scheme is now before the people,-being so placed by the action of the Board of Super yisors. This body imagined that it was obliged by statute to adopt this measure in the said scheme. l state this fact simply to show up piece of left handed consistency. Some weeks after the perfection of this scheme in strict conformity with the wishes and intentions of Messrs. Banning, Wilson and others, the people were foolish enough to suppose that they had some rights indepen- dent of the interests of Banning and Wilson, and accordingly submitted their railroad prop osition to the Board of Supervisors. The people don't believe in subsidizing public ser wants as an inducement for them to perform the duties with the execution of which they are entrusted; and trusting that the same statute, which in the former case was con strued to compelaction, would, Ill another case exactly similar operate as before, they very reasonably left the matter with their faithful representatives One of the supervisors hap pening to be absent, the matter was voted on and proved itself lock game" Some honest scoundrels had managed meanwhile to slip their hands into the pockets of one or two of the supervisors, by which act the said pockets are said to have suffered no depletion whatever. Well, the absent supervisor had not yet put in an appearance, so the atore- said angels (miaus the wingsl determined that the devil should have his ffogging, even though it be accomplished by hunting hlm around the proverbial stump, immediately turned their smiles toward, and cultivated their blandishments for, the immaculate City Council. It is currently reported that they, struck something vulnerable in this body. At any rate this much is settled that they ob- tained the favorable consideration of meas ure to subsidize a road to the amount of SIS 900. to run from Compton (six miles from this city on the Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad) to Anaheim, consequently cutting off this city from every where else, and cal culated to dwarf its best interests.
 On the heels of this infamous piece of otii-
 
 CTS driven to the necessity of organizing themselves into an association under the name of the "Tax-payers Union," for the protection of the property and buslness-inter- ests against the avarice of a few wealthy men and the treachery of the local representatives.
 At the next succeeding meeting of the Board, the missing supervisor put in an ap- pearance. The peoples railroad measure was voted upon and carried. The result is, that this proposition too will go before the people at the general election. It provides for the granting of subsidy to aid the Scott pro- feet of constructing road from this city to San Diego, then to connect with the Texas Pacific. We have therefor, a Stanford prop osition and Scott proposition to be settled by the suffrage of the voters, and so heavy are the interests involved in this contest that the Presidential Campaign would seem only matter of secondary consideration to the pc. of this county.
 Celebration
 Sonora is on bender. The cabaUeros 2 Jas senoritas are out in force giving celebrity to the anniversary of Mexican Independence. Mexican flags are floating from every hack, truck aud wagon in the city. Gunpowder and music till you can't rest. tell you, SIT, that the Mexicans of Arizona cannot cele- brate as these people do, and for several req sons In the first place, the senoritas of Los Angeles are prettier than those of Tucson; this is big item in the appearance of a pro- cession. In the next place, these people are not bit "heathenish," in the matter of turning out. Those of Tucson, you will recollect, never have vehicle around the place (nor anything else, for that natter which is not constructed by one-half of So nora iron, familiarly known as raw hide. Here, on the contrary, looked in vain for the familiar coil of rawhide around the shaft or wheel of the buggy. There was also wanting in this, another familiar spectacle in the Arizona celebrations, viz: that no ea6- allero carried his dalciaG before him on the saddle. The celebration will be success: It seems to lend enjoyment to those engaged in it and has given no offense to anyone.
 Personal
 understand that two AriZonans, whose names I have not learned, left town this morning for San Francisco. We expect Geo. Bowers by next steamer. A letter from E J. Cook says he will not be ready to return for several weeks. EvIL-MERoDAcH.
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