The herald., 1895-05-03
Extension of the Santa Fe,
Prescott and Phoenix
ACTIVITY IN MINING MATTERS
The Cattle Interest Assuming Large
Proportions
Canal and Irrigation Notes-Political Gossip.
Personal Notes-0eneral Matters
of Interest

veying party OF the Santa re, fTeScott
and Phoenix railroad will take to the field
again this week, running lines to Tempe
and Mesa City. The work will begin at
the present end of the road in Collins
addition and continue eastward to the
Salt river. near Tempe butte. After the
most available crossing OH the river is
determined upon the line will be con-
tinued eastward to Mesa. Chief Engineer
Drake states that he has no instructions
beyond Mesa, and that the work before
reaching that point will be heavy enough
to engross their time for weeks. This
will give the Santa Fe especial facilities
for the handling of agricultural products
for a distance OF fully "a miles in the Salt
River valley, and it is this business that
the new road will Immediately tap. The
bridge across the Salt river will be fne
Howe truss structure of about a dozen
spans.
The fine new dredger of the Arizona
Canal company was badly damaged by
fire on Saturday night at ITS moorlngs III
the Maricopa canal. The dredSer was at
work deepening and widening the canal
to 10 and IL feet respectively. The deck
was destroyed and q portion OF the
machinery ruined. 1t is understood that
another dredger triple its size has been
ordered by the company for operations
on the great Arizona canal.
The new high school board has organiz-
ed by electing NJ. W. Messenger chairman
and B. F.Gillet. secretary. The terms OF
office of the trustees were selected by lot
as follows: J. f. Hill and BE- Gillet
for>one year and II. A. Hughes and \.
Monar for two years, and Nj. W. Messen-
ger for three years.
Il nd r.
ried off the award of the contract for the
erection of the additional new buildings
for the Indian school. His bid was ST.
O75 for the construction OF a dormitory,
hospital and quarters for employees.
The bids for the plumbing. water tower
tractor Perry B. Banham, bid on ALL the
circular boiler 500. water closets $lS5.
tank $780, pipe S54S. SO. lumber $1947.S So
and sewer $625. Other bids were Tor only
a cart of the work. H. E. Kemp & Co.
Obtained the pipe at S429 and the sewer at
S305. 25.
4. J. Mullen. of the Blinn Lumber COM
pany, and D. H. Burtis were awarded the
contract for the circulation boiler at 500
and the water closets at 500. The water
tower went to G. H. Fay Il Co. for $500.
The total amount of the contract is $l1,-
500.
On May 1st the Arizona Copper COM
panv will use coal as an experiment in
stead of wood. This will throw out OF
employemnt two or three hundred burros
and their drivers.
Superinte ndent Pratt OF the Electric
Street Railway company has hegun a
series of Improvements at the Phoenix
park to attract summer travel A well is
to be dug and centrifugal pump put in
place which will be worked by an electric
motor to supply water.
Last week the end of the track on the
Gila Valley. Globe and Northern railroad
was within five miles OF Fort Thomas.
Stock pens are to be erected at this point
preparatory for the big shipment OF cat
tie from there ON May 9th. when the
Chircahua Cattle company will send out
several trainlcads of cattle over the new
road.
Some sharp criticism has been made
concerning the policy of some dealers in
cutting each other on the price OF hay, so
that the profit to tn producer has been
reduced to nothing. The price OF hay for
outside orders TO b. at Phoenix is but
s. per ton.
The Granite-street ice factory in Prescott
is being dismantled by Isaac Helm.
The badge for the champion live bird
shot of Arizona is on exhibition in Tucson.
1t will shortly pass into the possession of
the winner. William Holmes of Phoenix.
II. r. Brady, fruit agent of the Santa
Fe railroad, is in town interviewing fruit
shipment of fruit to eastern markets. and
will place at their disposal the most mod
ern fruit cars and every facility for rapid
transportation.
Reports from the ella valley state that
a huge crop of alfalfa hay was begun to be
harvested about the Goth, and water is
plenty to or W the second at once. Fruit
in that section was injured somewhat by
the late frost. yet will pe abundant.
Cherries are about ripe and peaches are
good size on the trees.
The Whipple and Flagstaff baseball clubs
are arranging series OF games tor the
cham pionship of Arizona. The first game
will be played at Prescott on May Sd, the
second at the same place on May 30th ana
the third in Flagstaff on July 10th.
{. +. Ainsworth manager OF the Lemon
hotel, has been fined $50 for violating the
city ordinance in refusing to pay the city
tax of 40 cents per room per month on the
ground that such a tax is illegal and void.
He has appealed the case.
With the new pump that is now being
rut into place by the Nogales water
works the plant will be increased to a
daily capacity of 45o, 900 gallons. Messrs.
ChenOweth have greatly increased their
water supply, having sunk their well to a
depth of 10 feet. The bottom twenty are
an incline sXty-five feet long. AT the
bottom of that is sump, where the
pumps are placed. a tunnel will be run
along tue water leVel SO long as the
pumps will enable them to drift.
HIP. Marshall of Yuma. the principal
stockholder of the Marshall Il Sons com
pany. goes east in a few days IN the in
terest OF that concern. The company has
already in the past ten days cleared over
20 acres and will have a pumping plant in
operati on in about a week
Professors COmstock and BoggS of the
University of Arizona are expected in
Yuma in the near future for the purpose
of examining the prison farm and adopt
ing measures looking to its protecti IN
against floods. The farm is one of the
richest pieces of land in the entire coun-
try. and if properly protected will be the
most productive. The experiment station
connected with the university will be
established on the farm.
Governor Hughes has issued commiss-
ions of notary public to George p. Scho-
field of Pantano, Pima county, and to W.
A. Bowles of Fort Thomas.
The new telegraph line from the station
at Solomonville to the town is now be-
ing erected. The telegraph line along
the new railroad is complete to Pima.
The municipal authorities of Nogales,
Sonora. Mexico have granted to Messrs.
Chenoweth franchise for distributing
water and laying water pipes in that city.
The city election in Phoenix comes off
on Tuesday. May 7th. There will be
elected a mayor. recorder. marshal, as
SCISSOR. treasurer and two councilmen.
The carpen ters' gang of the New Mexico
and Arizona railroad have arrived at