Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-02-07
Railroad Meeting.

The railroad meeting announced for Saturday evening last hrough together q considerable number o of t he citizens of the town and sur TO unding valley: It was called t. order by Mf. H. 0. Mcdonald, ol whose motion Mir. J. Y. T. Smitl YVES called to the chair. N. A. Nor ford was also elected to act as sec retary of the meeting.
 At the suggestion Of tho chair that some one of the gentlemen call> ing the meeting explain its imme> diate purpose, Captain Hancock with few words of explanation, presented the following resolutio ns which hezhad been requested to pre- pare by some. of the gentlemen who had worked with him in the call. The minutes read as follows:
 WHEREAS, We, as citizens of Salt river valley, have long fe:t the nc> cessity of raiiroa1 from the city of Phoenix to Ma-icopa, connecting our valley with a system of rail- roads extending to the marts of trade in the southern part of the Territory, and also with other states and territories, that we might have better facilities than we now enjoy for transporting the products of our valley to the various m lrkcts Of the Territory; and,
 WHEREAS, It has come to our knowledge that corporation has been organized for the purpose of constructing a railroad fro n Phoe- nix to Maricopa, therefore, be it
 ResoI0ed, That we are heartily in favor of the construction of such raIli oad, and we pledge ourselves earnestly and zealously to endeavor to procure for said railroad com- pany the right of way across the lands of this valley, and through the city of Phoenix, on such sulta- ble line as may be adopted by the company, and also to procure in such suitable locality, within the city limits. as the compa6y may SC, lect, sufficient quaAtitf of land for such depot buildings, warehouses and shops as the company may re- quire, and present the said right of way and depot grounds to the said railroad company, provided the company will build the railroad from Phoenix to Maricopa, or other point on the Southern Pacific Rail road
 ResoIred, That we hereby pledge ourselves to do all In our power to encourage and facilitate the cons struction of such railroad.
 Resolsed. That the secretary of this meeting be directed to send a copy of these resolutions to the pres ident of the railroad com pany, and that copy be furnished to each of the newspapers of the city for pub> lIcation.
 A general discussion of the reso- lutiOns ensued, on n motion to adopt them during which various points came up concerning right of way depot grounds, the authori,y of the county 10 exchange $6O,000 of tonds with comp any hgro eing to build the road, etc., and what the city of Phoenix, the county of Maricopa, and the people Individually, would probably be willing to do. The dis> cussion ended by adopting the reso> lutions as read.
 On motion of Captain Calder derWood, the Hon. J. T. Alsnp and N. A. Morford were appointed a committee 10 correspond with the members of the Arizona Railroad Company, in order to learn what are their views and wishes in the matter of the construction of the road from Maricopa to Phoenix, and to report the result through the pa pers.
 The chair suggested that at the next meeting, or when the desires of the railro ad company should be made known in the matter, that it might be well to take into consider alton the matter of the exchange of bonds.
 On motion it was ordered that the proceedings of the meeting be pub> lished in the next issue of the Phoe- nix papers.
 Meeting adjourned,
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