Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-18
THE ARIzONANs.
An Important Matter That They
Will Consider.

\
Will Consider.
The Arizo ona legislators, whose arrival
was chronicled in yesterday mornings
HERALD, found good many old friends
about town yesterday, and seemed to be
enjoying their brief stay in Los Angeles
immensely. They held an informal
caucus in the parlors of the Nadeau yes
terday, where they have established
their headquarters, but nothing of note
transpired. A HERALD man yesterday
had the pleasure of a long chat with Sem
ator George w. Cheyney Of Cochise
county. "It is, as you say, long way
around" said the Arizonian, when the
conversation on the roundabout trip the
party was making came up. "It is
about 125 miles from Phenix, the end Of
the railroad, to Prescott" he continued,
"but it is terrible piece of country to
traverse at this season Of the year, For o
number Of miles one would have to travel
through the snow, but the chief difficulty
is as regards the rivers for there are two
to be crossed en- route and either of them
is liable to be impossible. One year we
tried It by stage and got over the first
river and mountains all right, but when
we got to the second stream we had to
turn back because it was a raging tor
rent. Under the most favorable circum-
stances the journey could not be accom-
plised by stage in less than twenty.six
hours, and as this would mean an incess-
ant jolting, we prefer to make the four
days trip by rail and travel comfor-
tably."
"How about the railroad that was to
be built from Prescott to Phoenix ?''
asked the scribe.
"Well everything pertaining to it has
been dormant for some time, but we
mean to bring the matter up at this ses-
sion. The situation is as follows. From
Prescott Junction on the Atlantic and
Pacific to Prescott, a distance ol
sixty miles is operated road
controlled by Colonel Bullock, and from
Maricopa on the Southern Pacific te
Phoenix, q distance of thirty miles, is 9
line operated by Colonel Bean. Now
between Prescott and Phoenix is q gar
of only 120 miles, and four years ago the
Legislature passed bill authorizing the
issuing of county bonds for railroad
from Prescott south. This line has never
been commenced, however, because
among the clauses of the bill was ont
defining the route of the road, and this, i
was said, was got in by some one inter
ested in the property it would traverse
Colonel Bullock is perfectly willing Il
build the road if he is allowed to follow
his own route, but the question comes VI
whether, if the route is changed, the bill
warranting the bonds does not become
void, and by the Harrison bill no more
indebtedness can be increased il
Arizona, and therefore no more bonds
issued. The legal poirt of whether
or not the route can be changed without
forfeiting the bonds will therefore be
brought up at the coming aession, for We
are all very anxious to see the road built
Its completion will make revolution il
the markets of western Arizona, as yor
will see by the following illustrations
At the present time alfalfa hay is quoted
at six dollars ton in Phoenix it is thirty
dollars ton in Prescott because that sec
tion is not agricultural and has to impor
all of its hay from California. On tht
other hand lumber is fifteen dollars &
thousand in Prescott and thirty-fve dol
lars thousand in Phoenix, because Pres
colt is a timbered section and Phoenix il
not. I could quote you many more sucf
instances, but those I have given will
suffice to show how things would be equal
lied by the building Of this little piece o
road. AS regards travelling accommoda
tions, it is needless to mentionthem, fo
it would save about three and half day.
out of four days on trip like this"
The Legislators have decided to re-
main here until tomorrow when they
will leave on the Santa Fe overland fol
Prescott where the Legislature rallies OF
Monday next.