Arizona silver belt., 1889-06-22
REPORT
Of Capt AZ MlIttn,orc, on a Wagon Road Bt'ween Tucson, Giahc and
 Sap Carlo.


 Dept. of Arizona, Los Angeles, Cal.-
 Sir: l have the honor to report tha
 in compliance with $. P, No. Is, (, s
 Headquarters Dept. of Arizona, Feb
 10th, 1889, l proceeded on the 20tl ultimo to carry out the instruction: contained in your letter of instrue' tions of even date with the order re. i ferred to. The road from this place te Chamberlin'S ranch, distance of thirty-Six and one-tenth miles, is an old and well beaten wagon read, with water at the Rillito (5-l0 milesl, steam pump (l33 miles, at the old stage sta ton (26l miles, water is te be had by the expenditure of say forty dollars, It has once been had but has been neglected, and the development is de- stroyed,
 From Mir. Chambcrlin' ranch to Dudleyyllle, on the San Pedro rlver, there age tive travelled roads, both of which are good and about the same length, but l prefer the enc leading along the foothills to the left, a dis tanee of twenty-Six miles, with water about halfway, the other road ase has water after thirteen miles travel.
 From this point { Ar. Cbamberlin 's) good easy grade may be followed in direct line to Dudleyyille, and fully six milas of the twenty-SiS saved.
 Wagons do pass over this line, but to make it fair read, an expenditure ef one hundred dollars should be made
 It is thought that the San Pedro river will soon be bridged at Dudley vile. which is desirable, though the ford IS not bad,
 From Dudleyviils the road is good, as far as the bridge on the Gila, four and nina-tepths miles. The bridge is a substantial structure and understood to be priyate property and free to all who desire to use ii.
 From this point the road has been once worked but is now considerably out of repair; It should have an eX- pendlture of say four hundred dollars (Si00) on it which would put it in cen dihon tor vehicles of all classes te the point where the road to San Carlos should leave the stage road to Globe a distance of nineteen miles from Dud. leyvills passing over which one finds an abundance of water.
 From this point l. c. about tbree miles north of Ben Falls ranch, the road should pass up long and quite regular grade to the point or tue back bone ofthe range near the "hog ranch and after following this range for about three miles It should take an almost direct line for Holmes Wells, which are reached by an easy grade if worked. The hog ranch affords good water and am told, throughout the year,
 The road to the San Carlos Agency, in my judgment, should branek to the right, about three miles from the sum- init, cross the wash, pass up conye- nlent canyon, across two ranges of feot hills and strike the stage road frem Globe about nlne miles west of San Carlos from which point the road is good 10 San Carles.
 The distances from Falls ranch (l6. miles northerly from Dudleyvllle)were not measured, butI estimate them to the branch from the Globe stage road, three miles; to the Hog ranch, CT back bone, five miles; along this ridge three miles, with ten miles to Holmes Wells, making a distance from Tucson to Holmes Wells of ninsty-three miles, or having followed this ridge two miles read should branch across a, stream and give into the stage road from Globe at about eight miles run, and say nlnc miles from San Carlos Agency, which weuld make San Car los enc hundred and nine miles from Tucson.
 There should be judiciously expend- ed on this road between Falls ranch and San Carlos about twenty-one hun dred dollars ($2100) CT twenty.six hundred (S2600) on the road it its en- tire length.
 Thls route is well wa.ered, is fairly supplied with weod for camp pur- poses, and well supplied with grass.
 ] have examined the other routes to San Carlos from points on tue South ern Pacific railroad, and consider this far superior to either in all respects, particularly in the matter of water and grass fer stock, easy grade and good bed of roads at all seasons of the year, and absence from dust.
 in this connection, the road IS not at present a practicable one, and, in  my judgment, could not be made so for less sum than l estimate ($2600) but I think that amount carefully ex- pended would make good read for all classes of teams.
 Some several of the citizens of this clty have expressed desire to put this road in condition by subscription,