Arizona citizen., 1875-11-06
RAILROAD MATTERS.
GIeanings from Various Journal,

tsIeanings from Various Journals. This k from the San Francisco D Evening Bulletin of October 21: Beside the heavy work in the Teha-
 chape Pass, tue section beyond, stretch ing out toward the Colorado river, is . in the hands of the graders. The sec
 ton extends from the foot of the noun
 tain to point near Dos PalmOs, which is about one hundred miles from the Il Colorado river. We understand that
 this section will be completed by the end of March next, aL which time it IS expected also to complete the road I through the Tahachape Pass. Accord ing to this showing the Southern Pa
 cific railroad will be completed to
 within 100 miles of Arizona by the I end of next month, and within a
 twelve-mOnth thereafter it will enter
 Arizona That Territory is as rich
 as Nevada in minerals and IS even richer in agricultural resources. It IS at present almost sealed Territory. [ With its untold natural wealth very few have ever bettered their fortunes there. Ii costs too much at present tO develop this wealth. The great desert which must be traversed by teams makes transportation costly.
 Following is from he Los Angeles Star of October g
 Two cargoes Of railroad iron for the Southern Pacific railroad, about enough to lay seven miles of track, are nearly due Col. Hewitt infor msus that twill be used to fill mp the gap between San Fernando and the tunnel.
 The Commissioners who left here on Wednesday. to inspect the fifty miles of railroad east of Spadru, returned yesterday, expressing the highest satis- faction the character of the work, as we'll as great admiration at the remark able adaptation of San Gorgonia Pass for railroad purposes. Work on the road beyond the pass vii! be resumed as soon as the iron now en route, ar riyes.
 A late number of the Bakersfield Southern California, gave this:
 From Mr Crockerwe get particulars of the advance Of the construction to- ward Los Angeles On Saturday day light shOne through tunnel No. ,, a cut of 200 feet There are fourteen tunnels being cut, of different lengths in the pass. At the San Fernando mountain, the big tunnel is already cut a distance of 1.4OO When finished 1t will be a mile and a quarter in length.
 The Los Angeles Herald recently stated
 The Company has said that the gap between San Fernando and Caliente shall be closed by the hrst of next July and the energy now displayed IS a guarantee that the promise will be re deemed But it is to the progress of the road eastward that we wish more particularly to call the attention Uf the Herald's readers The track is now completed to a point seven and a half miles east of San GOrgonio Pass and about ninety miles east of this city The grading is done and the road bed ready for the ties and iron some thirty miles beyond the end of the track We understand from the officers of tbe road that it is the intention of the Company tO continue road building unul their locomotive stands on the bank of the Colorado river Thirty miles added to the track already down will extend the road beyond the sand belt and turn the trade and travel of Arizona over the Southern Pacific and through Los Angeles
 Without doubt, the Colorado river will be reached by railway as soon as those indefatigable railway men Messrs. Stanford, Crocker, Huntington and Hopkins-cau do it, and they have all arrangements made and material purchased for the road that far eastward, by the time the Tehachape tunnel can be completed with all the force that can advantageously work upon il. Arizona isolation will soon be thing of the past. Millions of tons of ores now dug out and owned by poor men, can in Q couple of years be shipped to San Francisco by rail and give profit able returns to all interested X won ierful degree of prosperity will prevail in Arizona in the next few years. We now enjoy peace and telegraphs and iOon will railway to the sea-bOard.