Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1889-02-13
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". VI" ,sst ot -fs pas hS.le s--- fasscorr. JUNCTION, Feb s, 1889. Passengers !or tho wsst sn the Pres , e''tt k Afit.i eeatgai lif,lsd today
 wer somewhat eerjnesI,,n the arrival "i ii'e ireln, here. ta leayn that the
 west hoond express hal already passed
 loriy-hse minutes previous, causing a delay of twenty tilre,s ilours and fifteen
 minutes. Al u tllem. hownyer ae- cepted tbe sstnation wish good grace except bear tss yonth Sisha French aanie and loud squaking yeice, who is tr.sseiias i9rs San Francisco grocery house. Dussng the ontlro trip from
 PFsstsat lsa lad been making life bur. den l., hls !silow rassengofs by loud and senseiess tNlk concerning Prescott. l always giving the aoeeui io the last syllable and on hi, srreyal here and learping the situation his asinino bray. ing was turned toa roar about the country Prescott merchants. whom bored during his sisll tnero. will no do,h, he gratidc.i e learn that. as he ts9k passsge on Inc ,ahoora ot freight train, he swore he wonld never visit Inc country again
 Prescott Junction shows considerable i,npnsyeuent during inc past year The a,iaaiie aud Fariiie railroad com pany has made sort os selgli.diyision oi tie place, t being meeting point amt cosling and wsier.ns slatiou fol nesrly all freight trains. Ttaihc over the ab,,yo nlad is qntse lively at present, fhore heinz seven freight trains each gay eser the road aid one passenger train. 1Au latter however Is very fre- aaentsy run in two soetieas.
 Dr Rtshep. ono oi the old pioneers of the place. arsurtti whose curiosity shop the nobie rsd man ei the wallapsi tribe used to eongregatr. has sold out and left for sser fields u laboe
 The only eitizen of the plss'e at pres ent. who wAs here when 1t was staked of as railroad camp. k James Van ssuy. He commenced business ..sfii small way. and by close attention to ii has lncreaa,d until et prssent he has sa extensive trade. He carries stock of general merchandise ani has ro- gently added lodging rooms, where be fs able to accommodate the travelling public with geod, comfortable quarters. at reasonable prices. He has also un. der way bniidiny which when com. ple,et slll h.a asea as s lodging house. specially adapted to families.
 W. T. Latchiogsl continues to do thriving business in iis pioneer hotel.
 L. D. Gale. formerly agent and tele- graph operator for the Prescott X Ari- zcna Central railrtrad, has recently en. gagged in merchandising, and seems to te doing pn epcrous business. Mir. Gale is very popular aad IS bound to succeed.
 Jules Banmana Is new "mine host of the Railroad Hotel, and eaters to the wants of the travelling public satis- fselorily.
 The Atlantic < Pacific railroad have had cue hundred and twenty men at work. five miles west oi here. for some time building a three mile spur of road into their stone quarry, where eighty men are employed taking out rock fer the new bridge now nnJia construc- tion over the Colorado river at. The Needles, Tho grading has been com pleied and the tracl laying will be fin ished in few days whea the shipment of rock viii be actively commenced. Tho stone is said ,o he an excellent quality of hui ding stone. ]. c.