Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-09-14
THEGLOBE RAILROAD.

Report comes from the upper Gila in
 Arizona, that the Bowie and Northern
 railroad, in its journey to Globe is tied
 up at Fort Thcmas, because, forsooth,
 the consent Of the Indians on the San
 Carlos reservation must first be obtained
 before the road can be built across the
 grounds of that accursed breeding pen.
 This condition of atfaiIs WAS bronght
 about by President Cleveland who ve-
 toed the right of way granted the road
 during the last session of congress. hle wishes were then ascertRined, and
 bill passed in conformity thereto-whlch
 was consent of the Indians" This will
 be almost impossible to obtain Tor the
 reason that the agent in charge IS sad
 to be hostile to the measure. However,
 on this latter point we hope to have
 been misinformed. It is hardly pos sible 10 conceive that such a Chinese
 way Of thinking can gain foothold even on an Ipdian reservation in North i America. But, however this may be, the railroad is at stand still. Civili- zation and the development of the vast | mineral resources ~of the Globe district stand with it.
 The mineral region ahead of the rail- read takes of his hat to no district in the wt st for buried wealth. The biggest chunks of silver, the richest gold mines and the greatest deposits of copper ore have been found in the country around Globe. Some of these have been worked since tbe advent of white men into that fabulously rich region. At that time the outside world was afar off and com munIcation herewith, was both perilous and expensive. In fact up to within the past year the nearest railroad com muricaticn was 120 miles distant, but notwithstanding this enormous draw back the mines poured millions of l wealth into the lap of the world, and | today stand nearly to multiply the | amount ten times ten, but to do this | railroad is necessary. This necessity | has been built from Bowie station on | tue Southern Pacific to Thomas, 70 milesfrom its proposed terminal, ,and now stands haltiDg at neutral strip over which it must cross to reach the Fl Dorado. Under the terms imposed by | the right of way act it is possible but barely probable that the conditions can be complied w'th. This however is due to no fault of the railroad manage ment who have expressed willingness and a desire to pay for damage to prop erty they may do, which, et most, from the very character of the country, can bs but very little. But the consent of the Indians must first be obtained
 This to our way of thinking, without government interference, is greater labor than the building of the road, for with every mile of track laid the scope of Indian deviltry is curtail- ed This the red devils know fully 8s we'll as their more civilized bretherep. woman in Arlzon8 we must proteei against their staying hand. The reserv- ati0n is government property, set aside for the uses and abuses of the Apache l Indians. At least nine tenths of the lands embraced within it's lines are absolutely valueless to it's present oc- cnpgnts and although It has been re- peatedly cut down 1t is still waste of public domain to maintain its present magnificent proportions, The land is largely mineral and IS such is of no is to a Kurd End it is against the Nine teenth century ideas to allow breech clouted basbarians 10 block the way of progress. No rights would be out ragged 10 treaty stipulations violated and TO property interests injured by the building of tae road but great and noble purpose of openipgup the resour ces of a good country would be ser ved
 No white man or his interests is allow ed to stand in the way of a public inn
  price for the right of way over his landed property the courts steps in with condemrttory proceedings and the wheels move right along. Is an Indian bove the law or his claims more sacred than the white man? Unfortunately th's IS made to appear go in Arizonp through governmental iDterferance. l. is impossible however, from the very nsture of things that the conditions TOW deplored, can continue to exist and we are constrained to believe that if the matter is properly lai0 before the Wa hingtoa authorities they will not alloy the copeent of few Indians to stand in the way of internal improve ments in the territory. The road to Globe IS a fixed certainly and consent or 10 consent it will surely be built, but the interior department can open the way if it 8ili and We believe it will on proper representations being made thereto.
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