Arizona citizen., 1879-04-18
The Coming Country.

I ition both east and west, and We shall
 need to be very active at home if we
 keep pace with the wonderful progress
 and development which is predicted
 for us by great men and journals from
 the Atlantic to the Pacific. The Boston
 Post of April 4, has long and bril-
 liant article headed "The Coming
 Country" which sets forth the wealth
 and wonders of Arizona in a pleasing,
 though somewhat romantic manner The article was evidently inspired by
 Col. c. P Sykes, Manager of the Gala
 basas Land and Mining Company, who
 is now in Boston in the interests of that country. The editorial begins as follows:
 The next important step in the development of the resources of the l United States must undoubtedly be
 made in the direction of the great southwest, lying south of the Union Pacific Railroad and west of the Mis- lsissippi river, which includes the rich est mining fields of the continent, com prising a vast treasurehouse of wealth, the doors of which have as yet hardly been opened. The area includes the lterritOries of Colorado, Nevada, Ari- lZona and New Mexico and it is to this lcountry, beautiful in nature, bOundless in its resources and ancient in its his tory, that the attention of the boldest land most enterprising men of the na- Ition and of world is now turned. The central point of attraction in all this region is the Territory of Arizona.
 It is only within a few years that this territory has been rendered accessible
 by the punishment of the fierce Apa- .ches and other Indian tribes, but at present all obstacles in the way of sue .ceSs appear to have been removed, and great efforts are now being made to develop its resources, which are be- lieved to far surpass those of any other section of the American domain.
 Our readers must begin to appre- ciate the fact that unless we are will ing to disappoint nation we have no time for dreams and idle speculation, but every brain must plan and every hand strike for progress and develop ment.
 The railroad enterprises are then considered and mention is made of the rapid approach of the Southern Pacific and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroads toward Tucson, the larg- est town in the Territory. Reference is made to the proposed railroad from Tucson to Guaymas, and then the sub ject concludes with the following hum orous clause:
 These advantages, however great they may appear locally, will be small in comparison to those that will be- afforded in the way of communication with China and Japan. When the railroad system has been completed the distance from New York or Boston to Yokohama by the way of Calabasas and Guaymas will be 2000 miles less than by the present route to San Fran cisco, and Guaymas is one of the finest sea ports on the Pacific coast.
 Colonel Sykes then introduce eli mate and topography, quite correctly in these words:
 Arizona is considered by a great many people as being far away from civilization. and to be dry, arid coun- try. which is not susceptible of culti-I vation or of comfortable habiiatiOn. l This is a mistaken idea, because the railroads which are now being built will soon afford as rapid transporta- ton to this location as is afforded toI any other distant locality. Arizona isl a mineral country, but there are a few valleys susceptible of a high state of by irrigation. The prin- cipal Of them are those of the Gila, Santa Cruz and San Pedro and Salt river, which afford agricultural re- sources equal to all demands that will be made for many years to come.
 Among the statements which are a little off are those concerning our For instance, the pOpula- ton of Florence is stated at 500, while Phenix is only given 300, but we will transfer this matter to the belligerent man of the Phenix Herald. The wealth of our mines is then referred | to and the article concludes with a effusion on the "Italy of quoted from a report made by Dr RothrOch in 1875.