Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-07-27
THE GLOBE ROAD.
An Interview With W. H. Griffith, of Dripping Springs--What he Says About the Proposition--ItM Means Much New Business for Tucson.

MT. W. H. Griffith, of Drippin ' Springs, who has been in the city fo n the past two days was looked up by tn
 CITIZEN yesterday with view of secuI Q ing further information about the pro . posed turnpike road from Tucson t
 Globe. He has had large experienc in road building and knows every par 3 of the country between his place anC
 Globe, built the present road over tn, 5 Pinal mountains, and can probably giv, as correct an estimate on the proposed
 turnpike, as any other man along the route, without the aid of actual sur veys, The road will pass within mile.
 of Dripping Springs, where MT. Griffith has splendid ranch. He will be one oi
 the men to derive much benefit,and as his
 road over the mountain brings him con
 siderable toll-money, which will be cut
 of, he will also be loser by it.
 THE PROBABLE COST.
 To the question of the probable cost
 of the road he replied:
 
 and copper bullion teams to Tucson
 would require much larger amount of money than l think the people of Tue son and Globe are able to put up. But i with five thousand dollars a splendid road can be built that six and eight mule teams can pass over without trou- ble. This will bring all the business of | the San Pedro country, and up and | down the Gila valley, that now goes to | Florence, Benson and Wilcox Below | my place theresis a good mineral belt. and all beyond is filled with gold, silver | and copper. Almost the entire country is covered with good mines that are | now idle because their owners cannot get the ore to the railroad. The build ing of this road would set them all to work, and the ore receipts in Tucson would be very heavy from what is known as Grass Valley, alone.
 THE MINES AT PIONEER
 would all be revived and put in opera tion, where there are now but two or three claims being worked and only the richest ore shipped; there would be ten times that number, besides great quan- titles of second class ore now piled on the dumps would find its way to market at good profit over this new road. Tue time for load of ore from Pioneer to Tucson is now five days. With a good road the trip could be made in three.
 BUSINESS BEYOND GLOBE.
 'Would not the road secure a good | portion of the business to Tucson from | the country beyond Globe, MT. Griffith"
 Most assuredly. Globe now furnishes | supplies for large scope of country, | and cattle, mining men and ranchers | go long distances to trade there. All | these people would draw their supplies | from this city. A good part of the trade | will necessarily pass through the hands | ofGlobe merchants, but Tucson would | at once become the trade center for all | the country now tributary to Globe"
 FIRST CLASS STAGE LINE.
 "A stage line" continued Mr. Griffith should at once be put on the road be- tween Tucson and Globe, that would make the trip in l6 hours, at most, and this fact alone would almost justify the expense of the undertaking. Here is where the Globe people would come in for incalculable benefits. The shortest route now to Globe is 4S hours from the railroad, and over a miserably rough road. A person cannot go to Globe and transact any business and get back to the railroad in less than a weeks time; as result only those go to Globe whot cannot in any way avoid the trip. Un- der the proposed arrangement, business men could make the round trip m three days and remain in Globe 32 hours. The result would be that the great mineral section around that place and beyond. now almost forgotten and unknown to the outside world, would be investigated by the capitalists who are now seeking in vestments in valuable mines everywhere. Ten men would go toGlobe where there is one now. Yes sir, if l could get the contract for carrying the mail l would undertake to put a good stage line oh the new road and make the trip each way in 1G hours"
 OTHER POINTS.
 ''The trade from San Carlos would all come to Tucson, and also the trade Of Fort Thomas, because it is known by thesee people that at Tucson they can at all times get what they want. Not so at Wilcox, or any other point on the railroad that they can reach. The people who buy goods know from past experience the VeXation, trouble and delay they are subjected to in de pending on small places for supplies. For instance, rancher or mining super along the San Pedro or Gila, needs something at once and rGshes for Benson or Wilcox to get it. When he arrives the article is not to be had in the town and his only remedy is to tele- graph or take the train for Tucson after it. This entails less of double the time and exnense that would have been to drive many miles farther in the first place to Tucson, provided a good road was at hand. There has been Hundreds of such cases and the people are well educated up to thorough con ception of the great
 OF A FIRST CLASS MARKET l for their products and a place where they can get what they need at req sOnabie price. Tucson Is the only such place for the people of an immense scope of country beyond the terminus and for many miles south of the new road, and the people here will be surprised to find the great distances people will travel to get here over It."
 ''The people of Globe are awake to their interests, and are unanimous save perhaps those who are individually connected with Wilcox interests, in favor of the road. They appreciate the fact that Globe will share in the benefits, and express themselves as anxious to trans fer all their business to Tucson, but they expect Tucson to put the road through. They are willing to help little, and it may be that Gila county will contribute something, as the entire work of con struction will be within her borders g
 Yesterday Mr. Griffith had a confer ence with the committee having the proposition at present in hand, and others in this city interested in the road. He thinks with a competent en- gineer the survey can be made and cor rect estimates arrived at in two weeks time and at a cost not exceeding 5l00.
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