Arizona silver belt., 1883-12-01
Robb's Rambles.
The A. M. B. Railroad.

tion Co. of Arizona was effected in Boston, in the early part of this week, and better array of names cannot well be found in any Board of Direc- tors on the continent of America. Business capacity, intelligence, hones- ty, experience and progressiveness are we'll represented. The name of the President, Gen. Raum, is sufficient to remove the enterprise from the possi- blc reproaeh of being simply stock scheme. The names of Messrs. Pay son, Tucker and Eaton, well known New Eng gland railroad men, afford an additional qua antee that in the plac- ing of stock, the prosecution of the work, and the forwarding of the com pany's interests, only the safest and best business principles will be fol- lowed. Already the stock of the Con struction Co. has recognized value in this market, and numbers of expe- rienced railroad contractors are eager to bid, upon exceedingly favorable terms, for the construction of the A. M. B. railroad. A prominent and wealthy capitalist to whom l was ex- plaining the resources of the country through which this road will run, was struck with astonishment at my state ment that primeval forest represent ing 100000, 100000 feet of lumber was directly tributary to it. "Why," said he, Eff you did not have a herd of cattle or potato patch, the market which your mines must offer for your timber, would be sufficient induce ment to build the road" A railroad contractor, of large experience, who was examining the plans yesterday told me this morning that, "Very lit tie of the road work would be expen- sive,' and that "the cost would not be greater per mile over the whole length of the road, than the ordinary New England railroads This was exactly what Col. King had said to the people of Globe, repeatedly. The stock of the Construction Co. is now ready for is- suance, and the Arizonans who have earned the right to some of it, can put it away, satisfied that the day is not very far distant, when they can real. ize handsomely upon it. am glad to be able to write such cheering words to the "boys" who were full enough of faith, and stout enough of heart, to dc the preliminary work on the long tun. nel and its approaches. With the road completed to Benson, or with the Tucson road, (since it is divested of its objectionable }features) pushed to Globe; the1 road built to the same point from Clifton, to get our timber the Silver King road built to Salt river, and narrow gauge branches built to the different mining camps that have grown up, and will grow ur in Gila, Pinal and the western portion of Yavapai counties, there will be a local railroad system, every integer oi which will present features of merit and almost certainties of dividends.
 A few years ago, Apaches danced war dances where Globe stands; a few years more and the Globe man will be justified in the belief that, if the mur. murs of his rustic burg are not the noisiest in the world, they at least swell the grand sound.
 Crook.
 The New York Times said this week that the papers which had been finding fault with Gen. Crook, would have tc take back seat, since the Chiricahuas had come into the fold. You see, the Indian question as it affects us in Ari zona, is not sufficiently disturbing element in the Times office to induce the editor to read up Crooks history for the last nine months. This edito rial know-all, does not know that Crook failed to have provision made for possible irruption of the Chiri cahuas, though he knew that they might come out of Sonora and Chi huahua at any time. After they came he could not leave Whipple Post til he received his new invoice of nigh shirts and tooth powders; and so, fol nearly two weeks, the murderou devils destroyed property and tool , lives, going back to Sonora befor' Gen. de ,Welhngton-Boots Crook go his lordiy shape near where blood hat been spilled. He could not pursu them till he had tasted the frizole , and sampled the mescal of the gover nor of Sonora, and took few restor : ing siestas in the orange groves o Hermosilla, and when he did go ant saw, and got conquered, he falsifed il his os order No. 10,' and sent tn
 falsehood broadcast over the country Six months after the claimed victor, of this do-nothing general, the Indian