Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-04-17

 Atehison, Topeka and Santa Fo Rall- road, ". B. Strong, Vice President and General Manager, J. F. Goddard, General Freight Agent, T. F. Brown, General Agent P. ". Thorndyke, Comptroller, ard Messrs. Spear,
 Pierce, Leveridge, Mason, Holiday, Swift and Payne, Directors, were in the city yesterday. In the evening
 W. E. Strong and J. E. Goddard called at the CITIZEN office. During 6 half hours conversation with Mir Strong we obtained some very important facts in relation to the past history and fu- ture plans of this great transconti- mental highway. But as it i2 the fu-
 ture operations of this great corpora
 ton in the West which most interests
 our readers, we will endeaycr briefly
 to outline the main features of their
 programme for the future.
 In the first place, MT. Strong stated
 that the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
 Fe Railroad was built and run on
 strictly business principles. It was
 not the purpose of this road to dis
 criminate against one section of the
 country to build up another; they
 simply built roads where they were
 needed, and when built they proposed
 to treat all sections fairly, and do
 their part towards building up the
 country they passed through, believ-
 ing that such course, in the long
 run, was to the best interests of all concerned. He regarded their con- necuon with the Southern Pacific at
 Deming as only temporary, but for
 the present, and until such time as
 their own roads were completed to the
 Pacific ocean, they should continue to
 act with that road in carrying passen-
 gers and freight.
 He considered the completion of the Atlantic and Pacific railroad to san
 Francisco Of the first importanC; the distance from New York to San Fran
 cisco on this line will be about the ~AAAG t4N AlAN AA AoNAAA ASAN~ h@A t+4' Union and Central Pacific roads, bul the grades will be much easier and there will never be any snow in the mountains to delay or Obstruct trains. The iron is already laid on thIs road
 10 point 11j miles west of Albu- queTquc, and a large force Of men are extending the grade west as fast as possible, and they hope Go complete i the road to the bay of San Francisco m eighteen months, but possibly II
 may take a little longer.
 They also intend to build branch road to San Diego, which will leave | the main road at or near Lanes, about ! 100 miles east of the coast. This road l they expect Co have completed in six ] teen months.
 They expect Co complete tleIr Quay mas branch within the next fifteen months, but owing tO the uncertainty of the route to be adapted 1t may take | a little longer. It was formerly in ] tended bv the company to build this | branch of their road southwest from Deming, but owing to engineering l difficulties it may be extended west ln l Arizona some distanCe-possibly as [ far as Tucsor- before going south. 1 He regarded the trade of Southern | Arizona as very important, and it | would be the policy of their road 70
 have 8 share of it.
 In answer to a question IS Co wheth- CT ocean steamers would be put on | from San Diego and Cruaymas to 1 China and Japan, he stltcd that he dld not make any statement as 10 their future course III that direction, but if 1t became necessary as a means of securing a fair proportion Of that trade their road might consider such a course necessary.
 They will also extend their Mexican branch, which enters the state of Chi huahua, Mexico, at Fl Paio, as rap | idlv as possible. This road MT. l Strong looks upon as one of great i'm 1 portance, not only 10 the country ! but 10 the Pacific coast. The road
 will pass over the high table lands of l Central Mexico, through the already large cities of Chihuahua, Durango, l Zacatecas, Guanajuato and QGeretara to inc City of Mexico, winch have l nominations Of of 20, coo to I5, GOO pCO- nIe: the latter city has a population | of 2JO. coo. The line of the road will mass through one of the finest grazing, horticultural and mining countries Tn ! the world, and which he considers la 1 suDerior to the line running south from Camargo or Laredo. The eGten- s,on of this road will prove tO be or very great importance to San Fran cisco, which, being in advance ot all other cities in the manufacture Of | mills for the reduction of ores and all kinds of mining tools, powder, etc., will. with low freights, be able 10 supnlv the needs of Mexico in such things: she will also be able to sell
 many other brands of goods in the Mexican market, such as canned goods. sugar, batter. etc, for as you ! nav be aws-e, MeXIcGns w0uldrather 1 buy at present than produce.
 Mr. Strong believes there IS great ! future for Mexico, and that the eN- tending of railroads in that direction will revolutionize the country. He does not believe that the United States will absorb Mexico. but on the con- trarv. the stronger will helpthc weak {; and that 90 years hence Mexico WIli
 come to the front as one of the great
 nations of the world, and that the bonds of friendship between the two
 treat republics of North America will l strengthen as we become better ac- Iquaintcd with each other.
 The party go east to santa te to-
 day. and from thence to Topeka, has.,
 where there will be a meeting or tbe Directors to discuss what they have
 seen and heard on their trip to the l West.
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