The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-04-20
RAILROAD NEWS.

on the alert for news concerning the railroads, which sooner or later arc to cross Arizona and give us communication with the outside world. Though there is a scarcity Of items on the subject, just now, we condense rom California, Missouri and Colorado papers, some articles amounting in substance to the following:
 At a meeting of the St. Louis Board of Trade, February 26, resolutions were adopted asking Congress to remove existing obstacles to the progress of work on the Atlantic & Pacific, |. c. the 35th parallel railroad, and the Mayor and Common Council of St. Louis were requested to appoint committee to act in concert with the Board of Trade, in communicating with the authorities of New Mexico, Arizona, California and San Fran cisco, for securing their cooperation to the same end.
 As we understand the case, the Atlantic & Pacific road has not advanced much during the past Winter, on account of the fact that the road has only the right of way through tho Indian Territory, and the law does not allow any but Indians to occupy the land in that Territory. The Railroad company de- sires legislation by Congress, giving each In- dian in the Territory l60 acres of land, and throwing the remainder of the land open to White settlers. As the railroad has no land grant there it is evident that, unless Con gress will give the privilege required, the road, if built, must go through the Territory without any prospect of settlers preceding or following it, to improve the country and feed the road with traffic or trade. The Atlantic & Pacific Company prophesied last Fall that next November their road would be com pleted to Albubucrque, New Mexico, but as nothing has been done toward extending the road, for months, it is impossible to reach that point so soon. As the Atlantic & Pa cific is what we dwellers in Central and Northern Arizona must now consider as our road, we hope that all their difficulties will soon be removed. Two or three years ago we looked to the Kansas Pacific railroad as likely to be the first road to cross Northern Arizona, but it seems to be desirous of going directly South The following from the Missouri Republican is of interest in this con- nection:
 The Kansas Pacific railroad company has purchased $3,0O0,n00 worth of stock-three- fourths of the whole-of the Denver Pacific railroad, which will give it a connection with the Union Pacific railroad, entirely under its control
 An English company, known as the North and South railroad company, will shortly commence to build line from Kit Carson to Fort Lyon, Colorado, a distance of fifty miles. and this will be held by the Kansas Pacific, under long lease. It will be built during the summer and will be important in regard to the New Mexican trade. This new road will afterwards extend to Santa Fe and Albu- querque, and connect with the Southern Pa cifc railroad on the 32d parallel.
 When a railroad is completed to Albu- querque, only 400 miles from Prescott, we shall feel as though the day was breaking- and it now appears as though the Denver & Rio Grande narrow-guage road will be the first to reach that point. The Santa Fe Post has the following letter, dated at the com pany's office, in Denver, Col, March 18th:
 Our iron for the extension of the road from Colorado Springs to Pueblo, will arrive the fore part of next week, at which time we will commence laying track and expect to reach Pueblo on or before the 18th of April.
 Yours truly, D. c. DODGE.
 The Denver Tribune of March llth says that the Denver & Rio Grande R. R. has op- erated sosuccessfully, proving the superiority, in many respects of the Earrow guage over the wide ono, that its projectors and builders have besn stimulated and encouraged to con- template its extension almost indefinitely not only down the Rio Grande to connect at Fl Paso with the Texas Pacific, but even onward to the City of Mexico; making it great continental, international scheme, and that General Palmer, with this end in view, has gone to San Francisco, en route for the City of Mexico.
 Another exchange states that ex-Governor Hunt, of Colorado, with E. c. Owen, engin- cer, Nj. Kingsly interpreter, and Won Motz, draughtsman, were on the road to Mexico, in the interest of the same company. If the road be built as fast as it has been during the past year, it is reasonable to expect that it will be completed to Albuquerque by this time in 1873.
 So much for the 18th; and we glean but little more for tho 32d parallel railroad. A correspondent of the St. Louis Republicaa, writing from Dallas, Texas, is highly elated over the prospects of that fiourishing town, and says that recent legislation compels the Southern Pacific railroad to cross the Texas Central at that point, and to have the road completed to Dallas within eighteen months and believes that Thos. A. Scott < Go. vii pnsh the road through to the pacific as fas us money and energy can do it. We hope so
 Another correspondent of the same pape writes from Alamos, Sonora, depicting il glowing colors the great advantage to ensn to that State, when branch road from tn Southern Pacific, in Arizona, shall be bull te Guaymaa.