Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-24
EASTERN RAILROAD OPINIONS.

column of matter, adverse to 1t,
 which has recently appeared in
 eastern papers. It is true the en-
 dorsement given these adverse criti-
 cisms is only tacit or implied one,
 by the silence manifested in refer
 ence to them. That the articles in
 question emanate from master
 hand, and at the instigation of MT.
 Bullock or some of his friends, is
 very evident.
 Arthur Dudley Vinton is quoted
 as saying that there is no need of
 this railroad" Now, we would like
 to enquire who Mir. Vinton is, and
 who has appointed him as mentor
 for Arizona or any portion of it, to
 say what is needed or what is not
 needed. This peculiar suggestion
 of Mir. Vinton, who probably never
 saw Arizona, is an exhibition of gall
 unparalleled. The people of Ari-
 zona are, with very rare exceptions,
 a unit on the need of the railroad.
 The territorial legislature of 1885
 passed law providing a subsidy of
 Si,OOo per mile for its construction.
 The legislature of 1891. in order to
 encourage the building of north
 and south railroad, granted twenty
 years exemption from taxation.
 Citizens of Phenix and Prescott
 have each contributed hberally to
 furnish depot grounds, right of way.
 etc, to encourage the building of
 the road. In the face of all these
 expressions on the part of the peo-
 pie of Arizona, some individual away down east, writes to paper away down east, that Arizona does not need this railroad, and an Arizona paper copies it without single de nal of its truthfulness. The pro- verbal "cheek of government mule" fades away into insignifcance before this manifestation of gall on the part of an individual. whose knowledge of Arizona and its neces- slties, is co-equal with tho knowl- edge of Heaven, possessed by hog.
 Particular attention is directed to another line of thought running through all these quotations of Bull lock literature. That is one of par an existing road" Eastern editors only show their ignorance of the railroad situation in Arizona by this talk about paralleling an exist ing road. The idea intended to be to eastern readers. and for the purpose of prejudicing investors against the securities of the pro- posed line is, that a road is already l in existence between the terminal | points of the proposed road. For the particular benefit of these cru lite eastern editors of metropolitan sheets, the JoURSAL-M MINER takes | his occasion to correct this errone- ous idea. So far as mention of it is for the benefit of invest DTS, and capitalists, who are furnish ng the money for building the road Is unnecessary, as they fully un- lerstand the situation here. So. or tho exclusive information of the 'ditors of these big sheets, from which our contemporary quotes so We here state that there is 10 existing road being paralleled by he new road between Prescott and 'henix. It is true that little road" ow exists from Prescott north, yer which it is possible to carry on he traffic with Prescott, and which night be psralleled for n short dis ance only. This road, however, is ut very small and insignificant art of the present railroad propo- tion. The new line is proposed for ne through traffic of the entire com lerce of northern and central Ari- )na. and for the exchange of com lodities between the two sections. or this purpose the existing" road ould be entirely worthless, and is Dt possessed of single element z lat could be used in the new road, lless the acquisition of a S6,000- o sr-mile road, covered by S20,0O0- n sr-mile mortgage might be desira . a. In the first place. the exist q z road, in so far as it does ex- :, ], has no road bed on which a rail ,I ad could be built In the efforts :, make as much mileage as possi- Q, e in order to secure the Si.000 per - ile subsidy offered it, is serpentine II the line Of its construction to ch an extent as to increase the
 leage of it beyond all reason for T erating economically. The ties NJ cd m its construction, we have n, en told, are one foot shorter than 2, 9 ties used in standard gauge i, ids, while the iron used is not to C reed half the weight that would :, required on through road. The ~~ ~~ of the s. F., F. X P. road ~ 2, ow all of the above facts. The 10 rson who instigated this glib talk VI he eastern press about parallel ch existing roads" knows them. but b' poor ignorant dupes who pub ia le such stuff in the east seem th ne ignorant of them. N' low, as to what the prospects of az lncial success are for the propo- ne line. It would be between I5O 'n'
 l75 miles in length. We believe VI { the proposition can not be po' re truthfully and forcibly stated n"' n by quoting the language of an .na @ and experienced railroad mana ', who made a critical examina- '