Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-12-27
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The -Arizona Canal

A few days since, we had the pleasure of writing up that portion of the Arizona Canal taat will short ly be finished and in order to give our readers an idea of the extent of that work and it's present and future importance to the valley and the whole central portion of inc Terri- tory, we entered somewhat minutely into the details of its construction
 We desire at present to speak in more general terms of thls enormo us enterprise whicL is now thoroughly inaugurated. The main canal skirts along the foothills on the north sid e of the valley, taking as direct lines as possible, and thereby cutting of some very valuable bights of land between the pr ojecting polnls of the foot hills, in sons instances several sections It is intended to run lateral canals out on the north side from the main canal, beginning at a sufi, cient distance above to carry the water into these bights at a sufficient height to reach all the land suitable for cultivation m them. Thus all the land fron the very foot of the mountains to the river will be under the inAIeace of thIs main clnal.
 The mlin canal will bs fl iished westward, by next Oetobar, as far as the Agla Fria, di@tanee of some thirty-fve CT forty miles; bus ulti> mately it will be carried westward us far IS possible to the foot of the White Tank mountains, and thence south westerly along their base till the Gila river is reached or the canal approaches It as near-as my be de- sired. When the canal has been carried to it's farthest extent it will probably afford water to i section of available land of not less than 100000 acres, and it my be a grelr deal moro, for it will very nearly cover a country th-t will average fifty by ten miles in length.
 The addition of this great scope of farming land to that already un- der cultivation, will lead to our val ley an importance that the outside world will not be long in recogniz- ing and mixing use of. especially J as it's productive powers and range of products are something wonders ful.
 Add to the ordinary grain and fruit products of tenn perate climate the scmi-tropical fruits, grapes, or anges, lemon, Hines, igs, olives and the like, cotton, sugar Cor the ordi- nary sugar cane fourishes here), up land rice, jute, and so on, and on has some idea of the resources oi our valley, for there is no question of it's capability to produce each an, every enc of the produces named. Add to the agricultural and horti cultural capabilIty of the valley, it capacity for the production Of bee butter, and pork, for which product
 it can not be excelled ia the Unitet
 States, and then add to this its i'm portauce as a center of as mag ' niffcent grazing and mining countr.
 as The sun shines upon anywhere
 and then add to this the water powe
 and opportunity afforded for mauu
 factories by the fall of twenty-fiv
 feet in the great body of water ths
 ccmes down tue Arizona Canal an
 we can form some idea of the posi-
 tion the Salt River valley will occu py in the future history of our Ter . rltory; nor will it be distant fatur :" before that position will nave beC T. gained.
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