Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-11-26
THE ARIZONA cPNrRA1

A correspondent of the New York IT
 bune gives the following information i |. relation to the Central Arizona Raliros - Company, about which considerable ls
 been said In an Indefinite way:
 Another interesting matter has ius
 oeeu made EHOsn here bv fine. r.-,.,..,
 oo.alElu- Of G cuarter for Inc t.-r.trs, 3 AIIzona rallrodu, Iu wmch d roo,il. number ul PrtsIIent Asiuur's iot,,..ui
 ets are iLterestea, which ls backeu b, , S4inon Cameron, Don Cameron ana , Senator Logan, and winch reli,s ugui
 lhe suarahtee Of eight millions anu |, quarter or It's bonds by tAe Natlou;U
 GoVer1Inent at the next session oI Con.
 gfess. The officers of the road are
 President, Mr. IoU!e, of Hudson * Ca.
 oahAers m thls cIty; ylce-president and
 manager, William Mcdonnell, uf Koch
 ester, \. l.; secretary, CnIUed States | Marshal IIdDal; counsel. District A.
 torney ZabrlskIe; and treasurer, Royall
 M. Johnson, of New HoIk. he dIree-
 tors m addition Co these officers are.
 Senator Logan, Simon Cameron. Don
 Cameron, Governor Sheldon and Gen
 eraI Atkinson, of New Mexlco: Atto,- ! ney General Robinson anu .Juuc- ] hoover, of thIs TerrIto y, and .Juue- Brice, "t New Orleans. It will thus Ie seen that the Attorney General, Judge ol tne First udIcIal District, United SJares
 Marshal and District Atturue,
 are among the incorpurators of tins
 railroad, which surely should nor isck Tor legal talent, and winch, considering
 It's backing, may fairly be called Stii-
 "art enterprise. Ihe charter was ob-
 tanned urGer the Gene al RaIlrusd .,.,
 oy ming a map and the necessary
 papers with the Secretary of State Van
 ArHln and In each county through
 winch the proposed line runs. The
 capital IS fixed at SS.250,0O0. The amount subscribed Is Sl7O,UOO, of winch
 !O per cent. or Sl7,UOO, mas been paid Ill. Bonds are to be issued to the full amount of the capital, and early iu the session Congress ls to be asket rn guarantee these eight millions and s quarter of bonds flor the benefit of the Territory, t.e railroads in which have never had any federal aid" say the | lncorporatOrs. Oae of them added Iu speaking with me We've got h. nuence enousn tl laJ tuIs thing tnrouuu congress, and cuusI4a alLLs the polite.
 a Ht uon patronage, iH,uglt It hot u.- lGely. The route of tL-, Toad viii fro. ] Casa Era-de, a station GsI tbe SUuther. Pacific West ot tI5 yiiy, ueafl. 1 uOfth, touching PLcnx and Prescul | and passing through considerable sra. | Ing and mineral land to the Atlantic a.,. | Fatlnc Railroad, winch will be rracle4 | probably ar Old Hualapai, some tw nf, ] miles below the thirty fifth par Hlel. | Thence the projectors intend to run over the Atlantic and Pacific track West, crossing the Colorado rlver at the ouh | available poiut-the Needles-a .l thence Co build narrow guage north | the corner of California and Nevada to meet the Utah South- ern Railroad at point near tue Nor mon Range on the Utah Iue.
 The importance of thls line comes from the fact that the incuIpOrators are ID sympathy with the Southern Pacific For some tune Ii has been known that ! the latter road were dissatisfied with th, or that unpUOGuctIve Dor ton of thelr lines across the wastes oi l southwest NrIzOua, and across the great Colorado desert IB California. ILeques- ton of takI1g up the ralls between Casa Grau-e, ArlZIuH, and Los Angeles. California, cu the completion oi the Atlantic and Pacific. has been several times under consider atlOn The completion of thIs Central Arizona and Of the Atlantic and Pacific however, VIII give a through line 2UU miles shorter than the present route over the desert, and winch is expected tO lessen the time between New Yo1k and San Francisco via the southern route by day. AD officer of the South arn Pacific IS reported to have sad iu- formally that the track of h!s road Tapia 5na 1aI9 be taken ug between Casa Grande iue was finished. In that case the Cen -ral Arlzuna will form n connecting link between the Atlantic and Pacific, which is controlled by the Southern Pacific, and the Southern Pacific proper to Fl Paso and the Huntington southern transcontinentaI route. Although thIs line Is in perfect accord wltb the Southern Pacific, it k claimed tine latter has no pecuuiaTy interest. The bill asking a guarantee of it's bonds wlI | be introduced a. m early day In Con gress-poSsihly uy 8 New York Con gressmau. This new corporation lS known both as the Central Arizona ani | the Central Arizona and Utah Southern |
 The above will be news to some of our readers, to others possibly not. We | had supposed that # was tine intention | of this company to build its road direct 1 from this city via Florence and PheniI- The road would then pass through some of the finest and richest portions Of the Territory and would certainly have a local business which the Southern Pa cifc, from this city to Colton, does not and cannot have, but 1t is hardly prob able that the Southern Pacific would take up its track for a large business IS | building mp south ol its line. It might however. then build a branch from this -itv through the mining camps west and make connection with the Gulf somewhere on the proposed Tucson Gulf of California road. We hope that this company viii succeed in eniis;lns the necessary capital to prosecute 'he
 scheme. for 1t would be of incaiculable
 beuefi to the Territory.