Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-07-27
4 Subsidy of $15O,OOO Asked from Pinal
 County,

The Casa Grande and Gila Valley Railroad Company is the title of a new Corporation whose articles have been recently filed with the Territorial Secretary and County Recorder. The incorporators are: Messrs. J. c. Hil- ginger, of Fl Paso, Texas Tom Davis and H. H. Wharton, of Phenix; Jos H. Kibbey and G. A. Stone of Flor ence. A petition to Congress has been prepared and is now being circu- lated for signatures, asking authority to vote county aid for the enterprise, the following being a copy of the same:
 To CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
 The undersigned residents and tax payers of Pinal county, Arizona, re- spectfully represent that the Casa Grande < Gila Valley Rail Road Com pany Is corporation duly organized under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, for the purpose of construct ing and operating railroad from a point on the Southern Pacific Rail Road in said county, near Casa Gran de, to Florence, in said county, and thence to point on the Gila river in said county, about six miles north east of Florence. That said railroad, if constructed, will traverse fertile plain for a distance of about 35 miles extending from the Southern Pacific Rail Road to the Gila river, which is now about being reclaimed by arti- fcial irrigation. That the present means of transportation of the pro ducts of the valley by teams and wagons is primitive, inadequate and SC expensive as to very materially reduce the profits of agriculture. That the development of the valley which has just begun is greatly retarded by lack of transportation facilities. The con struction of such a railroad will, 1T the opinion of your petitioners, hasten the development of the resources o the county, and will, within a short time, enhance the actual values o property in the county by 8 sun many times greater than the donation to said railroad which we ask to bt authorized to make.
 The proposed railroad would enable large number of miacs, nnN rsrae ! tieally valueless becaIsser of cost . t Transportation, to be Iasoiitably work 4 ed. We cause to be Submitted to vol 41-'-7 E5esTTTVII t U6tdlleu Stdtenen Is Ewing the present and prospective resources of the county, it's ability tC easily make the donation asked, an( that such a railroad would be a poten tal instrument in the progress an de velopment of the county.
 The promoters of the railroad pro posed ask that the county make then a donation of $150,000 to aid in it construction-that without such do nation they cannot undertake to con struct and equip it.
 We therefore ask and pray that yol will authorize and empower and direct by enactment, the Board of Super vlsors of this county, upon petition t order an election by the qualified voters of the county upon the ques tion whether a donation of $150,00O shall be made by the county, and tha if at,such election such question shal Ut QGleTHllD6u III Oll6 dlllI IlldllhC py majority or such other proportion a you may deem proper of the vote cast thereat, that the Supervisors b empowered and directed to execut and issue bonds of the county to tn amount of $150000 and deliver tn same to said railroad company upol such terms and conditions as shall SC cure the completion, equipment an operation of such road and the eS penditure of the proceeds of the bond therein and that the Supervisors b directed to levy tax annually for tn payment of the interest on said bond and the creation of sinking fund fo : the extinguishment of the principa of the indebtedness created by sai bonds; that said bonds be not less i denomination than 5000, bear 6 pc cent interest, payable semi-annuall! and run for period of 9 years an l be in the form of and of like legal effeC as municipal bonds usually are.
 And we will ever pray.