Arizona citizen., 1875-04-03
CONGRESS AND ARIZONA.
at the Late Session of Congress in Behalf of Arizona.


 is proper to allude to the same in order, notwithstanding about all has appeared from time to time ill the local papers.
 The act to grant title to certain lands near Tucson, is of much importance to many old and industrious settlers in this valley. If the bill lacks any needful pro- visions or some of them should prove of inconvenicut execution, it must be borne in mind that it was submitted to the peo pie here last November ID THE CITIZEN, with a request that amendments, if any were desired, should be prepared and for warded for incorporation by Delegate Mccormick, and as none We're sent him, he procured its passage as published. All may get the land due them by virtue of Its provisions.
 Another act authorizing the Commis sioner of the General Land Office to grant q patent to ten acres or less, relinquish- ed by the military authorities, to the town of Yuma, Is law of much value to that town. The land was occupied by the military as a ferry reservation, and by its relinquiShment and patent, under the law, the town becomes owner of valuable water front and the people there are otherwise benefited.
 The act appropriating $l5, 900 to build wagon road, under the direction of the military, from Prescott to Skull valley (we believe), is regarded by the people of very great importance, as the road will make a saving of number of miles in distance over that now in use and by which all freight and wagon travel must pass. A much larger sum was asked for, but considering the few new projects that received any aid, it was a real victory to get the sum he did.
 Delegate McCormick's bill to author ize the survey and location of the boun- dary between Arizona and New Mexico, could not have alone passed both Houses, so he got it incorporated as a section in the sundry civil appropriation bill, and itI became a law, whereby the means are provided to establish said boundary This is very valuable measure. When executed, the many interests now along the line, and constantly accommodating there, will have definite location as to county and Territory. The line is to be established under direction of Secretary of the Interior, and plats and field notes of the survey are to be filed in the sur veyor-general's offices in New Mexico and Arizona, and also in the proper office at Washington.
 He secured the establishment, by law, of new postal route from Tucson, via Tres Alamos, Camp Grant, Goodwin and Stafford (Pueblo Viejo) to Clifton. This is | d very much needed route and the people l of all the places named will be heartily pleased with and benefited by it. Gov. | Mccormick was, at last accounts, using his best efforts to get the Postmaster Gen. eral to order service on the route Dele gate Stevens who is now in Washington, should urge the necessity of this service, and altogether it will probably be obtain ed. POst-offices are already established 1 at Tres Alamos, Grant, Goodwin, Stafford l and Clifton.
 By the united efforts of Delegates Me Cormick and Elkins (of New Mexico), an appropriation of 5000 was obtained to continue the construction Of government telegraphs between Camp Grant (vla Fort BayardD and Santa F6, with the express provision that enough should be used to complete the line now begun to Camp Apache, and also from Camp Grant to to Fort Bayard, New Mexico. We have heretofore spoken of the vast value of this addition to our government lines in its various bearings in behalf of cheap telegraphy and upon the Western Union, the worst monopoly on earth. The prefer ence being given to Arizona in the use of the appropriation, exhibits the great in- f1ueEce of Gov. Mccormick with Con- sress more than commonly nervous in granting favors or of even passing just laws
 The act granting to railroads the right of way over the public lands, is sub stantially the bill introduced by McCor- mick in lS74-first session of the late Congress, and winch had the approval of