The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-09-05
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line run on route 41,i0l, Northern Arizona, has been placed in daily communication with the Eastern States, via Santa Fe, New Mexico. winch hes many advantages over the roundabout th"roughfare of ihe Pa rifc. Not only is ih:s route. n"S ihai ih'. tunnel has been completed east of Oiero. three days nearer New York aBd other great Eastern cities, but is in the vicinity ofsio0 the cheapest for the tourist. sircr ,his route has been put into good shape by i,e.ng stocked with 239 fiue American mules. IS ne~ wag IDS, etc. furnis..ed with g"cd stations and careful drivers. it at oUce he comes the most desirable and important route entering our fair and inviting Terri serv. The distance fram PIe~cott Co Sanis Pc is 507 miles, which IS scheduled at 9G hours.
 The country all along the route is changing and picturesque, presenting new and interesting scenes to the traveller making the trip between the Capitals of two great and promising Territories, pleas ant, interesting ana instructive. Gradually as the iron-horse comes nearer to our metal lined hills md sierrAs. ihe distance by stsce will he shortened, and the buik"f our ,nnils and travel viii eosle ihrough the channel nature has 80 fifty arranged.
 For the revolution and great improve ,,ent in our mail matters coming from the direction of the rising sun, we are indebted 10 Mr. Walsh, who hss now one Of the finest equipped and beat regulated stage lines that runs across the Ameri an valleys or through the mlls of the West.
 The great ciyilizer Of Indians and re- cleipaor of our western wilds has made its appearance from the West, and is making grand strides to extend the iron hsnS across Arizona by January 1880. While the railroad magnates of the Pacific are eagerly stretching out their mighty iron arm, eastward. our friends of the AtchIson. Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad are not idle, they are looking forward anxiously for connection with the com merce of the Pacific and will not sop in their westward m irca until they have cross cd the Rio Grande, tFdversed the land Of pold. silyer and many other precious min erals and entered. with their wagons of steam, tine City of Guaymas, Mexico. The road has been completed in all particulars to Las Vegas. and tine wcrkmen, m larg. numbers, are pushing ihs work of Prading rail laying, etc, with ceierity, and by the last of December, the iron horse will be wat cred from the Isio GIan6e at Santa Doming 70 miles below Santa Fe. IL Is not yei fully decided upon which route our eastern friends will build after having reached Al Lurquerque, but il is reasonable to suppose that tLe 35th parreIlel route will be adopted by them, as it would bring their line direct IA to the coal beds of the Rio PueFea and thc great coal fields of Northeastern Ari- zona and give them control of nearly all inc trade of Arizona. which in the near fu- turc will be sufficient to ke'p manv car constantly employed. The success of th' A. T. S Santa Fo road has been marked with unusual success and the company art no, now desirous of connecting with any company building across our territory They have s'aried out to build an iRdepen dent line to the Pacific. and with the :-'' lnsikable good fortune that has been and is attending iheir efforIs. we believe they will succeed iu the mammoth. but laudable un- dertaking. The route in i:s course iron, Las Vegas, passes within 20 miles of Santa Fe ta which place a branch road will bt built, the city giving the k. R. company $I90,000 toward it's construction, which has been accepted by the Nice-Presi. dent of the Company, NIT. Strong Since this company evince disposition ip assist tl.e people of Northern Arizona, ", think our business men should throw their trade in that direction. IL is time that the old route around by Sacramento, lj00 miles cut of line, should be abandoned and the direct route, through New Mexico, adopted We understand lrem Mr. Walsh. who is ac. auaiuted and familiar with the workings oi he Atckison Topeka X Santa Fe road anu acquainted with the general freight agent Nr Goddard of Topeka, KanSas, that Ari- Yona merchants can make satisfactory ar rSngements for the transporting ot all opT supplies from the East to the termInus oi the road. If We would have an isdepend' ent and competing railway thr sgl Asizo ma Co plss near our town, it behOoyos us tC meet the compsry half way and give them our patronage, irs'cad Of hanging to 8 com pany ,bst are chnging close 10 the southern borders of Arizona and only cross the Ter ritory as 8 necessity and convenience Gradually the gap between gs and the Eas tern railway is being closed and in Is months we hope to sec the huge locomotive ploughing along over our rich gold and sil yer fields, bringing ia our machinery and other supplies, aaf bearing away the yield from thousand aiming enterprises.
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