Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-09-04

would Ar once be accepted
 l. will be remembered that shortly ! after the report of the viewers on the !. Box Canyon route had reported ad- 1 verscly on that scheme the CITIZEN published an interview with Mir. Thos II. Williams, 8 practical roaG-builder, and man Of integrity and standing, on the subject, and we called the at tention of some of our leading men to his opinions aCd urged that his ser vices br secured in the matter. The suggestion WAS acted up'n, NIT. Will jams was induced to investigate the matter. and we are happy tolay before our readers his report to the commit tee:
 TUCsoS, August 3l.
 To the Business Men of Tucson: Gentlemen After careful survey of the Box Canyon, on the proposed route to Harshaw, 1 find there would be a: least five bridges to be built, to insure a good rOad-two bridges to cross the main canyon, the others cross, ing the side gulches. So that the road would be expensive and would save but little in distance.
 therefore went to work on a new route tha, will bring Harshaw within tifty-iive miles of Tucson. The grades in crossing the mountain will moi ex- cccd twenty-five inches to the rod. There would be absolutely no heavy sand on the road and it would b. most preferable in escry respect 10 the Box Canyon route, as this route will be well wItercf. Respectfully yours. THoNAs II. WILLIAMS A reporter of the CITIZEN on We'd nesday interviewed Williams on the subject of the new route, and learned [ that he is now at work on specified lions for the proposed road. having taken au actual survey and measure mcnts. He states that he has made s proposition 10 build the road for $l3,. coo. aai place himself under ample ! bonds tu execute the work according | Co the specifications He is not dc5lr- ous Of having the contract, but makes ,his proposition as guarantee of his ! statements. He is. accordingly Plac ing his report m such shape that bids from contractors may advertised for. and in the event that his sum Is not underbii he stands ready !o make good his prop IsitiOr.
 4 brief description of the Williams
 route may interest our readers. IL k proposed to leave Tucson at Sixth avenue, and then proceed almost d. rec,ly south to the mouth Of the clu-
 yon on which Preston & Co.'S saw mill
 is situated. The distance to this poInt
 is 90 miles. Inc rad lying over a high,
 gravelly mesa, entirely free from sand
 or heavy adobe, masking the best road
 that csn possibly be built. The road
 follows up the canyon from the mouth ? about two and a half miles, and then ' crosses over the mountain through a
 pass. On inc southeastern slope Of
 the mountain the Williams road will
 intersect the old saw-mill road at the creek, and from that point will follow
 down the creek 10 within two mIIes of
 Gardner's ranch. At that point it
 takes a southerly direction to a ridge
 which leads to near Camp Crittendeu,
 where it joins the old road, and thence , direct to Hlrshaw, Washington Camp I.e Noria, or Luttrell.
 The mountain near which MT. Vii ! Hams proposes tO cross the range la heretofore either been overlooked or re , garded as impossible. Mr Williams s experience led him to investigate ihi route. and he discovered that roa'
 could be constructed over il winch a $ no point will have grade of nor than D inches Co the rod, and that bu . few instances. IL should also be born [ in mlnd that his estimate does no , contemplate any makeshift of road but & wide, well-built highway, owe
 which the heaviest teams may hau
 the heaviest loads of freight-a road in fact. suited 10 the needs of that in s portent section of the country. AT V other feature Of the utmost importanc d is the fact that water is obtaInabie b
 the Williams route at more convenier II distances than on any other road lea' t ing to Patagonia.
 q Now. gentlemen of the Board of S' n pervisors. here is a definite prop % sition which the necessities of a larg P majority of the inhabitants of Pin o county demand that you consider. , comes from no vague source, but iro ,, a cool, practical man who know h whereof he afirms The William
 route will e,vc Co the miners Of q . Santa Ritas, of Harshaw, of Washin
 ton Camp, an easy outlet to the ra
 road, the lack Of which, despite the
 brilliant prospects, has laid deade
 ening weight upon their prosperii ID The saving to the people iu six mont DC will more than pay for the constTu q. ton oC the road, 10 say nothing of | n- country which 1t will open up. T n CITIzUS has faith iD MT: Wiliiar ed assertions, and the people will wh .~' they gre made public He haa r'
 u.adon ia Nevada as success