Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20

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 '" Ha' Boston sapi-1i is Doing.
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 GCAy3IAs. Mexico. October f6.- ! Very lev or your readers probably have ever heard oI Gl.yu x place now of considerable Importance on ! tHe Pacific Caa-t. and destined 90 be better known il thu future az the 1 western terminus of tle southern l irustaa-luearli Haiirold. deserves ] to Doe written up. especially as the ! cNlensiYG niireaa bull ing ia the ssut-scs HItl.a ll- rt, states and in lilGiCl Is 5.-nuu- to ! attract the attention it deserves.
 Never before WIS Iai.rosa building more active tlan a present. uHE were 2 here ever muio -iSaE. ic schemes pro- lecled- Bai i.rU-t- involving the uui- iay ot Immense sums .l money are now being constructed or are -Iau to ue commenced. aud Ls result w.l be 1 closer. Trade relaii .as with Mexico and the development Ci lle resnlTces Ct ,tW Mexico, Arizona and Texas. anu indeed uf tae Whule S.ulh and South ] west Baat almost Uusu0wu couu- tr5, Mexico. will b-IuoEu open to ! the iuvesmclr of American cari.al. and the LIilcu treasures ot is mines l will be ur0ugh -a .i-I t1 swell Jue vast amount a wealth ir our country ] accumulated r- American energy and 1. enterprise
 ! To accomplish these purposes the railroad kings are pushing their re- :. sTeciiye Hines along llc bEaer States aud Territories and through Mexico iu various directions
 The Southern Pacific Railroad is now I15J miIe- from San Francisco. having ssed Arizona. and Is nov . speeding li- Way across New Mexico towards n Fssa. Texas. The Ll-hi- son. iolcka aul csrts F. EHi.rola 1 having entered V Mexico from CaI oral0 and irly-I=aa it from lorl Co s0u.h, is now far down a- Rio Gande. and is ra .iaE approaching line place where j. WI.l cross Iha track a5 the southern bdciac- Al The pres gat writing tle two roads are only about lGJ miles apart, and a7 the gap is being lez5gusl daily, the junction
 wIli probably De made oT -ari-,maz. 2 ] Chicago can then compete with San
 Francisco oG lau1l rl-us
 As different versions a. lhe railroad siiue ion iu t.e southwest have been ] published. al ot them il some vaI incorrect. iCj me here give You ,Le 1 truth;
 Fnst. as to whl7 may be called Ca.
 " Boston CnWhi1 fiH-. f cli.r the Atchison Topeka and -a0la Ee Railroad, now completed irol Aausas ! City CD point a1aut thirv-Lre miles l below For Craig Cu Che lt5 6ran8e. Al poil, gn ,ais river Ll- yet aG- ! aouueeJ. uCr rroh.b'. a. tue tulage oi to,uE8ro. ul.- old For. llo-a Inc main lae .aare- tLa Rio l--l.e. and strikes Cl iu a -uu. a-iE Ciree- lion. heading t#r Cu.E Eua-, on the l Gulf of CaiIaTlil, iG as straight line as the nature ot tAs country will permit.
 The Sonora Railway Company ! limiiedl is now uagr con rucLIgn | from Guaymas. and running as nearly as possible northeast. will. within l eighteen months. effect So junction ] WiIl the santa Ie tHruiu- new and favorable trarseoalull,-. line via the lChIca-0. Burlington and Quincy Co ! Chicago. and thence t0 tle Atlantic
 eabaard This line will be ue2ily 1900 miles shorter l..u ocean io ocean than av the Jn.ou and Central Pacific ! lines. and will Zoe free r9u the deep 1 suoWs aud severe cola the delays and dangers of winter -afel by these railroads. and will present To the tourist magnificent scenery as yet new to the travelling public
 The AtcLi-0n. Topeka and santa ] Fe Railroad, from tle point of de- parurc ol what we may caI tue main } inc GO GuaEmls. VII. also follow the course Ol lle Rio Grauae until # ] reaches El Pas0. where ,. will connect with ihe Mexican Central which will run from the City Q. Mexico Co Fl Paso. a distance u. -9ou. L5a5 miles. This latter railroad. DOW under con- -uucjion, will pass through several ] important cities, open In perhaps the wealfhicst portion of Mexico and give access Go Inc b,aUIlIl Clty Ci Mexico, I-lhcfUtura Paris of America. Another railroad from the Cry ni Mexico Co tle Pacide coast. is also contemplated by the .. Boston com aiEa ion, aI- though lle Sou harn Pacific people claim tLat franchise Tor themselves.
 But tHi- H no, all. The Ati7Diic and Pacific Railroad, projected 60 Ionr ago. is now being built its gen. eral caurse being along tAe thirty fifth paraIel Connection is made with the santa Fe R3ad at Aihu- ouerquc. \. M.. and sevgnty-hve miles @. track are now laid west or that pIace. The track layers are close be- iIud the graders. who are working rapIdlv toward San Diego. Col- where work Las recently been commenced , fo run north Go San BerHardiuo and thence ca-twarily 10 meet the coming locomotive. Engineers are no" ID
 the field m various localities. and connection with San Ftaacl-c3 is ] probably in the plans oi tne Atlantic | and Pacific Railroad Company. i Besides all these. another railroad
 has just been surveyed. tne AriL0ua
 Southern. from Euc-ou. Arizona, to 3 some point on Che ieclt.t line of the
 sonora Railway probably a, or near Tres. or rerhaps as for south as Her ! uoslllo. the Capital oi sonora. This f rosd takes in some oL the best mining districts of Arizona, and will have . tributary to it the rich mines and eN- r tonslve stock rcEious ci Northern
 Sonora.
 Ail of these railroads have men,
 ienef arc virtually one corporaien- E fbe same names, 0s rui-s appeaILl- .' Fin ibe lists of directors O, the olHei- p ent companies. and one gentleman 70 Thomas Nickcrson, Of Boston, IS
 Presldcnt of every company have
 named ezcep. the Atcaison, Topeka I. and santa Fc. and ct this company . ..--- Il-.-..l .--L mil ll.L lL.E. Lne-