Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-10
The naiIroaa .i,an,l.n.

! Friends of the P. X \. C. R. R,
 have inauguraicd an active war
 against the railroad proposition of
 the :. F., P. & r. railroad company,
 and are showing disposition to
 throw every obstacle in the way of
 it's construction. That such a posi-
 tlon Is antagouistic to the best inter
 ests of the town every disinterested
 person can readily see at a glance.
 Without detracting in the least
 from what Mr. Bullock has done. II
 will be we'll at the present time to look back and see what he has prom
 ised, but has not done. By referring to the files of the Phenix papers, we find the following in the Herald. published in March. about the time the exemption bill was passed:
 MT. Bullock. tn au interview. had with him, states that fl the exemp tion bill Is passed and not saddled with freight and fare hili. he will commence operations on the road inside of twenty days"
 The exemption bill was passed without the ''dreaded' saddle of 5 freight bill. Has Mr. Bullock kept his worii
 Again, the Herald of March i7th says:
 MT. Wilson, of the Prescott & ] Arizona Central road. assureS the Herald Of the full intention of his l company to take advantage of the i exemption act to construct their road to PhenlX in accordance with the terms of the act. viz, not less than fifty miles per year till com pleted.'
 The Phenix Republican of the same date contained the following:
 When the Exemption bill was be fore the Legislature, representatives of the Prescott X Arizona Central road assured the members and the people al large that should the bill pass that road would be extended Ia Phenix without delay. A evidence i of their good faith, L. Il. Wilson. auditor of the road, immediately after the signing of the bill bv Gov ernor Irwin yesterday filed the fol lowing articles of intention" with Secretary Murphy:
 l, l.. II. Wilson, of the city. eoun- " and State of New York, in accord anee with the act of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Ari- zona entitled "an act to aid and en- courage the building of railroads in the territory of Arizona. approved | March l6, 1891, to which act refer | ence Is herein made and which act is ! hereby made part hereof. hereby 1 give notice that 1t is my intention within six moaths from the passage ot this act to commence the building and erection and construction of railroad which shall be public car rier and which shall be built for the public use and which shall bs. sup piled with first-class accommodations for the travelling public and which shall be built at the rate of fifty miles per annum in accordance with the terms, provisions and require ments of said act, which said railroad shall commence and have for initial point a point on the Prescott X Ari- zona Central railway. near what is known as the Point of Rocks" six miles, more or less, north of the city of Prescott, in the county of Naval. pal. territory of Arizona. and shall And and have for its terminal point he town of Phenix, county of Mari 'opa, territory of Arizona. and the probable distance of said railroad its said initial and terminal points shall be one hundred and five niles, more or less, and said railroad hall be finished within the time re- luired by said act.
 Witness my hand this sixteenth lay of March. 4. D. 1891.
 l.. II. WILSON.
 Nearly three months have elapsed , inbe the above instrumen; was filed , nd nothing done. If Mir. Bullock ow intends to force a fight, as be ween his promises, and the actions ' f the new company. as would seem rom the action of his friends. there nothing left for the people of this !; ectlon, to do but accept the gaunt 't he throws down. aud a. repre- anting the true interests of this ! own and section. the JeuRxAL- : LINER will be found on the side of < rogress. Mir. Bullock has held the 2 iilroad situation here for years and . as done nothing towards extending Is hne to Phenix as agreed by him. ct the citizens of Prescott taka ac- on and act promptly. and within 'ss than two years We will see the opulation of the town doubled.