The weekly Arizona miner., 1881-06-17
ALONG THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC.
so. z. lEdirori4l Corrs-I-aElea-- Of lss eeE--alse-i.h.

FoEr WIsaAra, E M., May 3l, IssL
 Having written of the mineral, agrcui turL and stlck .ute.,.ts of the SouthEesi .omeuhat in detau. r.Il e.drasor Co de- scribe. in a general aay. country comlara tiyel, uew to lnast readers and before starting out. let nie refer t, sane of the ancient. but exploded ato.ics in c1nuectIun with Ne. Mexico and the Sou.h"e.t
 The weather IS nat ,eersh.ng hYt, as sott, suppose. The agn rays penetrate 1he thu air in this hIah altitude, Iu a wsy t!.a, ls dis- agreeable at times, yet ;he heat b throvr or from the body iu manner t.iat one ]. not uncomfortable. The n.2hts are al~ay' cool. the morning particularly SD.
 We haze had 20, ''sAAd storms or eTer di.agreeaLle virtd ,for1l.s, during the journey Mosqui,os are unknown, except in the lo" river bottoms. have seca but one n Inc Tcrritory. Ceutipeles, tarantulas, rattle snakes. bed huss t.ar, and other imaginary spscimeHs oi the de5.rt that are supposed to tear to piece. aud ches up whole families xhil. they may le found here. yet m all oui tram,,a over the luuuutains We have failed [ discover anything more dangerous than Me1icsu lEs,rd or a horned toad
 The Atlantic & Pacific Railroad leaves th' line If the Atehis u. Topeka & santa te near Albuquerque, and steel track Is laie 20 miles west oi tLc latter place, in the di rec,ion of Southern California. When com pleted it Rill b. operated m connection "iti the Santa Fe road The Chicago, Eur.lng ton & ouinc, and the A5cl.saa Topeka d Santa F. roads. owned ly Boston people will. m my judgment. at no dista'it aay form one continuous line from Chicago C the City of Mexico, and tp a poiu' ou th' Gulf of Calif"rlla near Iuaymas. The " Louis A San FIauci-co Company. Niih head quarters at New York, formerly owned, no only line of rad iflm S:. Louis west L, Vinita. in the Indian Tcu"fy. but hal acquired the right [. th, land grant ot th' Atlantic X Pacific ruad E. an agreement between the parties, lhc Easton people pur chased a half interest iu inc >r. L"uis d San Franci-co. then completed ,o Nmitla, with branch from Pierce Cify, Mss'u.!, [, Wichita. kan,,s. fi,d also a li' interest II ;he Atlantic .N F4rlE, laI ..r'Yer. "A'el vas proI"s,,l tp br extended ir"in .Hua t San Dic.o on the Fa..lc coast. Under thl. agrecmeut the Ea,t.a people wc'e t' fur ni.h the rnonc, and the Nc0 York people th. other half for th. construction of this line. the road ;n lr under l.iut ,,ntrL
 F1avHr.. ..Rt..a s.. have been sub seriled and .s n.,. iu :h, l..l f.r the build iny of thss road ra Nr Tl.la, Nieker,oI of Boston. |, mad, F.s..j-sf ot thc new compan,. NJ Ni.t.r,u vas formerly President of ,he At-h...n. i.I.vsa X santa Fe Road. aud se t.'.,,e ae a,o safe m say ing that he and L'. immediate ass'c'a;e' have rtisei more lnsn.y a''I bu'.' m"I' miles of raI.ruaI thsn asy a'a.g corporation m tue w"ilJ
 With then ucv ln-s completed, or n"" contemplated th,y vii h4tea contIuous railraai fr.u Chi-f,, {" the City oi Mexicr: ta GuayuAs. on she Gulf ot California: san D,,-. and San Francis co. on the raIf, Cast; with another trunk line from Nt L"uis. sin Nnit7 and the Pan Handle of Texas, to an intersection of both rad, a; og U,Ar Albuquerque.
 And while con the subject ot railroads lei me make auat,lrt sou'urr
 \ IIne of steamers vL' sspn 1e huilt foI ,b. T,s: Inlll. China aai Jauan trade. auo will be sr.n n the interest oi th.s Boston company. ArotL,r l.ue oi steamers wlll b, put on between Boston and Liverpool that will excel m -f,,l sad comfort any of tn, Aoatinc rala,cs DOW ou the A,-nuc. s" that within ten or a dozen the Hui. will u"' only be looked upon as the centgcof culture but uill als, become a dangerous rlFal of New York for commercial supremacy.
 Western New Mg1iso and Eastern Ar yona is n comparatively new and uneNIiorel regiun
 Boarding mlyoj tran. Saturday morn ing. at Amugu,rlrr. our party made the start f,l thc end of tlc s.a"k. Dow in An zons. A. the Atlantic anl Pec'n' Junction We were j"in,d iy fifteen or twenty Fueoi' Indians. who vcr, cuug t, the foothills t' cut wood for family ssc. They came dane inc and whoapiug. with thc.r a.es and lar' ats. perfectly crazy at the prospect of 8 rld' on the cars Ectvy,n the village aud th' railrn,d l. v;de I,-t.u- ditch. on' buck. m attcmp,ing [, iump ,t, fell sprawl inc into the water. .ile others raising how of delight at .h, accident. Another yuun. fellow brought his ,irlw and papno"se. AT rivin., al the ditch he l,id dn"n Ia, axe an' blanket. the sguaw de' si'lns her hahy II the sand. >,ooldn. lov his wife claspoC h,r arm. around h,s meek. hr carrying he gently acres, the stream. RrtCmIngivr th' l,ah,, he picked !; u,' gracefully. and as h' handed 1t tn it, mother. she stepping to th, ground. ,hr hui, fellow mst.re.r,'y ru' if. arms around its mother neck. ,-reamrn. with delight, Far d distance o: ,"euty Inilc- the nhaie I0r:y s.t out "n the H,' ears on the steel rails ;ajhin, -.ug.u-. sm"A ins and having god '.lae- Arriving a' R.e Pucrco. lmuidy ri,er ,aey 'hrc" the | axes NlauAe,s and traps from the tram he fore i, had fdr'y s-ar,i and l,aIci down ,b,, enbaukne,t. fal.H- a,sa..t- in 'h' xieI,jin,, sand. shouting .l ;ae ".a.e "it! ckst.t,, der-ht iia-"s -'--e''"-'n ;....' thinr,. they state! 'n a run i'T i't i'yi hills. Here they :-'''''' '' '.. '' ''',',