Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-10-29
County Ticket.
TIE GnInEN SPIKE.

N ednesday an event occuTleu hnAOH
 marks a new cru in the history of the
 New Southwest. We refer to the driv-
 ,ne Of the golden spike forming or com
 pleting the connection between the
 Arizona and New Mexico Railroad and
 She Sonora Limited. This event marks
 the dawn of new epoch in the con-
 rnercIal and social relations of two great nations, possessing within them- selves all there Is of productive soil, manufacturing enterprise. rich mineral deposits and every variety of climate. IL forms the connecting link between the tropic South and the frozen North,
 and makes possible the rapid inter change of the commodities of each. This event is big with advantages to both countries, thus strongly united together with bands of iron. It makes easy access for the American merchant and manufacturer to a large and i'm portant field which cannot fail to be- come an increasing market for Ameri- can products. It opens to Mexico an easy market for the products of her mines, her soil and her magnificent stock ranges.
 It unites together two of the chief
 Republics of the world in which the
 problem Of universal equality and equal rights Is beng solved, and this union will strengthen the cause of human freedom in both countries.
 Capital has been kept out of Mexico by the fears of revolution and but for that its magnificent resources would 1 long ere this have been developed. It l has been the experience of the United !. States that the iron rail and interstate l commerce forms a stronger bond of 1 union and produces a community of in- l terest m all sections of this Republic | which constitution and laws would be l
 powerless to do. So it will be with | Mexico. Her railroads will make her | different States more united and the | commerce which they wIll build up will l bs the strongest possible safeguard | against civil dissentions.
 The event of this day Is one of great moment to both countries and the CTTI- | ZEN hopes that the amicable words which I found utterance through the various l speakers. both Mexican and American, at the line are the true sentiments l of both peoples For their mutual l advantage 1t should be. The iron | wheel of progress Is typical of this couU- ! trs and this age, and tue predictions of | the progress which Mexico can and will | make under the impetus which the 1 hulldilg Of these great railway lines | viii give to her mining. agricultural and | commercial interests would be regarded | as the product of crank's deluded | brain. Time will tell its own story. The | work of this day connects Sonora with | the Atchison, Topeka < Santa Fe com binatiou, making 1t the longest route in the country, and with the pioneer road of the southwest and that to which Arizona prosperity to-day Is due, the Southern Pacific.
 The CITIZEN can but express its ad- miration for the genius that conceived the plan and the energy and skill that has carried this magnificent railroad combination to successful completion. Such men as Thomas Nickerson, C. C. Wheeler, A. A. Robin son. ". R. Morley and others who have furnished the brains and secured the capital to raake their gigantic plans living realities are public benefactors, and the outcome will justify their -agacity and foresight.
 Locally this event is of great im- portance. TncsOn, more than any city of the United States, enjoys the bene- fits Of Sonora trade. This line of road, until the road Is constructed between tins city and Calabasas as it soon will be, IS the easiest avenue for this vast trade, and We predict from the con- pletion Of this road great increase in the trade o' this city. It is to be re- yre;ted that more of our representative men were not able to attend the cere- monies of Wednesday. II wss not through lack ofsnterest, but through short notice that their failure to be there occurred. Tucson welcomes thIs new road to the Territory and looks forward to the time when its line will reach this city.