Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-10-20
THE CHA VALLEY
The Railroad that Opens to thu
 World.
The Build:ng not n Path ofRoses- Farmers Who Want the Road
 and Others Who Don't.

The Gils Valley, Globe X Northern railroad is now in full operation. The Southern Pacific station and agent al
 Bowie answer for the new road. The track is now to Stafford. Two fine engines, 6 l!gLt passenger engine, No. l, and 0 strong freight engine, six wheeler, do the work. A first-class com bination passenger ard baggage coach is TOW due.
 The new railroad is reported to have gone as far as it will extend for a couple of months. 1t now goes a mile or two below Stafford. Grading has been done below there in places, hit and miss. being done where the right of way 6as been granted.
 The suspension is sad to be due to the difficulty in obtaing the land to run over in places. The officials are also somewhat, involved in legal troubles. A few days ago case charging obstruc- tion of the highway, was called in Justice Parks court, in Solomonville, at which MT. Garland, at the head of the new highway failed to appear. The case was postponed, and on his appear ance it IS not improbable that he will be fined for contempt of court. Distract Attorney Wiley Jones prosecuting the case
 About sGO0O was subscribed in SolomonvIlie towards the railroad, over scme of which there is liable to be diff culty ID collection. A test protest case will probably be made by John Epley. He signed a note for S62.50 payable "when the railroad comes to Solomon ville." The depot Is a mIle and three quarters from the heart of the town, and on the ground that the road is not at So!omonville and tf @ payment of the no;e IS r7fused. The company has given Mir. Epley a few weeks to think on it. and cut is expected at the end of that time. On the outcome of the case will prob ably depend the collection of @ good sbare of the 56000.
 An old man had farm on the propos- ed line of the road. he foreman was acc, s,ed ty the 6 CT who pou @ forth choice and emphatic lot of epithets. He had Winchester with him that was more regarded than the stong language. The threats of the old man that he would use it if those scrapers were not taken away and the fence put up again were probably not idle.
 "Is that gun loaded?" asked the fore man; flor if it isn't I'm not going to get out; if it is, 1 will"
 ''Yee, by -! it's loRdedr' yelled the old man. He opened the magazine and showed 1t full of cartridges.
 The farmer was left Tn full possession.
 At Stafford two farmers had strong regards in relation to the railroad. Que mar wanted the road across his farm and the other didn't. The first man paid $500 to have 1t come his way. The other paid the road $500 not to cut through hls farm.
 At Central 8 man had building site that comes right on the line of the pro- posed rgilroad. Hls demand for it was. 1 understand, S75. The offer bas not yet been accepted. The grade of the track has been built right pp to the property on either side, aud there stop- ped. The owner of th- land has placed great many posts at the end of the grades. There the matter stands.
 Another man demands S1200 for the right of way through his farm. He Las not got the Sl200 yet.
 One good to the county at the expense of the farmers on the line of the road has developed. The farmers demanded $50 an acre ana got it often. Formerly those same farmers were generally as- ssssed Sl0 an acre. The next assessor will have the farmers own Y ord that bis land is worth $50 an acre. Taking the farm valuations along the road at 5J0 an acre will make marked increase in the next assessment roll. Only in ons way could the farmers have evaded the increase of value, and that would have been by putting the value at the prescott assessed BIO an acre and dam- ages at $40 an acre. Even yet this method will dou ubtless be tried.
 The railroads mistake was in not se- curing the entire right of way before building.