Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-05-24

jected avant garde of this onward
march, and have reached that poin
when their completion Is assured
Already their value and importanc,
have been established. The fiat
tering and tangible results of wha
is being accomplished and the re
markable success attending thei
rapid extension plainly indicat,
their important character. The
marked bearing they are havin.
upon the growth and prosperity o
the region gives promising evi
dence of the grander results yet Il
be achieved upun their completion
Tnis offers an explanation also o
the causes operating to promot,
the several schemes for minor rail
road enterprises being projected ir
sympathy with this great move
ment, to serve as branches Of ant
feeders to the main lines and tc
complete the system.
Everything indicates that a greal
future awaits the region southwest
of the Mississippi, and a general
prosperity has already begun ia
dawn upon it. Capital and bust.
ness are arouslng themselves to a
proper conception of the vast inter.
ests which, now dormant, will
soon require their attention, when
the railroads have prepared a way
for developing the inestimable nat
ural resources of this region.
The present aspect of affairs
would seem to indicate that the
only great highways available and
practicable to the Pacific coast will
soon be occupied by transconti-
mental lines of railroad. The
northern route through Nevada is
already occupied. Two powerful
corporations are struggling for
the possession of the thir.
ty-second parallel route.
The Southern Pacific Railroad Is
now advancing eastward over this
route at the rate of two miles a
day. They have already entered
and Will be two hundred miles
across Arizona by July !, and ex-
pect to cover the gap of five hun.
dred miles to their objective point
Gel Paso) on the Rio Grande by
1880. Eventually, they propose
pushing eastward until they reach
the Gulf of Mexico at New Orleans.
In the near future, connections
will be made with the lower Mis-.
sissippi, and also st. Louis and
Chicago. Their ultimate design
will be to continue this same line
to the Gnlf Of California and to the
City Of Msxico. This will open up
q profitable trade to our country
with eight millions of people,
whose trade is now principally
monopolized by foreign countries.
The Atohison, Topeka and Santa
Fe Railroad (now the Kansas, Col.
orano and New Mexico Railroad)
has absorbed the Denver and Rio
Grande narrow gauge and other
weaker roads, and Is vigorously
pushing forward westward at al
lost an equal rate of speed, and
will seek an outlet at Gusymas, on
the Gulf of California. The extern
sion of this road has now reached
Las Vegas, New Mexico. and it 10
will be completed to AL
buquerque in less than six months.
From there 1t has been determined
1t will continue into Arizona to Tue.
son, which will be 1t its terminus
until the Mexican and Guaymas
recently incorporated
and controlled by this company, is
built through the rich territory of
Arizona and Sonora
from the Gulf of California to Tue
son. This will give two independ-
ent and complete transcontinental
lines to the Pacific seabord. The
Texas Pacific Railroad will event.
ually traverse the thirty-fifth par.
allel to San Diego, even II 1t falls to
obtain government aid, under some
of the various methods now being
adopted, and which are giving
promise Of being successful, for
private capital VIII be enlisted to
aid the enterprise.
Possibly the Southern Pacific
Railroad will accept the territorial
subsidy of 100000, and build a
railroad from Maiicopa Wells to
Prescott, Arizona, on the thirty
fifth parallel, thus gaining control
y
ing any competing lines from
heading them off on that parallel
lin fact 1t will enable them to cor
ner the country. This project is
being seriously considered.
The Union Pacific management
have evidenced their purpose OF
entering the struggle and obtain.
ing share of the outcome of this
newly developed field. They will
extend the Utah Southern Rail-
road from its present terminus at
Lehi, one hundred miles south of
Salt Lake City, across Arizona,
via Prescott and Phoenix, to San
Diego. 1t is safe to predict that
within two years New York and
San Diego will be united by rail,
via the Union Pacific and Utah
Southern Railroads, under the
same management, and with un-
limited capital to build 1t
up. The distance will be about
5000 miles. San Diego Is evil
IDENTIFY destined to become large
commercial port within O short Pc
riod. They have designed also to
build and ex tend the Georgetown,
Leadville and San Juan Railroad
into New Mexico and Arizona, and
it is believed, with the intention of
continuing to Guyamas. This will
give them two outlets to the Pacific
seaboard. 1t is limited that this
rasping monopoly has been driven
% axe these active measures to
protect its interests in the near fu-
lure ior when the Southern Pacific
Rsilroad is completed the Central
Pnoiilc Railroad, which is controll-
ed by The same management, will
cua loose from the oppressive re.