The herald., 1894-12-06
FROM PHENIX.
EVERY INDICATION OF PROSPER
GUS TIMES AHEAD.
The North and South Road Expected
to Accomplish Great ThiaEs.
Plenty of fTrsmps-HAnd.
some Lemons.

PHGNIx. Ariz., Dec. 4.-As usual al
this season, Phoenix is rapidly filling up
with winter visitors. This year an ua-
usually large number OF arrivals state
their intention of ssttling permanently.
Everybody who comes to Phoenix is inn
pressed wi9h the appearance OF brisk.
ness and business activity. It is impos-
sibe to secure room for business Of
any description within 10 blocks OF the
center Of the town. Many new build
ings with stores have been recently put
up and have been promptly taken.
. The building of houses has been very
extensive during the past year, and has
fully kept pace with the influx OF popu-
lation, so that today while good unfur-
nished houses are not plentiful, there
are still some to be had at q moderate
rental. Men who have been through
the lively times OF the towns OF the Pa
cific north west, which attained such
magnificent growth in q brief space OF
time, and others who are former resi-
dents OF Southern California agree that
everything about Phoenix indicates
bright and lively times in the immedi-
ate future.
Fret OF ali it is confidently expected
that after the North and South road,
which is now building down from the
main line OF the Atlantic and Pacific,
Is in operation there will be- q grand re-
vival and general opening OF business.
The construction oi the road has al-
ready reached Wiokenburg. which is
but 65 miles from here. and is being
pushed at the rate OF at lesst two miles
q day, and will, beyond any question, be
completed to Phoenix not later than
Feb. Is.
The inevitable result Of the connec>
tion of the Salt River valley with tho
uorth will be the opening up of an i'm
mense tract of country thinly populated,
extremely rich in mineral and in parts
covered with abundant forests of pine
and other lumber and with rich qusrries
of superior building stone. The guam
titles OF hay, grain, fruit. vegetables
and meats which will be shipped from
the valley to these northern points will
| before manv months be enormous. The
entire northern district has but been
awaiting the completion of these iron
! rails to enter upon a career OF unprece-
dented prosperity and development.
The whole of Southern Arizona ia now
overrun by tramps. Hundreds pass
Msricopa some DAYS bound east on
west. Many have branched off the
main line and are trying their luck in
! Phoenix. Petty thefts are becoming
,, painfully frequent, and summary meas
ures are being taken to rid the commun.
ity OF the pests. Last week even No
gales, the lively little town on the line
between Arizona and Mexico, was visited
for the frst TINA in its history. Five.
cent mescal appears to have been the
bait that lured them thither. There
, were IL in the initial batch, and in less
than an hour i've OF them were IN Jail,
which number taxed its capacity to she
utmost.
There never were larger or more hands
some, thinner skinned or juicier lemons
than these which Yuma has been send
ing out for three weeks paet. In the
matter of lemon growing Yuma has
long passed the experimental stage. II
has been demonstrated for several sue.
cessive years that the lemons and lines
OF Yuma are certainly unsurpassed IL
not unequalled. The soil seems to be
just right, as we'll as climate, for the
early and full maturity of the precious
| fruit. The oranges OF the Arizona Im-
provemens company's farm, which 10
| 8 miles from Phoenix, are about ready
for picking. There is better crop this
year even than last, both in point Of
quality and sise OF the fruit. Now 10
the time for skeptics who doubt the ca.
pacity OF Southern Arizona for produc.
| ing.superior oranges. lines and lemons
| to visit the territory.
| Bonds for $3.50, 900 are now ia New
York. with every prospect OF being
foatsd at once tor the completion OF the
work OF the South Gila Canal com pany.
Already $4,000 have been spent upon
the construction OF the dam and ditch,
so that the work has gene too far to be
abandoned for any great length Of time.
The territory to be reclaimed is upon the
line of the Southern Pacific about half
way between Yuma aud Gila Bend and
| just east OF the Mohawk range. The soil
10 perfectly level, very rich, and, as 80 me
OF the most noted California experts
have declared, especially adapted for the
cultivation OF the lemon and the lime.
There is probably better opportunity
for agriculturalists OF limited means but
endowed with pluck. determination and
Willingness to tackle the desert and re.
claim it. to establish under this canal
ranches and homes than anywhere in
| all the country