The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-12-21
TUTURE OF PRESCOTT.

EDITOR MINER :I have read with great deal of interest. your paper, while 1 have been in this pleasant town, and cannot but look forward to the near future, and imagine what is iu store for you all. And it is no fancy sketch; have lived In many frontier towns, and now can look at them and find them large cities; So Is the future of Pres colt. 4 short time will entirely change the looks of our streets Il say our because am going ,o help build up your cityl then they will he nicely graded. Fine three and four story brick and stone front business blocks instead of wooden ones; stone residences, and fire lawns, and well kept grounds around them; our buildings supplied with water; and fire hydrants on the corners of the streets; and the shrill whistle of the locomotive, with its long line of passenger coaches steaming into the depot: long lines of freight cars standing upon the sidings, loading with freight, and others unloading goods for onr merchants. Our streets now dark, will be lit with gas; and sidewalks will extend for miles in every direction, Prescott. the center of the greatest mining territory ever known, is not to be small town hy any means. Arizona, to-day. is known 10 but few. and they do not realize what it is to be when through the press, at tention is called 10 its resources. There is anv amount of capital in the Eastern States awaiting safe investment, and when these men see the sure return to come from their investment, they will surely come here and assist in developing her mines or bring in machinery and implements for others 10 de reiep them. What are we here for Is II not for |" mO1eyl'-Some may have come for health, and a good place it is too. Let those who want too. come for theIr health our hotels would like their patronage, and so would our livery stable keepers, for they will take great pleasure in visiting the differ ent quartz ms.ls that will soon dot our hill sides and valleys in every direction, and thus inhale the fresh air of Arizona, while listening and watching the strokes of the stamp mills. Such scenery cannot be equalled anywhere. So different from the White Mountains of New Hampshire Long, Branch or Saratoga are nothing com pared with 1t. IL Is peculiar to itself, and no other Territory or State like it, and they cannot be made like 1t; and we are tine ones who, with eur own hands and pens, do all we can to bring business men, and men Oi capital here. None will go away dissp- pointed. for the business man can find busi ness, all lie wants. and big profits for all money he invests The capitalist can invest in mines that will soon make him q million aire and the invalids can recruit health and become strong again from the influences oi a new and clear air. and entirely changed country And now, what We want most, Is to assist you, as well as ourselves; your pa per must be supported, for through the cir culafion of a live, energetic, wide-awake paper, these parties are to be reached. And let Us all see t0 ii, that we take hold in ear nest, what we have to do, IT We are keep ing hotel, let j. be kept 90 neat and clean that everyone who stops at if. will be sure and tell his friends 10 be sure and go to sad hotel. Or if it be farmer who comes in to hny goods, let our merchants sell good goods, and at low profits, and thus increase his sales. Soon tho tide will set toward Prescott, and before we know it, our pleas ant village of Prescott Wilt be, what have pictured out in ihis rough, fT-haud sketch from poor hand, .-=
 will. from time to time, give you an item, as gather them in my perambulations of this place.
 will not take up your further time, as know your duties are arduous and many. and you are not surrounded by large num- Der of assistants to help you, but have to put of coat and alone probe and pick up your items, as each day rolls around. Were l able, 1 would assist you. as it is, cannot only occasionally, this l will do if aceepta- ble. Most Respectfully,
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