Arizona citizen., 1873-08-23
RAILWAY CHANGES.
Various Views Regarding Them.

pany cannot fall to exert an influence
 upon Arizona affairs, hence this re-
 view of the new situation as 1t ap-
 pears to various journals and THE CITIZEN; and in advance it Is proper to remark that the Atlantic and Pacific is commonly known as the Thirty fifth parallel road and the Texas and Pacific the Thirty-second, the formers route lying through the northern and the latter's over the southern part of Arizona.
 August 9, the stockholders of the Atlantic and Pacific held an election in New York and chose Col. T. A Scott president and others of the Texas and Pacific to be directors. This makes Col. Scott chief executive officer of both roads whose franchises require them to traverse Arizona, and affords those most interested an opportunity to speculate upon the ac- tion liable to follow.
 The San Diego Union received the first news of the new directory of the Atlantic and Pacific, and in giving it did not offer any predictions. Upon receipt of additional news of the situa- ton, The Union construed it as favorab ble to the Texas and Pacific, and referring to the latter's route as in 1872. said:
 This is much the shortest, best, and most economical of all the routes exam imed, and there is not doubt of its adop ton in the minds of those who are famil- far with the subject. Now that Col, Scott has become entire master of the situation, we may expect that the work of building the Texas Pacific will proceed with extra ordinary energy.
 A few days later, in commenting upon what it regarded as the foolish and untruthful utterances of 8 San Francisco journal, The Union used this language:
 All the world knows that the grand, leading feature of the Texas and Pacific is that its route, by the Thirty second Parallel, is not only the most di- rect, but several hundred miles shorter than all others, between the great Eastern trade centers and the Pacific.
 The Unions dispatches of the 12th and 18th refer to the opinions of cer- tain journals. The Sacramento Union is reported as saying:
 The new lines are in powerful hands, and their rapid completion may be consid- cred assured. They will be able to nego- -iate for money in Europe on better terms, perhaps, than any other Company in the United States.
 And The Alta doubts "the prob ' ability of the adoption of the Thir- ' 'ty-fifth Parallel route on the West ' ern end of the Texas and Pacific ' Railway"
 The Union ridicules, and we think ustly, the report 1t received of The Bulletins views which are these:
 The people of this State while regarding with some satisfaction the construction ! # the Texas and Pacific to San Diego, 1 with branch to San Francisco, could not | put realize that 1t was not & sufficiently | tlrect route to the great centers of trade 1 lnd population at the East to meet the re- ! luirements of travel and commerce.
 San Diego will form it's connection by 8 | ncl lne, probably from some point | 10 7east of Los Angeles
 45e interests of the Texas and Pacific n fbirty-ffta Parallel routes are com dcta.T harmonized, and the wants of the "o ections of the country fully provided or zld no more miles of railroad will be ulIt than are needed or than will pay for obstruction.
 The future purposes of railway men re rarely if ever fully given to the 'ublic, and we think nowadays when he self-righteous public so zeaIously ppose their operations and put in 8 aIse light many of their necessary they are not very likely to 1hlolt their programme with special .aste. The aading" California
 annals have been very wild of late a' railway matters. They sold Hunt ae.en and Hopkins out of the Cen ral Pacific r-.| 7+. r,,er,7 l,--as.-.tr-.e