Arizona weekly miner., 1876-06-09

ALEXANDER MAJ0Rs.-SOme Of our pe0
 pie may not know that of all the men oi
 note who have ever visited Arizona, we have
 the most remarkable one now in our midst
 in his particular line, that ever lived in thi:
 or any other land on earth. He is no less 6
 parsonage than the king, as it were, of all
 tlp pfbull-whsckers," by which term the ini.
 tisted will understand that he is the most
 successful and has been the most extensive
 ox-teamster the world has ever produced.
 We allude to Alexander Majors whom nearly
 every body, west of the Mississippi river at
 least knows personally orby reputation, and
 to his everlasting honor be it said that not.
 withstanding the nature of the business in
 which he acquired his reputation and the
 whole armies of men he has had in his em- Alex Majors ever wronged man out of s cent or was false to any promise or profess sion. Promptness in the fulfillment of promises and kindness to men and animals have ever been distinguishing features of his character, and are those upon which he still reflects and reverts to with commenda- ble pride. One of his rules in freigthing was that every man in his employ should be treated as gentleman and should be kind to his team and for this purpose each was re- quired to sign sort of codacil to the con- tract which required him to observe the rules of responsibility, refrain from habits of blackguardism, such as profane swear- ing, and other vulgar language, such as betray low breeding, etc., under penalty of forfeiture of wages. These rules Alex Ma jors maintained for years on the plains and at times had more than three thousand men in his employ. Some of whom are now in Prescott, and wherever found they will tell you that it was the most admirable system under which men ever worked, and the most agreeable to both employer and employed
 In order that our readers may under stand something of the magnitude of MT. l Majors business and that of Russell Ma jors S Wadell, of which Mir Majors was sole manager on the plains, we give a few figures which Mr. Majors has been kind enough to furnish us at our solicitation.
 In the year 1858 they had on the plains 12o trains of 25 wagons, 30 men and from 3S0 to $40 animals to the train, making B. 900 wagons, $500 men, and on an average 40, 900 oxen. They freighted to Camp Floyd in Utah that year over 16,OO0, 900 pounds of supplies besides doing nearly all the hauling for Dakota, Colorado, New Mexico and some to Tucson, Arizona. The gross receipts of the year were over $4,O0O,- poo, in gold coin. With such a large num- Der of trains of course they were not all moving at once, but clerk in Mr. Majors employ on given day in 1858 made an es- 'imate of the number then moving, which 'howed that if they had all been marching n close order, one after the other they would have extended over exactly 40 miles , If road, Tn other words, if all that were moving on that day had been in one train would have been 70 miles long. MT. Majors drove ox teams 90 years before he egsn to do an extensive business and in s4s hsd his first train of six wagons run ing to Santa Fe, which ten years afterwards ad grown to 5000. He is now 61 years Id and as hale and active as most men of ,rty and would readily be taken for that ge. His own account of his success and reservation is kindness to men, animals and ! himself in avoiding excess. h