Arizona silver belt., 1889-11-02
Saturday. November 9, 1889.
THE GOVERNORS REPORT

port te the Secretary of the Interior contains fund of information about the Territory and timely suggestions winch demand careful attention.
 The population of Arizona, based upon the registration of voters in 1888 (about l6.000), IS estimated at 60,9iS,
 The Mormon population in the Ter ritory is given at about 5000, divided into four communicative in Apache county, and one each in Marieopa and Graham counties, There is also a small Mormon settlement in Tonto Basin, northern Gila county.--Ed.l
 The Governor tavors early action by Congress to quiet land grant titles. Most of tho grants in Arizona have been reported on by the Surveyor General, and are now before Congress. Fraudulent grants should be wiped out, among them the alleged Peralta grant, claiming territory l50 miles long by 50 miles wide, and covering the best portion of the Territory. The Government should bring criminal suits against Reavis and those directly aiding him as heirs to the supposed titles.
 The value of taxable property in Arizona. ,ls raised by the Territorial Board of Equalization. IS about S3O,- 100000, as against S26 100000 in 1888 a very far increase.
 Territorial indebtedness-bo bond.
 ed, ,................. S652, GOO Outstanding warrants, s,.,...... 100000 Total, ......,...-..,,, JUL Bonded indebteoaess of coun-
 ties, ...,........,...,.. .S497 ,5O0 warrants, ,,,,'...,......... dO5, ,4io City and other indebtedness,
 about, ..,.,...... ..,..,.. 250,000
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 Total, ,.......,...,....... ,l5O,9lO making the total indebtedness of Ter. ritory, counties and cites, about, S2,902 9l0. An amendment 10 the Territorial Funding Act is recom- mended, that wii! allow the Territory to Issue long time bonds-say fifty years-which il is beLeved can be ne-  gotiated at four per cent, certainly not to exceed five per cent, The re- port reads; "I shall ask that the Ter ritory be permitted to borrow enough 10 allow the counties, cities etc, to borrow from the Territory sufficient to pay off their present indebtedness, thhs, enabling them, too, 10 cut down the.r rate of interest, they to pay the Territory for amounts they borrow, at the same rate the Territory pays Ths will return them all to cash basis, and thls alone wlll be great saving. By so dolng certain saving of 3 per cent. can be made on, say, S3,000,000, equal to s90,000 annually" The saving thus effected, the Cover. nor says, would enable the Territory to subsidize the two north and south railroads so greatly needed.
 The total land entries for the year ending June 30, 1SS9- original, final proofs, mineral entries, ete-were 500,- 796 l5 acres, the payments on winch amounted to S900Sl 25.
 The report contains timely protest against the enforcement of the Act of Congress, of October 1888, known as Irrigation Law. "Jt would be-, says the Governor, 'the worst calamity that could possibly happen to Arizona. The press and people ot the Territory are unanimous in their opposition 10 it. It must be remembered that Ari- zona is desert country and must be treated as such"
 Speaking of the necessity for more railroads, the report says: We need and must have two lines of north and south railroads to connect with the two east and west trans-continental railroads, and these two north and south roads restricted to moderate rates. This will place the tranS-con- tinental lines in competition; besides it will open np our own resources to a wonderful degree It will cheapen the cost of lumber at southern and in- terror points, and open market for the agricultural products of the Salt River and Gila valleys,
 "The connecting railroad from the Atlantic < Pacific R. R. through Pres. colt and PhGniz to the Southern Pa cifc R. R. is an essential road and must be built before long"
 "The second north and south rail road should be from or near Flagstaff on the A. <. P. R. R. through Globe to the Southern Pacific R R., at Tucson.
 Starting at Flagstaff. this road would run through miles of splendid forest, ample to provide lum- Der for all future uses of Arizona, if properly protected.
 The Governor is in favor of subsi- dizing these two north and south rail roads, and says: "I cannot too strong ly urge upon you Mir. Secretary and,