The Arizona sentinel., 1891-09-12
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Quentin wharf for 20 miles of road, together with two locomotives and eight cars. The ties are being un- loaded on the wharf. The grader'
 are through with 25 miles. The Engineers are climbing the Calen- tura grade. They will soon know whether the road will come up the Trinidad canyon, go to the south of and around San Isidora, or wind among the hills of the two, up into Valle Trinidad, where it will make a junction with the San Diego branch, which has three routes by which it can get into the valley. The exact point of junction de- bends on which of the three the road takes. The two lines from there will be one down San Matias Canyon and Arroyo to Mt. Chimi- wisi on the edge of the great beds of salt, saltpetre and other minerals which border the western edge of the desert. From this point the road has a direct line, without a curve to Hall Hanlon's, 105 miles, with nothing in the way of build ing it quickly and cheaply. The few bridges necessary are very short and over very quiet streams. The trestle work will be low and only in short stretches. This will be the first line examined by the engineers. The west route, which leaves this line opposite of Sierras Pintados and crosses Maqueta Ar royo to the east end of Mt. Mejor and follows around the north side of it to Mejor lake, thence via the volcanoes, Black Butte, the Pad rones and Cooks Wells to Hall Hanlon's will be some IS miles longer than the air line. The company will build their main line direct to the mouth of the Colorado at Montague Island, where bridge will be built across the river So 6; to connect with the West Mexican Pacific Railway on the east side
 and now that the Colorado is try 1 ing to cut a new channel farther tt the west, the company is consider ing the feasibility of concentrating
 their bridging at that point ant
 making no effort to cross this sid
 of there, but making that point th'
 CROSSING OF THE COLORADO.
 They have, however, four othe
 good crossings on the river, A
 Smiths old ferry there is an ex- cellent hard cement bottom, witl
 an easy current in the river at al seasons. At Hall Hanlon's, 20t
 yards below the old ferry is one 0
 the best crossings on the river. 4
 good cement bottom, very littl
 current, and water only 40 fee
 deep, to clear the bridge in such \ flood as that of last winter. Ther is no reason yet known why tn
 road cannot be built to Old For Yuma, pass around it on the eas side and cross the river to poin
 between the prison and the Gil;
 This crossing is practicable an there is no reason why 1t shout not be used, But the chances al
 that if the road does not cross {
 Montague Island, that it will kee the west and northside of the rive
 pass old Fort Yuma and go on U the river to the high banks 0
 both sides of the Colorado, crossir
 at that point and keep on up u z Gila on the east and north side
 I it. This will save several miles road and a bridge across tn f stream. If the road crosses at Ha f Hanlon's the railroad compar Il will probably concentrate all
 IF their interests at that point ar Il make it their railroad town. The ,s will be a good town near the mout
 of the river, where great smelte
 and reduction, acid and aluminiu 'f works will be erected. If t u Company decides to cross at tn '- point and come up on this side
 le the river, and there is no go '' reason why it should not do | = they will concentrate all of the
 efforts to make that the town. T " company have wide swing and a ' tied down to no ones coat-tail, a - it stands the citizens of Yuma W,
 in hand not to be led astray in u