Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-08-24
What Railroad is Most Needed2 ?

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 The following article on the subject of Railroads was written and addressed to the people of Maricopa county, by Chss
 Trumbell Hayden, and published in the Tempe News:
 Healthy competition,,ths does net ds-
 strey but tends to increase all sxist- ing enterprises is certain curefor mon-
 opoly. Great knowledge of the subject
 and wisdom in the attack are nscsasary
 for it's control by any other method.
 Our territory trisectsd by transccnti-
 mental railways which have . common
 interest with the people of Arizona in
 the development of our vast and varied
 resources, presents field, that if wisely
 controlled, will give us certain and rapid
 development The greater part of the
 mineral products that have msdo Ari-
 zona so prominent have been produced
 within radius of one hundred milss
 from this valley and with the little h.
 bor that has been expended 10 othsr
 country of this sxtsnt can show better
 success in working of mines of all kinds,
 surrounded by 90 great variety and
 quantity of mineral sprospects of groat
 apparent value. The Silver King, Old
 Dominion, Veksl, Vulturs, Pack, and Tip Top, are points in this rndiuS, sur
 rounded by galaxy of noted develop
 ments. Here reaned the HssDeysmpoIs, early noted for the rich rswsrds q fhsir
 mining labors, drawn from tho purs
 and angles of the mountains poaehi1g from Harqua Hals around the WntseD q the Brsdshaw and Cavs esoak to the head waters of the east Verde. Tho o- velopment of our valleys and mineo re- quires the timber and cosl delivered ever the cheapest and best routs for d,stxi- button.
 This object can be most perfectly e. complished by the sxtsnsion of the Guaymas 6 Calsbasas rsilroad through Tucson, tapping the mining distriets st the base of the mountains e it cemoo through the plains to Salt River vallsy, thence on, gently rising into the mining districts at the head of Camp e.oek, through Cave creek summit, dropping down by a gradual descsnt froa the higher banks to the sresnng oe tho Verde river, near the mouth of F0ssil creek, anAup Fossil creek to its he'd, where the line of the survey of the Flag- staff $ Globe (Mineral Bslt) railway comes down from the level mountain plateau, covered with fine timber, that reachsa for seventy miles to Flagstan, through Ahich forest thirty-two miles of said Mineral Belt is already built.
 Every resource of this county and terri tory should be husbandsd and forcibly to the early completion of this railway from Calabasas vis Tucson and Phenix to Flagstaff Its final sxtsnsion would be certain from Fla9sta6 to the crossing of the Colorado river, c short distance below Lees ferry, whore the Denver and Rio Grand railway bavs e. lected the only practical crossing of the Grand Canon of the Colorad0, where the perpendicular rock walls riss to the level of the adjoining plateau, forming an easy span for suspension bridge, on a direct line to Joab station on the Utah S.railway. Thus, intervals being compile ted, would make direct line from Guay- mas via Tucson, Phenix, Flagstaf and Salt Lake City on through Montana to the Northern Pacific, uniting in interest all our transcontinentsl lines and touch- ing with magic power for dsvslopmsnt the grandest bodies of timber, coal, iron and every other mineral, and uniting them with our fertile valleys, the sus- tenance of their vlgor.
 The filling up and development of population by means of our transcon- tinental railways, along the csntsrsl line of our mountain regions, require north and south railroads for the com merce that must distribute climatic pro- ductions. The Gusymss 4 Calabasas road, largely owned by men who control the Atlantic and Pacific system, is sssk- ing connection over this line, which would be a part of the Mineral Belt, using the part already built, and affords the best outlet for our valley to the Prescott railroad, by it's continuation by way of the upper Agus Fris ssttlsnsnts, above the canyon, raising to junction with this line at the head of Cave creek, passing through Yavapai countys prin- cipal agricultural section, and skirtlng the mountains containing it's greatest mineral developments. The southern Pacific would also be bensfitted by the general development thus produced, giving it greater distributive power and cheaper coal and timber.
 Thus are combined powerful interoseD n the opening up of native rssourese, such as have never before been offered 10 enterprise and capital, in the build ng of short spaces of rail road to fill up . continuous inc through the undsvslopsd resources ,f continental magnifcencs. The i'm nediate united action of the people of this Territory would causs the compls- ton of this line at sn early day. Gen. trslizing reduction works for the hand ling of our mineral resources and pro- ducing general prosperity. Are ysq ready for actions