The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-11-14
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 and their buziaess relations to fhe changed condition brosgat about by the construction of she Southern Pacific Railroad, the faInre is fuller of menaacs than hope Our debt already large, sill be proPortioaaIiy larger when the 1sxt Territorial Lsgisistsrn shs try and place the Capital again on wheels, snd, whAt is worse. spirit away" the secur- ity of script and bond hoiders by creating new eousty from Southern YavspAi. The weight of iaxasiss. almost .oo grevieas for endurance, wiIl then weigh us down te public aud private insolveney. frtsm which The only escape wili be by abandonment Of oar hard earnings, excsDf that which may ise driven or carried away. The signs of tbe coming trouble are all about us. Our local capitalists have ascerfaiBed that the sa4ning of money is the last of the tsanssc- lion i1 financial sense. Our merchants are weary of selling goods oa ersdi, 10 those ~ho.e chance af paying hinge on the sale of mines Co eastern capitalists. ''who coneih oat." Our farmers have, owing to the drought, but iitEle surplus 10 self. aad s snail chance efgvtting any money for what they may have. Our newspapers are not well. we will state it mildly, and say, Doi paying large profits. Oar mechanics are watching fur chances tn trade off their lien notices for stage fares out of town or ssme ihiog else equally desirable. Our short-card industry is at low ebb and almost srs- pended, the remaining faro games boise their wings for flight, and the red flag fut- ters over the last domicile of Venus. These facts may be unpala,able, and their pubii- cation may be ipjudicious aud cause com mcnts from our esteemed contempory, never theless our readers will recognize their truth Tae causes winch produced this state of af- fairs were quite beyond the control of the people of Prescott. but the remedy which shall arrest the decay and place us once more on the line of prosperity and growth is within our grasp.
 Before the Southern Pacific Railrnsd cross ed the Colorado, Prescott was the reoeisiI s and distributing point for all the couptry lying north of Salt river, but since. to use the term of oDs of Ysvapai's distinguished Legislators. the river of irInn has ran i;s vans up within 66 miles of the Bradshaw mountains, all the bullion from the Tiptop and Tiger. and in fact all the mining reg on formerly tributary to Prescott, seeks the more direct route to Phenix and Maricopa and it's producers obtain their supplies from the same quarter. There are but two ways in which the former currents of traffic can be restored. One is by means of branch railroad from Maricopa to Prescott, the other by means of a railroad north of Prescott with an eastern connection There is a possibility that one or both of these roads may be built, but it is possibility toe re- mote and uncertain to serve as the basis of prudent business calculation. Only one re- source, in our opinion, is to be found in the mines which may be developed within twenty mics or ss of Prescott and so situ- ated as 10 bo naturally tributary 10 it. We suggest now an adoption of the motto that, "the Lord helps those who help themselves" In our opinion little IS to be expected from outside sources. Within the past three years we call 10 mind at least five different parties of Eastern ana California experts who have examined the mines carefully, re- ported upon them tavorably and departed, asseversting their intention of returning forthwith accompanied by piles of green backs and wagon loads of machinery. and in every instance the vanishing views we caught of their backs vas the last seen of them.
 We repeat that the future of Prescott hes in it's becoming thriving mining town and such it can be made with little faith. a little patience and little risk. On Up per anu Lower Lynx creek, on the Hassay- ampa and in the Black Hills and in many localities north and west of Prescott, there are rich mi.ing prospects which their own CTS have neither the means nor the heart to further develop. A few public spirited men, in Prescott, havs tried to assist the development of mining properties here abouts. and have broken down in tho effort l pr have suspended operations, disguested with the apathy and lack of help from some | of our merchants and real es,ate owners. | 4 New England village, similarly situated, would have long ago organized dozen CO., operative enterprises and public opinion would have scourged and shamed into par icipstion all who were to be benefited by heir success. Half the manufacturing cit es of Massachusetts teddy, have been built ID out of decaying villages by local effort, ocal capital and local cooperation, without ! hthe of the natural advantages which Prescott possesses. Who will take the lead D organizing sjcint stock company to winch ,ach subscriber shall contribute stipulated ums per month. in money, goods or labor or a certain number of months, receiving n return, stock of the company m propor ion to his contributionsi The mer.han,s 'an furnish supplies, the teamsters transpor- atlon, the miner his labor and others nion- y. If a paying mine is developer, he in- 'estors will reap rich reward directly fol heir investments and assist in restoring and the prosperity of Prescott upon
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