, 1880-10-23

Will WY lLti0 EulAfAtGl lblItuf 0EjUDA
Is tho tiIfa Desert. yast section ot land with
little vegetation snye rrcascwood, jrOnwood,
saRe-brusl', mesquite, ami in11a9itedso1c'y by
owis. iEzzaitls, ta'ant!,ias, mathematics, aud
llnwk Summit Il reached, md 10 tho enst tho
entire surface Of tho country Is ,ll4craA
with larn. which, When EXPOSED to tho. air.
n t!!e naisis. @ E ifsnes 10 Marleepa, d dIstanee
of lW miles. from Yuma, tue same a1lcr-.
tinuc, and from this point itilo rnli-
the construction Of 4 branch rDatl distances
0f ff0 miles 70 Prescott. At present the In
fnense frtiRhtlnE business between the mines
..ys and diillcultics arc necessarily eicour-
'thrcd. tn 1'urson from Ataricopa i25 miles,
thcllce to Fl 1'aso Al miles. the country Is
iailroutl. l1cre Tito Cordillcras, The SIerrns,
antI the rocky Mountains combine, and fall
1tl rast a a',d west Into plain rllure Or less
y. sy afst s ney 1iSt wis saFE ro Sssd o y WR Ssr
well-kiiowti government surveyors nrd ex-
plorcts. md tlc CONCLUSION reactted by al! Is
TINT the Southern Pacific route ncr0ss Arl-
phy. Is at ttlce practicable md easy Of ac-
cessEhn, md " likely to open up a section 0t
Erent Sr agriGultnral and mineral wealth
R f a nstS a aE5crn [e Ws VT sfs 5 SS5 te
per, lead, coal, oil. nlMl other mineral prod
!,cts. arc found it vari9l!s points between
Southern Ca1lf1rn!a and Texas. yet the gold
border viii III tic uear future form The great
! revenue of the rallrond, .antl will contribute
! most largely. to lMdIyi'lual and National
wMtt r r r. VI KayTon,i repnrts thg
east 1ase Of tlc Sterrus, md stretching SOUTH
| ward tntu Mexlco+ IL II cllal,! Of silver mines
| containing comparatively little bns1 metnl,
iii Tnroupi Midi,r Messr, Arizo" e mud Is: Ne.
yutlu u another Hue Of silver mines; through
New ArSIco antl Utah y still another zono
of arsentifeE",,s gnisna lo!es TO ti1a ss sast It
| extremely wei! defined. nnd there y
found q continuous cliain Of deposits. It
'lns been proven TINT silver mines OF great
Pedro, md (;ila Rivers, III the mountains
so,ttl! Ut Tucson, and. Judging froin gcolog-
icul formations, 1t Is a,irn,lset tint rich de-
Golor.tlo Of tile Wcst and the lila, which
Ii was 4 fnyorit theory Of Humboldt that tile
SS ol sfso sf ysr Wa e T. f o%a Sas aoPGss L. ss
!netallllrrlss, 1lowe, gave as the distinguish
| Ing feature 1T silver lntnlng In Arfzonn the
Ceni1ai MeSieo, Us we'll rs @ titeir geological
| position. Tile product of the ArIzUnn mines
fur tie year ending Jan. /, 1851, WIS G'f 3773
4 ;Ss aS @ Hase tiSt Snt'Sp u Ss WIZ Ssse saise
Was aboui "lir-tltlrl as lni'cll The nortlen.
ttle rnlrns!d, nre especially rith II! g0Eu nlld
lnae!lnpry tNe future production viii 10
Al present Tie Southern Pacific scene Of
oper,lliUns Is ut II polnt less than. 200 miles
New MexfeD and Arlznlla. On the 2itf Of
August utl the difficulties net IN tho Dragon
| A1untnllls hAh been slrm0lnted, alnt It WIS
ssf|ssd Hits dsa faa se IL e ec "sa sss ais T
country teing as level rs ati !1!lhuts prairie,
my number Of men can ne utilized In track
laying ai,I E@radlis @ alHl tho YORK prcE1ssses ;1
the :s;ti.. 1850; snd on lie a5tM 400 ieet.
Un the 18th OF September, tho first regular
statioi, ito inilcs ill tant b. rail from Tacs,,ll,
LIES niles from Sun frn!.cisc9. and ASIA
niles trn,n the CITY u Halifax. III thg Prov.
lie t Surth American systeni Of railways.
Since Jim. 70, 1880. the Company, have con-
structed MI! put Ln .tlrst-class worslnx 1rdsl
about so Ilss H. ,dEs S{ stssIsil5 r. fe sslaos
Where the line will 80 after reacl!ing +
l'asu llas not yet beer determined. Whetho,
1t vii! bc coniln,tel to the Gulf: or depend
eot may apS Kao s she coutry 9
is, ,no,ie tie les Inviting tl,an TINT
Which the road has already traverse.l.
The general characteristics oS Texas nrc
is rolling praIrIrs. where yast herds 2. of
horses AiId cutie CRAZE tllrnle!! tho year; Its
desert plateau III tho west and l.s 1owlnllls III
the south; The present objective l'oiMt, now
i, aGeyaace i uiitii tlIat polnt Ge reached. Tie
| sleepy Old Mexlcah puebIn. which hns hitil,
erto slependrl fur support llpon the fruitful
valley "f the Upper Rio Gra.Nle. is putting
future gtory, and the town prn'sitscs ere long
to a>e d second Indianapolis Or Denver.
! After the completion ut the ronta to tho isio
Gas isitMtx soectlesS p SH VII ne en tpfs Fs
Gurtlcr Will b. i,,a,iEurate.l. At the Cnllfor-
nla end Wit be sitsn connecttons Wlt 'a,,a tue
syteu,s N ia "a tie Eay.. Tise ;e lt,s W running
tlroiIvl' California parallel 10 the oecal VIII
nks sSnnstiS; snyms Sy p ssasiF an w, aM s
Alnerlca, and with the northwestern seetl0ll
md Northern. pac!ilc. CnlIi'ections W!ii be
! California BY nseal.s ot the So1aprn Hallway
: thr0,iEl! ChfhuaIua mil Sol!orn to(suynn!us,
anu prabab,y IL the nsar l future y W = ,t line
frtnl FL Peso e. tho Cityo Mexico ttsetr; ":
Texas Il Pacific an!l Galveston y Sun An.
: tonic ioa,is. now benE constructed. fron,
! tho Gulf, tins forming sho5t ,d.ls allsl
t aI06ltu, plnt other citics OF the Quilt
ad Atla!lc sva|%ar;l @ ip T. the s;ets,pt Souths,,
| Witit ihe iivhison, Topeka Il SantA Fo curly
4 IN tbs spring Of 1851, and thence ,w!t1l The
t railways celitering III knnsas, and Missouri
0 lust, Inl,is, Clltcagl,, and Now York. Fl
ilaily, to Southern l'aclilc viii conneet witt,
t generally by tic lug from Dvnyer now build
| luz southwark IN the punt pf 1ntersecttOn
/. Titus will ba formed no Less than four dia
tlnct alnl independent routes u the East, .s anS
e prelsn "t nsG,}na frnnsp9rta.m s WI
yuntnges which nre likely to How from thu
r completion Of Il secona tl,rougll route frol'
, thu I',tcitlr CDust, provided tho sanlu be lnu.
. aged np,n u Just md economic scale, 1nay bt
t summarized us follows:
N It will bu IL, l'nwHr!ul MD in wrestling
, tllu Mexican tratItltruln the European nat0a:
! which now contrtl It, a,,d thereby oiEer III
> additional ,Mnrket for Alncrlcun n1a'sltfact
! NreB uI,l supplies,
A | ny X ,vtl( r,ntnrtnt1v s1nrtnn tha tltsfnnrf