Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-09-26
Exemption Railroads Still Pouring

Arizona is now threatened with {
prospective gridiron of railroads. The
following twenty one additional Lies
'7ers proposed for construction, IT. the
| Territorial Secretary's Office since GU!
last issue:
The Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoeni1
Z. K. Co., through G. W. Kertzinger, itl
| general counsel, declares its intention t.
| build 200 miles from Ash Fork via Pres
colt to Phenix.
E. Nj. Dickey will build the following
| First, from or near Ash Fork to Prescott
| and PhenIx, through Pinal county tc
Benson, in Cochlse county, about 40C
miles, more or less, with branch from
Phenix to the Colorado river IN Yuma
county, some 200 miles. Second, from
| Ash Fork to Congress, and thence south
easterly through Yavapal, Maricopa
Pima and Cochise counties to Benson
400 miles, with branch from Phenix OIL
other point on said road TO the Colorado
river, IN Yuma county, 200 miles. Third
from Ash Fork to Congress, thence
southeasterly TO Phenix. 200 miles; also
from PheniX or other point on that line to
Benson, 200 miles. Fourth, from Ash
Fork TO Congress, and thence south
easterly to Phonix, 200 miles; also to
Yuma county on the Colorado river, 200
miles. Fifth, from same Ash Fork to
Congress, southeast to Phenix, 200 miles.
Sixth, from the same point to Prescott,
60 miles. Seventh, from Prescott to
Phenix, through Pinal county TO Ben
son, $50 miles, with branch to the Col
orado river as above, 200 miles. Eighth,
DracaAft 10
orado river as before. Ninth, from Pres
colt via PhenIx, to Benson, $50 miles.
Tenth, from Prescott to Phenix, 40
miles. Eleventh, from Prescott to Con-
gress. 60 miles. Twelfth, from Phenix
TO Benson, through Pinal county, 300
miles. Thirteenth, from Phenix to the
Colorado river, Yuma county, 200 miles,
Fourteenth, from Phenix to Congress, so
miles. Fifteenth, from Benson, through
Pinal, Maricopa and Yuma counties 400
miles to the Colorado river.
Notices of two other roads were filed
as follows: One from prescott to the
Bradshaw mountains, near the Tiger
mine, about 70 miles; another from Pres
colt to Big Bug, about 80 miles.
This morning the Central Arizona
Railway Company, of which d. NJ. Rior
dan is vice president and general mana
ger, through its general solicitor, L. O..
Norris, filed notice of intention to build
from Lees Ferry, on the Colorado river,
to Nogales, with branches to Phenix,
Prescott, Globe and the Grand Canyon
OF the Colorado, distance altogether of
7S5 miles.
Hon. Ii. II. Wood. the Railway Com
missioRers and banker of Tombstone,
contemplates line from Fairbanks, in
Cochise county, to Tombstone, distance
Of II miles. Also another line from
Fairbanks, 40 miles, to Bsbee.
After the foregoing was in type the
following additional intentions were
filed:
By Edward Nj. Doe, to build from
Dead Mans Flat, Coconino county, l65
miles to Lees Ferry, same county. Also
one from same, beginning 40 miles
to Hances Trail, on the Grand Canon Of
the Colorado. Also third from Flag
staff to Phenix, about 215 miles. Also
fourth from Flagstaff 20 miles to Dead
Mans Flat.
Lincoln Fowler proposes to build from
Phenix westerly IL miles to township 2
north, range l west. Likewise from
Phenix $50 miles northeasterly to Flag
staff. or to connection with the A. & P.
r. r., or the Mineral Belt r. r.
The San Diego. Cuyamaca & Eastern
r. r. Co., by Waldo S. Waterman, Sec
rotary and acting president, declared an
intention to build from Norton's Land
ing on the Colorado river. eas.erly to
Phenix, and northeasterly to the A. &P.
r. R., at Holbrook; thence via Terrific
Mountain to Pueblo, Colorado, q dis
lance IN Arizona at $50 miles.
j. ID; Monihon thinks he will build
from Phepix west to the Aqua Fria, at
Calderwood's Butte, q distance OF %
Herald.