Arizona citizen., 1873-06-14

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 full to the San Diego Union, but it i :: too lengthy to republish in the CIT HEN. We therefore make the follow ing extracts which will give a yer, correct idea of the progress that Is be. : ing made. The data obtained from the surveys show the summits to be crossed are about thirty two per cent. less than the summits on the existing
 Pacific road; that the grades and curvatures will be about sixty-two
 per centum less; that the climate
 through which the road is located is
 so favorable that nc train need ever
 be delayed by snow; that an abund-
 ance of coal and wood is accessible at number of points along the road :: that the entire rail transportation be- tween the waters of the Pacific and
 New Orleans will be less than 1900 miles and with accessible posts in Texas less than 1900 miles. It is then compared with other routes as | follows:
 
 this the fact that you will have from the Pacific at San Diego a line to New York four hundred miles shorter than the exist ing line from San Francisco to New York. and that upon the completion of connec- tions to San Francisco, which will cer- tGinly be made before our line is finished, you will have route between that city and New York quiteas short as the exist ing road, and that on this route will be situated the cities of Philadelphia, Balti- more, Washington. Richmond, Atlanta, Montgomery, and VickSburg, with short connections to New Orleans, Galveston, Savannah, and Charles ron, while on other connecting routes will be Pittsburg, Cin- cinnati, Louisville, India apolis, Cairo, St. Louis, Little Rock, Kansas City, and the intervening country, with its immense population and products, you can at once perceive that your line should undoubtedly command fair share of the transportation across the continent.
 Add to these sources of traffic the States of Mexico bordering upon our road with their immense mineral wealth and their present population of two and half mIl- lions of people, and the great resources of Texas, California, New Mexico and Ari- zona, and it certainly seems that the traffic to be developed and naturally directed to your line must be large and profitable.
 The financial condition of the con- pany appears to be in a very safe and satisfactory condition. The report shows that most of the land along the line of the road is available for agricultural and grazing purposes and also that
 Gold, silver and copper are developed along the line in Texas, New Mexico, Ari- zona and California, and we have demon strated their value and that they exist in quantities. The only pres ent mode of reaching them is by wagon.
 The following extract from the re- port of the Chief Engineer, G. M. Dodge, fully shows the superiority of this line over all others:
 The remarkable features of this line are. first, its uniformity of grades and attitudes in crossing the continent. After reaching the general altitude of the mesa through Western Texas and New Mexico of about 5000 feet, it holds that elevation until it descends to the level of the sea at the Col orado.
 This line overcomes every mountain range west of the Guadaloupe to the Pa- cifc with remarkably light grades, easy curvature, and comparatively light work. It is the shortest line from the centres to the Pacific, and only equals in length the Union Pacific, from New York to San Francisco.
 From ocean to ocean it is 1 ,45O miles by our surveys as against $500 on any com- pleted or contemplated route. Along it's | entire length the country is susceptible of 1 maintaining heavy population. A large one exists now, and it will develop larger | extent of mineral and agricultural country that is susceptible of production than any other line that can be obtained.
 From the progress the road has made and the present arrangements of the company, President Scott has no doubt of the completion of the road from ocean to ocean within five years; so wake up Arizonans, the locomotive will soon come in sight, and we all can then take @ ride and visit the old | folks at home, that is if we have greenbacks enough to pay our pass age. Our mines can then be profta- bly, worked, and our immense grazing fields can be utilized and our beef and | mutton can be sent to San Francisco and New York and sold at a profit cheaper than 1t can be furnished from elsewhere.