The weekly Arizona miner., 1880-02-06
TIE RAILR0EO KEEPING. large Turnout of the Bu3mess Hen
 0f Prescott Eloquent Speeches by Le7aiag Hen.

f1tEc mcu heal at t5s: court house V cUHcS
 dav fsT the purpose of cuaicrFi0S with Col lIaren, or tac Ic,ij5 ,a. TopeEa and Sant
 Fe Kiirold Campaa., was largely a;teude,
 and the feeling WAS decidedly frieHdly-o
 ward the ,ajigoad company. and expression
 of good wI.l aGd tAo :Eoialse of patronage
 so far q. lay in ihe;r Fo"cr, were frsei.
 made I,y our me-chan.s agd others.
 Tie mgeunx W-as olilcd to orJcr by T. C
 Bsav, Esq, a!o Ar,aius,rd Hon. Wm- \
 Kelly, Mayer. as chaisIaa. Hon. \. Eli
 was elected SecTat3ry. aud 1..e ioiioHiu.
 vice President, were cho.cn: Morris Gold
 water, Hugo I.c4aTJ-, D. C. TboHc, ". "
 Hu.cb.soa, W. T. Bu.Tln,, <. L. Moc!ler
 and r. VI. Blake.
 Nr- Bras Drieily stated tna object Of d.,
 meeting, after " !.;ei, lioa. I hos. Finch ra
 introduced aE'i spoke as follows:
 1 s?lEcH oE Nf. FITCH.
 ! 5I-. CEeisa,7.t gad Fsty5-- C.fi-s4S- Itmay
 he sail rf cites 15 of men, that some ar, l born great. some achieve greatness ana some
 : have grcalntss thrust Upon ;hem. New ! York IS an example 0i fac first. Cu.cag, oi ] iAc >ccoHd, and san Frl-c:-co of tae third
 , New York CIty, situated at the eastern gates of the western world, was a natura! site for
 q great city. put her people were ever active JJ improve her great natural advantages, and ! from tue Ho9r g!tn tue Erie Canal. or ! C.inton's DJJch. as it WAS casicd, welded fake Exc 70 the lIIisuE, t0 lhc time oflhc sc0nstrGcsicn of lLe last Fulroal leading 10 wesi CT south f.ola lie cijy of New York, ! 2 rG. rs;s f.s- eager and inauStsIuU, ts promote iis growth. i Chicago offers, pgThaps, the most remark able instahce on record of a great city, being l achieved, SD tospeak. by its citizens, without
 q harbor, without being at the head of lake
 navigation, without pleasant surroundings, withou; q desirable climatic conditions, tumbied into the mRd of bleak prairie, compelled to create artificial drainage, arti- 1 hCIal elevation for Water. an artificial harbOr and an artificial trade center. wI'h the white ! fury Of lake Michigan da,hng Ter shipping i io Splinicrs upon her ice-bnund city front, and with the Mississippi! aud it's great triJu ] ta.ics inviting the products Cf Illinois 10 ! tl3o sea by a safe aCG easy route, the men of : Chicago l.aFc nevertheless reached out as 1 many arms as B.arais-iron arms which none could resist, and gathered in the trade ] ! tain; and beyond, aad built uD city that is thc marvel of the western world Chicago owes nothing to nature and everything 10 man.
 San Francisco, on the contrary owes every thing to nature and nothing tU man. For five huEdred miles either way from lie GolI-
 cn Gate the Pacific beats against htrborless shores. For IAIriy v-ar5tl!> ShyIock "i thc saGd hills las been scl'tj at tHc gates oF cm pire, gathering t,Iis up"n highways he never t8!it and rr"p,ag harvest, panied by others. IhJ clilEefs aid tac capitalists and merchants of san krJuCi~co have given iil- tiC a"ip tn ter growth. The Central Pacific ani the Southern pAc iC roads " ere built ] in Ihe fist instance by the bounty of the government. aEd then hy the enterprise and daring of a few Sa0tlmgu!O merchants. All l these railroad advantages have been forced upoA the city of :-an Francisco bv the men { who first IT, lnC;cd Ihc raiipaI system ut the i coast. l say tho merchants and capitalists of San Francisco have built no railroads, , they hsve cnCnur ,ged no mInutactorieS, they have promoted Do industrial eDtcrprIse i bu. they havc caa,cnte3 thumseives with .tIherinE Jhc hary, sts which the winds ol chance and the efforts uf other men have thrown into their open laps.
 Now Prescott, N hil@ it posses cs many of fhe naiuTIl advantage f5r large, prosper 0us inland en-, caunyJ expect, and cannot
 "a the nature oi ;hia-s obtain tHC results of taese nstUra. adv .Itt-es without CifDrt on ,he part uf ii> Cii.Lr4s. We are situated in an accessible valley n thc mountains. surrounded i'y vlsj mineral deposits of gold aad silver, copper aB'i lead and forests cf tImhrr. Ne ate surrou0Gtd ty ranges Uuon which fuuUsardS ut cattle Gan be ivd. hun iTuts Of tnous nu-. IF millions, l m'"ht say: wa are s1 s.tuiJcj as tp b. the ruir.a,d center cf 8 oIoltt2.e and Increasing Nooi trade. but iH uIjcT avail Oa;s Ives Oi these adg-ntage-. we must have connection with commercial aud manufacturing Ccnrcrs. i,",attd from lhest, We never can acccnm- p!i-h anything mo-e than tHc Emittt trade wiiich will i,w lra:I a limited develop maut Many towns aad CI(its which have grown up have beeu stu lttd upon rivers and upon navigIaIe s;reama, where they hai natural cummlUiCsticn with thC sea, a3fl iii many iEStancy5 where there las not been communication by water. great cities have been built up by She construction of artificial channels of trade, hY what, l think. 1 once before called Iiyers of Iron, created where nature has piaced no rivers, anu by winch trade and capital have been ccutered. ani from tAe consequent develop mcut great Citics have grown
 The natural situation of Prescott ls such es to make it the trade center oi the various mincs in the northern part 0f the Territory. The copper mines iii the Black hilis,Which are nov being developed through the en- terprise of a few cf OUT CitlZeu1, the mines upon both upper and tower LynX Creek, the mines upon Hat creek which has i'm parted it's royal appcllatiou to some of our ancient citizens the Hassy9m pa-, laugh tcr) and the mines of the Bradshaw noun taius. All or mary of these mines require fl large amount Ol capital fog their develop ment Gnd as 8 c0uscqUCnce our mineral wealth remains almost untouched; as 3 con- gueace there have been few mines devcl- oped here except those that would pay from the ton down, ami # a large amount ot cap ital could be poured n keEc, Il cheap trans pogtatlon for machinery and supplies couid be obtainc2. and Eastern enterprise and capital enlisted. g vast ami nputai mining country would become tributary n Pres colt.
 Not being an ancient citizen myself. do ED; know exactly how tlis place has been developed evcu to i:S present proportion. ! have heard ramors to the effect that in times nast large disbursements were made by tine tIcvernmcnt, and that IT this way. much was done tn1aids buiieing Ip Prescott; and ve iirow that within iAe ,T>t few ycars tllrrc have hvel .oulc Hiu.a4 developments hcrr. aEi before tio construction Of any railroad 10 this Territory. Presco't, hy
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