Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-12-04

we make some extracts in relation 10
 the railroad system which is destined
 to aid in the accomplishment of Ari-
 zona's great future. The reader will
 find in them many points not before
 made pubic, while there is a great
 deal 10 interest;
 Within a few years the Atchison,
 Toneka and Santa Fe will have its
 own through line to the Pacific coast,
 while the Southern Pacific line VIII
 coniinue building straight on to the
 eastward until it joins the Texas sys- tenn of railroads, when its most sintl-
 mate interests will be with the south
 ern lines, giving a route from the gulf ' States 10 the Pacific. The
 southern way will without question,
 he the favOrite winter route to the
 Pacific. Tourists for pleasure, who l otherwise would like to make win
 ter trip to California, together with
 inyalids whose delicate lungs have
 vearned for the balmy air of the Gold
 en State, have shrunk from the hard
 ships of the bleak journey across the ! snowy plains of the Union Paclhc
 route. with it's threatening delays from
 the furious storms that often block the way and buy the trains n thelr ter
 rlble drifts. But hereafter they may make the journey through the warm air and perpetual sunshine of New | Mexico and Arizona direct to South ern California, the most perfect sani- ! isrium on earth, as it is reputed 10 | be a region rejoicing in ' the most | nerfect climate in the world There ! fore, although the route tO san Fran
 cisco is longer than by the Union Pa
 cItic. many will doubtless chose to go
 that way for comforts sake, If not pressed for time. The marvellous mining wealth of New ! Mexico and Arizona, the possibilities
 of which are only just beginning to be developed, will unquestionably be
 a most prolific source of revenue To
 the two roads forming the new route.
 That young giant of railroads. and
 the splendid child Of Boston energy
 and enterprise, the Atchison, Topeka
 and Santa Fe. will be reached by the Pacific bound traveller at Kansas City. This road is famed for its fine con-
 struction and equipment, and II IS
 said to be the most convenient and
 comfortable road tO travel over in the
 West. At Trinidad the foot hills of the Rocky Mountains are reached. Entering the mountains, and going up the beautiful Raton Pass. the train passes through a tun- nell 20O0 feet long, 16 miles beyond Trinidad. On passing into the tunnel one is still In Colorado. and on com ing out is in New Mexico. Along here the road is lined with coal mines, from which coal is delivered on boaI3 the cars at so cents ton. The scenery along this part of The route is magnificent This part of the AtcAi- ! son, Topeka and Santa Fe systcm is ] known as the New Mexico and South ! ern Pacific Railroad. Las Vegas i5 ]. the first place of importance ID New !. Mexico. Here are the famous hot l springs, rivalling those of Baden | Baden in volume and curative qual- ! ilies. There are 22 springs of boiling | water, and, as the natural attractions | are remarkably beautiful, the place | bids fair to become the Baden Baden I of America. 4 magnificent hotel is ! being erected here by Ihe railroad | company, and fine bath -hOuse has | already been established Santa Fe, ! The City of the Holy Faith, the ! oldest town in the Tinted States, Is of | the main line, up among the mount | aims, and is reachad by a branch from | Galisteo. From GalisteO the road . keeps on tO the southward down the | valley of the Rio Grande, past curious | Aztec villages standing amidst fertile, | irrigated fields. where the people still | blow with stick, 8 man walking in | front of the oxen and mOiiOning them | on. \ few miles below Galisteo a station called Ortez has been estab- lished expressly for the transhipment | of supplies destined for the famous San Pedro mines, to which this Is the most convenient point. l. is expected that large business will be developed | here, for the present large traffic to that point promises finely for the future. At Albuquerque is the tune tion with the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, which the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe is building in associa- ton with the St. Louis and San Fran cisco Railroad. This new route Co the Pacific, 1t IS expected, will be fin lshed in between two and three years The construction of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad is making rapid progress. The completed road now runs about GO miles westward of AL suquerque, and every day about a mile of new road is added IL passes over the 30th parallel survey reported upon so favOrdbly by Gen. Palmer who regards II superior in many re- spects tO any other route 10 the Pacific It combines the advantages of south ern latitude with high altitude. as- surlng both mild summers and win ters, without extremes of either heat l or cold. In New Mexico and Arizona 1t passes through a varied and mount ainOus region, rich in minerals of all Kinds, and suited for the finest class of while the scenery is inde- scribably grand
 The Atlantic and Pacific will strike the California coast at San Buena Ven tUra, and thence follow the coast line pretty closely northward to San Fran cisco. From the main line in Cali fornia branch will strike due south to San Diego and Us splendid harbor. which by this line is 300 miles nearer ! Boston than is San Francisco by way of Omaha. This junction, among other things, will make Albuquerque ! one Of the most important cities of Mexico. The Atchison. Topeka and santa Fe has opened. at last accounts. down the Rio Grande valley as far as San Marcial. Not a great distance beyond this is the Florida pass, where the Junction with the Southern Pa- clhc will be effected The line will Keep on to the south until, at a point near Fort Thorn, which is about 70 miles north of the Mexican line. an- other junction will mark the begin nlng or two great enterprises of i'm perial magnitude. Toward the south