The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-10-19
LETTER FROM YUMA.

EpIroR MNER:- Much to the satisfac.
 tion of all concerned, the complications
 heretofore existing between the Southern
 Pacific Railroad Company and the military authorities, regarding the right of way across the military reservation at Fort ] Yuma, have been temporarily settled. and ] trains now run regularly across the rlvcr. and permission to Use the track across the ! reservation has been granted until Congress >ional action can be haG. The policy of | that corporation has ever been to keep thelr own counsel and observe rcticence as To ! their plans and proposed movements until such time as they deem proper to cnlighten : the public There Is nothing to indicate ] that the road will be extended beyond this place for the present. and a~ the right of way through the Territory has not been sc cured from Congress, 1t k generally sup posed that Yuma will be the terminus for some lime. The building of side tracks the depot, roand-house, and the like, will furnish employment to number of men. and give the appearance ot life and vitality to the town, which now presents the picture of finished place.
 So much mining machinery and other freight, for Northern Arizona, is brought here to be shipped up the river. that the departure of two steamers per month k deemed inadequate, and the number will probably be increased. The mining inter est> of this County are certainly looking up and attracting attention both at home and abroad. and indicate that Yuma k not ,lcs. fined to remain far behind the other coun- ties of the Territory in the production of mi .rlf, ,A..4ifl, in@ to the development of the mines, have been rcyNed consequent upon the changes which have been brought about by cheaper and more rapid means of transportation aud the general development of the coun try which follows the advent of capital and well directed energy. The cost of living m Yuma k from twenty-five to fifty per cent cheaper than in Prescott. and there Is de cIded downward tendency in the price uf various articles of merchandise, which while II piea~e- the majority of consumers, l> by no means gratifying to those who trade and trafc iii the ncccsSaric> of life and who apparently forget that this is a progressive age and that neither times nor prices are what they were in the early days of Arizona history.
 There are two classes of persons Co be found iA 'NN's l't.N tt que itlllltiN III WHICH | have been, with whom have little pa. ueDcc; one class are ctCrnallv gIumbluc. never satisfied with thc country or people. expressing want oi confidence in every branch ol industry. and sy, king to discour 1 age those who are more >,uguinc and con 1 tented than themselves. They are not ! pleased Wltb Arizona, and would doubtless | be di>coEteut.d if they h3d ihe wealth of urmu~ and fred. and ii,cd 'Uhcrc the gor- | -cuu~ East, Vith richest hand. showers on | her kln.sz blrharic pear! and gold" Auoth- | yr c ~> arc those who are so unfortunately | jealous and suspicious that they regard | with di>lavor any section of the Territor, | more prosperous than the locality in which 1 they live. Verify do some people in ! southern Arizona talk a> if they believed . that layapai did Eoj have a population of {. more than few hundred, and had only few mine- worth working. They chaic un- der imaginary wrongs, fret about ccusu, frauds and would f,igu believe that the glory of the Territory has departed forever Tuthtu,ly ha, it hcca said, that there are none so blind a~ those who will not see.
 r. l.. E. C.
 Yuma. A.. T., October lI. lsss.