Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1890-12-24
THE PEOPLES PERSEVERANCE,,
As Expressed at Last Nights Meet
 ing on the Railroad Question.

ss1s Ait nss Scovtpru at O'CLOCK Ia tue court house. The officers oi the pre- ,ious evening ~ere unanimously elect cd as officers of las, nights meeting. A resolution introduced by ". c. Bash. lord effected thorough and exhaustive discussion of the railroad question ir all its phasos--lrom 2o.inch to 56- inch gauge, from exemption ,c taxA- tion so q. s.oeo mile in thc way oi sub sidy aid, and in the matter of routes everyone ever heard or talkeaoi was dis cnssea. Aitar few amendments, a. shShs importance, the preamble and
 resolution was adopted. as IoI.ows: WHEREAS, That st the time the peo- pie of Prescott urged aud secured the passage oi ,he subsidy bill, uader which
 Mr. Bullock built the Prescott d Ari- 1ons Railway, from A point on the Atlantic X Pacific railroad to the city of Prescott. end gave ,o him the right oi valuable subsidy for the building oi road south from Prescott. through eEr rich mining regions. vc did so, be. lievipg that in the event oi such s road eng built, We would. s, euch lime reap our reward. And, therefore, he |. Resolved, Ina, the people of Pres- colt do hereby rrotes. against ths building of the north and south rail-
 road, as proposed by Ar Bullock. from some point seven to fifteen miles north of Prescott on the Preeco,. d Arizona Central Railway, through Big Bug and the Black Canyon. thence ;o Phenix. That road oves such . roate can be of no benefit to tue country, other than that through which the road vii pass. hut will work an injury to the balance of the country and to the city of Prescott, leaving us ss it does upon the east and avoiding tho very country that 1t was the express inten- ton of the bill to build up.
 Resolved, That, as Joseph Reynolds. of the city of Chicago. has and is inter- esting himself to secure for us the much needed road directly through the city of Prescott. by the way of the Has
 sayampa. and thence by the most prsc- ticsble route "a the city Q. Phenix, according to the Act granting said subsidy, snd believing that il lse Maricopa county subsidy bill, now pending in Congress, becomes law, ths; Mr. Reynolds will succeed ir ob- tanning for us this much needed rail- road connection with the Salt River Valley ard the southern part oi the Territory, thereby connecting the two great industries cl the Territory-Agri- culture and Mining--resulting in great
 benefits to the whole Territory. Resolved, further, That we consider the endeAver of T. 6. Bullock to defeat the Msricopa County Subsidy bill now before Congress as unwsrrsntsd and decidedly agsins, the best interests of the whole Territory, and the counties of Msricopa and Yayapsi in particular. therefore, be it
 Resolved, That the people of Prescott,
 in meeting assembled. do herewith de-
 clare, and give their suPpor, to MT.
 syn0lds, or aay other person in this
 undertaking. That we declare our
 every con nidence in the ability of MT.
 Reynolds ta construct or secure the
 construction of said road, and we here
 with pledge to him our efforts in every
 way within our power.
 Resolved, That .l is to the in terest Of
 Ysvspai and Naricopa counties and to
 tho whole territory of Arizona that
 Congress psss the Msricopa County
 Subsidy bill, and we urge upon our
 Delegate in Congress the neceasity of
 the immediate passage ot the same.
 Resolved, Ina. our msmbers-elect to
 the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly be
 requested to use their honest efforts to
 defeat any legislation looking to the changing oi tbs subsidy to any other
 route than that which the YaysPai County Subsidy bill now calls for, and to css their every efferts to defeat any bill that should be introduced asking for the exemption from taxation of any heretofore subsidized road, or any road connecting the cities of Prescott and PkUnix, or affecting the interests of Yavapai county, other than one built directly south through the city O. Prescott, and by the way as proposed in the Act granting the subsidy. and | for which We have nsrtgsgec cur homes I and property.
 Resolved, That the secretary of this meeting be requested to send copy of | these resolutions to Joeeph Reynolds. to OFT Member in Congress, and to the Governor and Secretary of the Terri tsry. and to each and every member slect to the Sixteenth Legislature.
 While the sbeve resolution was un- der discussion, Governor Tritle intro tuced the resolution, found below, As but strong opposition being manifested 10 il g. substitute for the sbove resolution, # was withdrawn by "a author:
 Resolved, That, whereas, the Lsgisia- ure of 1895 enacted law by which he railroad route from Prescott Co tho .or.h line of Msricops county was by he way of the Hsssss ssmpa divide, and whereas, the subsidy granted for the 'uilding ot ssid road was $4,0oo for tandard gauge, and sS. o0S for 56- nch gauge, and, whereas, the grorth nd material development Of the route foresaid has increased, and not dimin- shed. since the passage os said Act, therefore,
 Resolved, That we. tbs eitizens of 're-cott, do hereby inxist yspon the .i;hful and complete carrying out of .. ~s ska \