Arizona republican., 1893-06-15
MESA MATTERS.
A Threatening Fire Breaks Out
 at a Dance.
why People of Mesa May Reasona- bly, Believe the City Has
 Grand Future.

The cry of fire rang out on the stil
 ness and serenity of the air, las
 night. The cry cam. from the danc
 hail of Patterson X Brundage Bros. where merry crowd were enjoyin, themselves tripping the tn, light fan ustc. The dance went on merrill until about l2 o'clock when withou any warning large Rochester lam, hanging from the ceiling in the cente of the room fell to the floor with { crash, and sent blaze to the ceiling Several of the young and more timi, of the ladies flew through the iron, windows onto the porch and would nc
 doubt have jumped to the ground but b rhe detslning arms of their escorts
 The rest Of the crowd made @ rush for
 ths door which leads down 8 narrow
 stairway to the ground. On count ol
 the blaze 1t was impossible to pick the
 lamp up and it was kicked towards the
 door just as Mrs. Il. K. Peterson and
 Mrs. Niels Peterson were going through
 the door, both carrying young babies in
 their arms. The flames caught their
 dresses, but were suppressed before do-
 i1g any damage further than ruining
 iheir dresses and burning the former
 slightly. The lamp landed behind the
 door; the blaze caught the door and
 floor and soon there was big blaze. A
 prt of the floor was torn up and the
 blazing lumber thrown out and a few buckets of water put out the flames.
 Each day adds to the evidence, new
 DrtOODration that Mesa City is destined
 cd 10 be place of no minor proportions Wlimited possibilities and that too. be. fore some people are aware of it. The hsy or the kicker seems to occupy no pvt of the splce of her corporate limits or the country surrounding her. ini the unanimity with which her people take hold of new enterprises, makes possible the perfecting of under. taklngs, which at first sight look to be tO colossal for a town off it's magnitude. Ordinances have been passed authoriz. iHg the construction of water works, and movement iI now on foot to pro- vide the place with electricl lights. Since the sentiment has grown so rapid FOi late that the farmers should build and own their own water storage reser- Volrs, 1t i8 now expected that at any time 1t may be startled with the an. IOrnCement that it is the proper thing to have the city own, both the light ind water plants. This city and con- nnnlty seem to be developing the idea that It l. best 10 not allow the corpora lions to get too great hold upon their interests. The sentiment that 1t IS best ior the city or community as well as the individual to steer clear of entang- hHg alliances with soulless institutions, Emakinp itself felt here as in Kansas Snd elsewhere.
 David E. Collighan came up from Phpnx yesterday.
 5. COrtez, a Mexican, was yesterday | crested for drunkenness and was fined tO.
 The Lewis thresher is now running q iha Foster Bros. ranch southwest ol he city.
 4. Redewill. the piano agent from P0Gnix, was paying Mesa a visit yes tsfday.
 w. E.. Pomeroy went down to the aPltaI on the stage yesterday morning oD business.
 Inquiries about the new townsite lsar the Superstition mines are arriv- iDg constantly.
 !. NJ. Vernon and Adams returned hom Phgnix today where they had 0een on business.
 Ben Single 'ery of Tempe, drove up to Mesa today with A. Kalmpter, a cloth. H drummer of New York.
 B. F. Johnson, Sons X Co.,, have the lock and brick on the ground for their 'l'IDess place on Main street.
 County Surveyor Trott and crew came p to Mesa last night to survey and lay 'i the lots in block six E, today. The toriy.acrs tract of NJ. I. Pom 'oy's IDning Mesa on the south, is be- a9surveyed and cut up into acre lots !! to" real estate firm of w. E. Pom hoy X Co. Af. Long, mining man and resi- - ,,lt Ot SIn Francisco, came over to - G''a today tD look over tre country. ( l5 Will E. up and inspect the mines ( sore he leaves.
 -, Ihe brick work on the Zenos coop. milton is now finished. It is an i'm. Sr,ng structure, 50x6j, and two stories ' .eo' The two lower rooms will be oc. uPled by the grocery and hardware 2 Fpaltment of the co-op.