Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-11-08
NEW RAILROAD.
YUMA TO HAVE DIRECT CONNECTION
 WITH SAN DIEGO.
Gov. Waterman Win Build the CuyR' msaa Railroad to salton. on the
 Southern Pacific.
Yuma Times.

Gov. Waterman of California has re- gently purchased the interest of T J. Daley in the Cuyamaca X Eastern Rail road, which has been completed and run ming to a point 26 miles from San Diego. As to it's future, the late owner said he knew that the road would be extended to Salton. on the Southern Pacific, making the road 1l9 miles long. The cost of the road will be $2,5O0,000 in round figures Grades are generally easy, though in some portions the line will run through a rough, rocky country.
 w. H. Gougcher of Los Angeles, for merly if not now associated with the Southern Pacific Company, is in some way interested in the scheme, and he will make a bid for the S500,000 subsidy pledged by San Diego to the first trancon- tinental line to enter that city. The road will give San Diego shorter line to the East by POO miles and will develop the back country greatly. In view of the speedy completion of the road, Julian mines have contracted for six 10-stamp mills, and MT. Daley will at once open up vein of black hematite iron 300 feet wide, owned by him within easy reach of the line. Gypsum and other minerals have recently been discovered, and the road is bound to pay. The country trav- ersed is agricultural, mineral and desert land. the different sections being met as the line passes eastward from San Diego. The raisin crop from the Cajon valley this year will be 150 carloads and the future of this back country is very prom ising
 In speaking recently of his purchase Gov. Waterman said: 'I am getting the road into shape and am buying new cars and rolling stock. The road will be ex- tended at once to within eight miles of my mines at Julian. In time the road will connect with the Southern Pacific and will probably continue farther east"
 Yuma is deeply interested in this new road, as it gives almost direct line to the sea. Salton is 94 miles from Yuma, which would make total distance to San Diego 223 miles. The road would of necessity have to run in connection with the South ern Pacific. s. Diego is the natural point for Southern Ariz. to trade It is safe to say that staples can be bought there cheaper than in any other city in the coast. One thing in particular that we are interested in and that is cheaper building material. Among the possibilities for Yuma by this road are a large lumber yard and blaming mill, also a brickyard, from which nearly all Southern Arizona could be supplied. One natural market foi fruits would be the East, but in return fol lumber and provisions California wants our cattle and minerals. The closer the commercial ties between us and San Diego the better
 ANOTHER RAILROAD.
 A dispatch to the Phenix Republican from San Diego Oct. 24th says that ar ticiea of incorporation of the San Diego Phenix X Galveston railroad have beer filed there, which call for the building o standard gauge road from the bay O San Diego to the eastern boundary O California at or near Yuma.
 The San Diego Union has an article in which it refers to the possibility of an other road from the east to that city. | says, referring to q railroad map it saw in the hands of an Arizona engineer O. prominence: A line of red ink had beer drawn across the continent from New York City, to St. Louis, Missouri, follow ing the Pennsylvania Central, which il almost an air line. From St. Lotus th red line slanted triHe to the south, fol lowing the St Louis and San Prancisc for 40 miles to Sapulpa, Indian Ter ritory. From that point to San Dieg is gap of 1000 miles. which if filled i with railroad to San Diego, would eros the Santa Fe somewhere in New Mexic between Socorro and Albuquerque Thence westward it would strike tn headwaters of Salt River in the wester part of New Mexico. and would ru down Salt River in Arizona, through tn Gila Valley, through Phenix and Yum to the tide water at San Diego. It Is { be hoped that some of these projects wi enough lair" line roads.