The Arizona sentinel., 1876-05-27
THE RAILROAD Is COMING |!
Listen for the Snort of the 1rvn
Horse

Yes, we nave known all the
time that 1t was coming, and have
said so in our columns repeatedly,
but there were so many dOubters,
so many growlers and croakers,
who would not believe that a rail
road ever would come to Yuma,
and who ridiculed everything
that was written or said in favor
Of the probability of the grand ac-
chievement, that recently we
have said very little about it. We
chose to wait until the GROWERS
had tangible evidence of the fact
that the railroad was really com
ing to Yuma. The company who
are building the Southern Pacific
Railroad don't talk much. They
acork. And for live, energetic. indie
fatigable and intelligent railroad
constructors, they have not their
match on this continent nor in
the world. There have been a
great many foolish things written
and said about the probable ter
minus of this road, and some
newspapers, particularly in San
Francisco, should be ashamed of
the ignorance they have display
ed about the matter. We will
give those wise editors and their
smart reporters, little informa
ton that they should have been
possessed of long ago,
In the first place, the charter
granted by Congress to this com
pany fixes the terminus of the
road at Fort Yuma, and the map
of their survey, according to their
charter, is on file in Washington.
and has been for years. COnse-
quently they have no charter to
go anywhere else. Secondly, the
gentlemen composing the South
ern Pacific Railroad Company
have never talked of any other
terminus than Yuma. 1t has been
only newspaper reporters and cor
respondents, along with local
GROWERS, "whOse wish was father
to the thought" who circulated
the report that this railroad would
not strike the river at Yuma, but
at Ehrenberg, the Needles, or
somewhere else-anyWhere but
where its charter fixes its termin-
us. The railroad company don't
contradict these smartee5. 1t is
beneath their dignity to do so.
The company keeps steadily on,
building their road toward Yuma
as fast as circumstances will per-
nit, and-in a few months we will
hear the snort ofthe IRON HORSE
on the bank of the river.
One of the most foolish things
that we have read is in a letter
written by some one in San Der
nardino. to the ArizO'ad Miner, in
which the writer says that from
Dos Palmas the railroad will run
to the Needles. That man can
know nothing of the geography
Of that region. We have been
there and know all about it. Once
in San GorgOnia Pass, where the
railroad now is, and making for
Dos Palmas, there is an impassa-
BILE chain of the most rugged
mountains on the north, over
which no railroad can ever be con-
structed and through which there
is no pass to the Needles. If any
body wants any further evidence
that the railroad is being construct
ed direct to Yuma, here it is. The
engineers are now surveying and
stalking off the road between Dos
Palmas and Yuma and parties of
men in the employ of the railroad
company are digging wells along
the route. They have already
sunk several wells, in all of which
they have struck water. The last
well sunk, is within AZ miles of
Yuma.
Yes, the railroad is coming, that
great civiIizer. that great filler up
Of the waste places, that great pro-
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