The St. Johns herald., 1886-08-19


 terest," and he might have added q purely individual interest.
 No, Mir. Bunch, you, nor any other taxpayer, who have the misfortune to live out of Holhrook, have the right to say anything that will in any way thwart the interest Of Buck X Co, so l just give you pointer to keep quiet; don't sign yOur name t0 any petition unless Buck requests It; don't try to have any thlng to say regarding the money you pay in for taxes; just dry up and keep quiet, Zuck says so, and you must do it, otherwise you will incur the deep dis pleasure of Buck & Co, the Holbrook bull-dozer.
 An illustration of the future expense that this bridge would have been to the county has just occurred. Built as 1t is at the confluence Of two rivers, that at times would throw immense volumes Of water against it, it would be next to i'm possible to build dam at that particu- lar point, that would not break down by the combined force of the two streams; and to-day the centre of the dam, shows the truth of whatI assert; and it was not very big flood of water that broke it either.
 Now, this grand corrector Zuck, pre- sumes to find numberless errors in the report of the Road Viewers, and have taken occasion to find out whether or not these are actual errors, or merely supposed Let us see. Article No. l of the Road Viewers report states: The road will be shorter than any other pro- posed line, or any line that could in any way be so economically constructed.
 What does Buck say to this. Listen nowhere it is, in all it's glory, and I'll bet there are no typographical errors. either. Make diagram six squares up and four squares across; each square representing a section, it being gener- ally conceded that Woodruff is located six sections south, and four sections east of Holbroo<. You see seven miles south, takes you one mile south of Woodruff, thence in southerly direc- 1 tion-"whoa Brandy" Well, Brandy has stopped, SO we will stop and consid- CT little of Bucks unreasonable req soning. For the enlightenment of the reader, I will state that Woodruff is To- cated nearly nine miles south of IIOl- brook, and fully eight miles east, there fore Bucks diagram would not hold the two points in question, and We will call that error No, t. and we lack just three miles of being one mile south of Wood ruff yet. If all the roads were perfect Iy straight, and did not angle any, this seven mile point would be two miles north of Woodruff; but roads in this county are very crooked, and this par ticular road, I am told, angles south easterly. Now, 1 don say it's direction is due southeast, and on rough calcu- lation, should judge this seven mile point in question, about three miles north of Woodruff and about four miles west. From this point the viewers leave i the road and bear southeasterlv, not due southeast, I've will let Buck and Brandy go up on Silver Creek, seven miles south of Woodruff, while we follow the route proposed by the Eiewers) and cross the 1 Canon Butte, the Little Colorado river, thence to Woodruff. Now, Mir. Buck should not try to nnislead people in this way He should not have the presump- ton to make statement on what he calls general concession, when it is a matter that is simply conceded by him self, and originated in his own mind.
 Article of the Road Viewers report states: "The cost of building will be less than over any other line" Now, 1 had the Road Viewers recommended that the road go over the dam, and "blow in" $4, 300 there, to be washed down stream by every little shower that might swell the river, it would have been called by Buck 6S Go. a piece of economy. Why? Because it would have forwarded their individual inter- ests at the expense of the public. Con sistency thou art jewell" but you are mighty hard to find among the gems who figure at the head of the dam and bridge enterprise,
 Come, you folks up at Springerville, start to work, and get out an irrigatlng canal, and get an appropriation from the county treasury to build it; and then you will see how quick Zuck x Co.,, will be chewing at your hooks; but while you are at it, be sure and call that irri- gating canal, road, or the scheme wont work.
 Buck asks in his letter, in surprised and astonished sort of way, where abouts their proposed wagon road was He seems mighty anxious about the proposed site.
 According to the reasoning of Buck X Co.,, in solemn council convened, it made no difference where tine proposed road was; any where between Carrizo Iopd Ct IOco,,h uO,1Id do. hut if boJ to