Arizona citizen., 1875-03-06
ARIZONA RAILWAY SYSTEM.

This system is assuming definite shape
 It may be encouraging if not immediately
 useful to group together 8 few defeloped
 facts.
 First and above all, we regard the trunk line the Texas and Pacific. and it's con
 struction so great a commercial necessity that it's completion is only question of a few years. Conditions are being develop ed that will insure it's early construction.
 From the north, we will have cOnnec- tion with the Union Pacific at Ogden, the road being already built through and many miles south of Salt Lake City. It is understood Jay Gould of the Union Pacific ,jslargely interested in this road, and con- templates carrying it south through Utah. Arizona and Sonora to Guaymas, or to a connection with the Guaymas and Tue son road now surely decided upon. This road will have the importance of grand trunk line. It will cross the two great east and west overland roads and have a direct outlet to the Pacific ocean. The country along it's line is unguestionably rich in the precious and principal metals of commerce, and also in agricultural ca pacities. This line will afford Arizona a through north and south road with all ocean terminus near by.
 The people of Nevada have in their sys- tenn, projected road from Carson city to sCalIville on the Colorado river. This will give connection with the Central Pacific at Reno. This is avery important north ern connectingsiink of our future railway system. It will have a length of nearly four hundred miles right along the east ern base of the Sierra Nevada mountains, which are full of mineral and timber and water power, and all know the mountains of the interior are rich in the precious metals and pasturage. IL only needs a glance at the map to convince any one of it's great value. February 15, a bill to en- courage its construction was introduced in the Nevada legislature. There is hardly doubt but the powerful Central Pacific is working up this road as a very important feeder to it's main line.
 The Southern Pacific company (which includes the CentraD avows its determin- ation to reach the Colorado with it's great San Joaquin valley road, or a branch of it. It is now building from Los Angeles in the direction of San Bernardino. It possesses such power and has such incentives to at tract business to it's grand center-San Francisco-that nothing will be permitted 10 prevail against it's purposes. NOW that it has bought the Pacific Mail steamers, the inducements to secure new fields of business, are accordingly increased.
 From the northeast, we have tine Atch ison, Topeka and Santa sFe, the Kansas Pacific, and Denver and Rio Grande com panies pushing their roads towards us. The first named is determined to reach the Rio Grande valley, and has examin- ations of the route in progress. It has de- cided to finish it's road to Trinidad, near the New Mexico line, this year. The Kan sas Pacific will thus be almost obliged to advance it's line in proportion, or nave it's Arkansas valley branch rendered almost worthless. The Denver and Rio Grande is destined to be extended south through the whole length of the Rio Grande valley and through Mexico to a-gulf port.
 Let any intelligent, considerate man think of the power of the several corpora tions named, and how their roads are tending rom every side towards Arizona. He can then but recognize the wonderful, advantageous change in store for us No man of much acquaintance with our Ter ritory, doubts it's immense natural resour- ceS, and the railway corporations are fully aware of them. With means of transpOr- tatiOn such as outlined,' property now use- less and almost worthless, will be worth a nice fortune. Attention of leading min- ing operators is now strongly turned to our mines. We need and will have soon- CT or later, rapid and cheap tranSporta- tion. Our natural wealth is pretty gener- ally understood now, and capitalists will provide means to make it available for commerce. In the meantime we can make some substantial progress and se- cure property whose great value is only a 1 matter of time.
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