Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-10-11
County Division.
Prescott In11rnaLNfiner.

When county division was talked of two or three years ago the Journal-Miner suggested the appointment of committees of representative citizens from the two sections interested. for conference that lines might be agreed upon. Assuming that our people were opposed to the prop osition our northern neighbors rejected 1t and went into the legislature and were defeated.
 We again urged upon them the same proposition which was finally accepted by them resulting in the appointment of a committee and similar one being ap- pointed from the mother county the con- mittees met in Prescott on Thursday, Oc- tober 2d, closing their labors yesterday, October 3d. The meeting was marked throughout by spirit of harmony and fairness and conclusion was reached, which, while it may probably not be ac- ceptable to the extremists of either sec tion, is looked upon by the conservative business element as fair proposition to both. By the lines agreed upon about two thirds or probably little more of the terrrory now comprising Yavapai county is given to the new county, while it gets one third of the taxable property. The dividing line on the Atlantic < Paci- fic railroad IS at a point one mile east of Ash Fork and thence along a line one mile north of the right of way of that com pany in westerly line to the Mohave county line.
 The new county of Coconino assumes one third of the indebtedness of the coun- ty, after making deductions for county property. The county property, consist ing of the court house and plaza, was ap- praised at $75,000.
 The Journal -Minner congratulates the people of both the parent county and those of the proposed new county, on the amicable adjustment of this matter as under the present agreement the two sections will remain on friendly terms and can, as heretofore, work together for l the common interests of both sections. The following is the description entire of the lines agreed upon:
 Resolved, That the boundaries of the county of Coconino are recommended and declared to be as follows:
 Commencing at the northeast corner O Yavapai county, thence south on the east line of said Yavapai county to the Gili county line; thence westerly on the Gils and Yavapai county line to the east lint of range seven east of the Gila and Sal
 river guide meridian; thence north on sait east line of range seven east to the fourtl standard parallel thence west on saiC fourth standard parallel to the east lin of range five east; thence north on saiC
 east line of range five east to the nortl
 line of township eighteen north thenc
 west on said north line of township eigh
 teen north to the Gila and Salt rive
 meridian; thence north on said meridia
 to the fifth standard parallel; thence yves
 on said parallel to the east line of rang , two west thence north on said east lin of range two west to a point on
 mile north of the center of the right ( [ way of the A. & P. railroad; thenc
 westerly in a line one mile north of an parallel with the center of said right C , way to the north line of Mohave count
 line; thence northerly with the line ( Mohave county to the northwest corn, a of Yavapai county; thence east to tl < north east corner of Yavapai county an 3 place of beginning.