The Arizona champion., 1886-12-18
MINERAL EE..r KAlLKO AID.
An Enthusiastic Meeting of tho Citizens
 nf FingstnH,
Held at the Grand Army Hall on Monday
 ElcDiug Last.

ENcDiug Last.
 The call for a meeting of the rest dents of Flagstaff at the nall of the G. A. R., on Monday evening las, was responded to by a large attend ance, the auditorium being filled tc overnowing. The meeting was calico to order by Geo. H. Tinker, when Major D. Nj. Riordon was selected as chairman by unanimous vote, and Geo. II. Tinker, secretary.
 Major Riordan called the attention of the meeting to the obiect for which they had assembled. He said tha, any financial aid winch Flagstaff was capable ot giv,as to the under taking would be of very llttle conse quence, as far as the money was con cerned. Flagstaff was just recover. ing from great disaster from de, Struction by fire, and her citizens scarcely yet ie!t themselves on their feet. Therefore, they could not be expected 10 give any large amount oi material aid to the enterprise. What was wanted was their moral support. They ought to do all they could, su that the outside world could see tha, the Flagstaff people believed in the Mineral Belt road as plylng invest men' and were doing all they could to aid the undertaking.
 Major Riordan then introduced Col J. w. Eddy, president of ihe road, as gentleman who for years had been working for the interest of lnis section of tine country; one whom every one in the hall had heard of, while until now bu, few had seen.
 Col. Eddy then addressed the meet, ing. He said in substance that he would endelvcr to give them plain statement of the present condition and prospects of the Mineral Belt railroad and the proposed manner oi proceeding with the work. They in tcnde to con ncnIc cJh,tructiag thc l,ne, although they were under some disadvantages .rom the severe wealth CT wnI Il might be expected at thu; , gas. ", ,r.r. N' ar assuranC. that they were a earnest, he state, .nat lhc, nuw had upon the road t. F;ags;aff I5 mile, ot ra'ls, all pait for; carload of mules. 40 scraper, and other implements for grading This statement ctled forth loud ap plau,e.D
 The speaker proceeded to stat, that there We're iIflIrnces a, work l., | nave the junction ot the lIne with th, A. & r located d; a point abou three miles east of Flagstaff. II 1 (Col Etdv) uad always been in favo. of Flags af as the pnnt Ol jlnction and was of the same opinion now
 He thought II the people of Flag >taif came forward and subscribed ti the stock to the best of their ahilit' the q ,eslion of the location of th, junction could be settled n their f. vor. He spoke of what other cite ip the Territory had done under sim liar circumstances, saying that he dlt not expect Flagstaff to do :nucf. con &idering the severe revcrseS the tow had suffered, but he wanted thei moral support. He wanted th=m t show to the outside world that the believed in th: future of Flagst.; and in the financial success of tn | Mineral Belt railroad. Within a ir. days he expected MT. T. R. Cab, T acting manager of the A. & ?. road and some other railway officials here when the question of the location 0  the point of junction would be dc cided and the site of the union dcpu be fixed. The building of the latte
 would then be commenced at once
 lie assAred them that for every doI!a they put into ,ee enterprise the would get a qmdbr0 q2o.
 Coi. Eddy then explained how tn stock to be disposed of, was that c the Mineral Belt Construction an Improvement Company, tat hel
 one half of the stock ot the Miner, Belt ra,Iroad, the AIchiSon. Tope ! , X. S,n,a Fc Company holding ih ; other half. Al Col. Eddy. reque.,
 MT. Norris read an abstract of tn
 Llans and resources ot the Cun.tru,
 uon company. which he (Col. Eddy
 had prepared for Mr. Strong. to b . submitted to the directors of the A.
 I. x 5. [. railroad.
 The speaker concluded by sugges,