Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-17
Nora FIGHT AGAINST MIR. BULLOCK.

NOT A FIGHT AGAINST MIR. BULLOCK.
 Our contemporary, referring to the JOURNAL MINER, says that Clark Churchill's old Prescott organ is making war on T. :. Bullock" The same kind of talk is also being in- dulged in by few personal friends of Mir. Bullock. in regard to the movement to get a new railroad into Prescott, that 1t Is fight on Mir. Bullock and the r. X X. C. railroad. The same sentiment is also being voiced in New York. as recent number of the Financial News, pub ished in that city, refers to the rail- road movement as one calculated to depreciate the value of the P X A. C. bonds and denounces those con nected with it.. That such assertions are false can easily be proven from the fact that this enterprise has been under consideration now for two or three years, and Mir. Bullock has been aware of it and has thrown every obstacle in his power in the way to defeat the building of the road. As is we'll known also the en- terprise was taken up by the late Diamond Jo Reynolds, and one among the first moves made by him was to negotiate with Mir. Bullock for the lease or purchase of his road. That such negotiations were unsuc- cessful was certainly no fault of the people of Prescott, and to now charge them with making war on Mir. Bull lock or his road, because they are willing :o aid and encourage the building of road which he has not only positively refused to build, after promising to do so. but has stated that i; could not be built. is certainly straining the truth to a very great tension for the purpose of creating little sympathy.
 If Mir. Bullock refused to lease or sell his road. relying on his financial strength to hold the situation here in the future as he has done for the last five or six years. and defeat the building of the road. it was simply a matter of poor judgment on his part, and he either overestima'od his own strength or unGerSstimated that of the promoters of this road.
 When the present road was com pleted to Prescott. January lst, 1887, Mir. Bullock told the editor of this paper that he would continue the road south. over the route designated in the subsidy bill, within less than three months.
 Four years and half have elapsed since the above period and vet noth- ing has been done. He has been urged to complete the road under the subsidy act hut has said that it could not be done, but intimated that If twenty years exemption from taxation was granted him he might do 50. A bill was passed by the leg islature granting such exemption when notice of intention to build road. which would leave Prescott on s side track. was filed under the law. Few. if any, had any serious fears of the road being built notwithstand ing the assertion was repeatedly made by him and his representatives that work would be commenced i'm mediately. Still in view of all of the above facts he cannot blame the peo- pie for their action in encouraging the building of the S. F., P. X P. railroad.
 It is of vastly more importance to each individual in Prescott to look after the promotion of his own fnan- cial interests than it is to look after the protection of Mir. Bullock's inter- ests. They have invited him to join hands with them and help promote the business interests of the town. He has refused. Others have ac- cepted their invitation and We be- lieve will afford the relief that not only this town and this section but that the entire territory needs. Any man who opposes the movement to get this railroad is an enemy of his town and of the territory.
 The fight is not against Mir. Bull lock and his road, hut fight for the prosperity of the town. Success means increased population for the territory and facilities for develop ing its resources. Failure means languishment in the future as in the past.
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