Arizona weekly miner., 1877-04-06
LETTER FROM WARRINGTON.

EpIToR MINER Before leaving Pres
 colt last December, wrote out five copie,
 of petition to lonsrc,, for an spProgria-
 tion to build military road across the
 Mogollon mountains. on mail foute No
 40i0l, between Santa Fc and Prescott.
 One was mailed to Santa Fe, one Co Fort
 Wingate, oac tq Verde, and one was circula-
 ied al Prescott and Fort NhiRpie. Different gentlemen at the above named places iu- formed me that they would circulate the petitions and sec that they were mailed to
 Nr Stevens, our Delegate al Washington, ar to In 3 al Prescott, and have me forward them To him. When l came 10 Washington {!
 brought with me the petition from Prescott
 and delivered it to NIT. Stevens. who hal it taken before one of the Committees of the iIolsG et Representatives.
 ! Soon alter this, Gen. kaEU Cagse,, g survey and estimate of the probable cost oi tnQ road to be made, and forwarded it together siIh a letter Recommending that tho road be built through .Lc proper mili- tary channels to tho Secretary Of War. The Generals through whose offices the papers passed gave their approval and the Secre- lary 3f War submitted the matter to the House Committee. I.;c matter will proha- blv be brought before iic next session Of Congress, in the shape of a bill appropFia- ting nGGey with which to build the road.
 All persons having the petitions referred to in the beginning of this letter. and all citizens of Arizona and new Mexico who are in any way interested ID the building of the road and improvement Of ihe corn,ry be. tSson santa Fe and Prescott will be able to assist very nA4eT;ally in the passage of the bill. by forwarding to their Delegates in Congress petitions, letters, etc, asking for the building of the road, and showing it~ great im,.1r:ance to both Territories.
 Most Of the people oi ;Ec lnited States. and many of the Congressmen know noti,. ing whatever about the geography of inc far Western Territories. so that when such matter as an appropna,,on h,r road comes up, the average Congressman votes againsI il at once. unless the member or Delegate has every means at his hands to show the i'm poriancc of the work to his community.
 l know that it k not complimentary to my fellow citizens in Arizona to say that in the States" they are loss known than the natives of the interior of Africa but such is the case to great extent, and Congress . will not appropriate money to build any ] thing in the Territories until the people of the neighborhood ask for il, and show good reason, sly they should have it.
 Knowing thc ,G'ercst you have always taken in the dcvelopmeni ef our Territory. and her great resources, take the liberty If mailing you this, hoping that you can ind s,~cc for it in the ueNs columns of the MINER. and ..'At you would call tpe stten- ion of the people to ~lAt the Indian >a,d yas the reason he begged: "Ii 1"u n0 hsk' ou no get ..
 Any papers forwarded. should be mailed n time to be in Washington by the time he new Congress meets. Hoping that you will pardon me for i'm osing so much upon your valuable time , V writing you upon subject in which l |. ave always taken the greatest interest, aud