Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-15
THE FIRST GUN, The Railroad Campaign Opens Under the Most Favor
 able Auspices.
An Enthusiastic Gathering of Citizens at Col. Her.
 rings Office.


 PROsPECToR of the desire of Mir. Bar rot to meet some of our citizens, to talk railroad, had the effect of gather ing together st Col. Herring's office a number of merchants and mining men. who were enthusiastic in their words and actions over the proposition under consideration, Of building a road from FaiI bank tO Tombstone. There were present Col. Herring, George BerrOt R W. Wood, ". K Meade, W r Stsunton, J J Patton, $ NJ Barrow. Fred Herrera, B Coff- man, P McAllister, E S"dow, W H Sullwell. Ben Cook, B Miano, s c Bagg, c L Cummings, John M"ntgom cry, c E Kelton, D A MacNeil and E Page.
 Col. Herring was chosen chairman Of the meeting and : c Bagg secre- tary. MT. Wood on behalf of Mir Berrot stated the object of the gath ering and the steps thus far tsken m the matter of constructing a raifoad to connect Tombstone with the \. NJ & A road at Fsirbank
 In the first place, Mir. Wood ex- plaiued that articles of incorporation of the Tombstone and Fairbsnk Rail- road Co had been drawn up and filed. The directors are George Berrot Wm. HerriL g.R W Wood, Ralph Smith, W K Meade They met during the day and elected MT, Berot president, Wm- Herring vice president, Ralph Smith secretary and R W Wood treasurer.
 The stock is divided into 1000 shares of par value of SlO0 per share or total capitalization of S20OoOO. The railroad will be exempt from tax ation for twenty years. This exenpt- ion includes rolling stock, buildings, and material of all kinds. The cor poration has also % years franchise from the city to run through any streets m the city with the exception Of Fremont, Allen and Toughnut, but gives the privilege of crossing those streets The corporation has an op- | liOn on ten miles Oi track and ties 1 known as the Tucson 6 Globe road. | This road was constructed as d marrow gauge but Is heavy enough for a broad gauge. the Iaiis being but four ppundr | lighter than tine Tails Oi the BisUee | road, and the ties being heavier. The | Bisbee rail is A 59 pound and the pro | posed Tombstone and Fairbank road will be constructed with 3J pound rails. Both the P railroad men and ! the N. NJ. & A agree that the rail is heavy enough. To la! tins material at FairbanA, which will be done be- fore any money Is paid on il, wiIi COS, 8 per cent oi is original value. The rolling stock NiIl be oI no use, i,ei F narrow gauge, and will be dispUsel oi A. any figure and Is not taken into consideration
 The total cost oi the road ready for business ~ilI be, as shown by MT. Woods figures, soO,0O0. Of this amount Mir. Berrot proposes To raise by sale of bonds in San Francisco: $50. 600 at per cent interest.
 He also takes Sj0O0 worth 0! stock. This leaves S25,OOO to be raised by the | sale of stock which Is thought 10 be an easy mater to sell in Tombstone where those who are to receive the benefits sbould be financially interest ed in it's operations.
 The cost ot the road has been placed at an outside figure. The cost per mile being given in Mir. Woods fig. ures at S5O00 while everyone acquaint ed with the topography of the country over which it is to run, places the estimate at 5000 per mile. Every one knows that the grade is an easy one and that no cuts or bridges will be necessary which will necessitste an outlay of any amount of money to speak oi.
 As to the profits Of the road after being built there can be no quesion. At the present dime the complaint Of duli times and closed mines was never greater, and yet at Ihe present rate of shipment aaers are H,OOO tons of ore being shipped tO Fl Paso and Socorro sBaeiters per year from the Comet and T NJ d Nj Co mines alone; at the legal charge allowed by law-sI. .35 per ton over ten mile haul tlais wogI.i amount to an incon,e of x23 O1G The