Weekly Phoenix herald., 1885-01-01

?, would be nothing gained by it. l,
 r. THE question concerning the
 freights and fares on the railroads
 running into this Territory, and es- l pecially on the South ern Pacific, su far as il concerns this valley has
 become a matt CT of vital importance.
 Every mill in the Salt River Valley
 has closed down; not a pOund of
 flour or grain IS moving except on contract of some months standing What the result will be, we must ack nowlcdge utter inability to im>
 agine. The railroad company has
 b5en appeaied 10 for relief, and such we are insured has been prom>
 ised, but it does not seem to be
 forthcoming. All the people of our valley ask is to be put on an equal
 footing with California in the mar. kets of the Territory and the south-
 west, This would not interfere
 with the busine2s of :he southern part of the Territory while 1t would bring the central portion relief. 1 Spch regulation of freights as would be detrimeptal to the southern part of the Territory is pot sought, as SeeRas to be the idea oi some Nho
 ~tnat sh0ai4 the railroad com ciA'- ~te such an adgaace in pany m- 'iforpia as would give ireigh's 10 Ca- >eGe tue southern l our gram men a en- W.uia only l portion of the Terl litory Avhv be so much tic worse off
 could not the railroad comp | low CT rates from MarIcopa to ccr> respond with rates from Los Angeles? This would not only relieve our . valley but be so much the more h 10 southern markets. But fl then railroad companies are not in h he habit of lowering freights ex. ' ept on pressure of competition. ., Relief from inc dilemma is to be h sought hy asking eur legislature to sl ,ass a Freight and Fares bill. It I ' to be hoped that some turn of ' vents will make it possible to pass il uch bill, but Ut present our faith n the attempt could bc hidden en- irely out of sight by the meal from ; single mustard seed, because there h, suf1c 1cIent votos against the propo> re tion in one of the branches of the q! eg;slature to kill it and it is hardly " } be presumed that the railroad .- 'mpany Will be asleep concerning n, ne matter, even if theJe were a ma- in 'rity against them. They are not n crowd to lose trick under any .. ances and W i1h the prede> ctions which are we'll known to ? entertained by number of mem CTS of the legislature, the attempt -. - pass such bill will be a mere e, bloct. to other legislation. br such bill was wanted why was CT e mattVr not looked after before or 'ctior,? s.' 1t would now seem to be the thing Ia do to interest the Aichiso D, Topes ve a & Santa Fe people in thIs Section Ce the Territory. Let our lee'islas W Ire mem orialize Congress and our elegate to Congress push the mat T of turning over the Texas Pacific 1 tio nd grant from the mouth of the ln' Il. CTS Ilt TlVer To Benson tO the Santa Fe ople if they will put road co trough frsm Benson, or some other tn, pint on their line, into this valley ot i'd on north, if desirable, to june Do
 we 'n with the Atlantic 6 Pacific. ah, Until some such matter can be ter nsumated we shall expect to be Vel iced just where we are now on aD J occasion of outside commercial assure. It strikes us that little 's "party" and little more self tn crest in the people of this Terri VII y might be of benefit 10 us all. 'ni
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 ist The fore part of this week eight mo mps swooped down upon Tacna Pa