Graham guardian., 1895-09-20
THE GLOBE RAILROAD.

the grounds OF that accurSed Dfeeu-
ing pen. This condition of affairs
was brought about by President
Cleveland who vetoed the right OF
way granted the road during the
last session of congress. His wish
es were then ascertained, and a
bill passed in conformity thereto
which was "consent Of the Indians" /"
This will be almost impossible to
obtain for the reason that the agent
in charge is said to be hostile to the
measure. However, on this latter
point we hope to have been misin-
formed. 1t is hardly possible to
conceive that such Il Chinese way
of thinking can gain fQothold
even on an Indian reservation in
North America. But, however this
may be, the railroad is at stand
still. Civilization and the develop
ment of the vast mineral resources
of the Globe district stand with it.
The mineral region ahead of the
railroad takes off his hat to no dis
trict in the west 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 the advent of white men into
that fabulously rich region. At
that time the outside world was
afar off and communication there.
with, was both perilous and expen'
sive. In fact up to within the past
year the nearest railroad communi'
cation was 120 miles distant, but
Notwithstanding this enormous
drawback the mines poured mil
lions of wealth into the lap Of the
world, and to-day stand nearly to
multiply the amount ten tunes ten,
but to do this railroad is neces-
sary. This necessity has been built
from Bowie station on the South
ern Pacific to Thomas, 70 miles
from its proposed terminal, and
now stands halting at neutra
strip over which it must cross tC
reach the Ell Dorado. Under the
terms imposed by the right of way
act it is possible but barely prob
able that the conditions can be com
piled with. This however is due tt
no fault of the railroad management
who have expressed willingness!
and desire to pay for damage t.
property they may do, which, a
most, from the very character o.
the country, can be but very little
But the consent of the indians
must first be obtained.
This. to our way of thinking
without government interference
is q greater labor than the building
of the road, for with every mile o
track laid the scope of Indian devil
try is curtailed. This the rec
devils know fully as well as thei
more civilized bretheren. But il
the name of every white man ant
woman in Arizona we must protes
against their staying hand. Th'
reservation is government property
set aside for the uses and abuses o
the Apache Indians. At least nine
tenths of the lands embraced with
in its lines are absolutely valules
To its present occupants and al
though it has been repeatedly Gu
down it is still a waste of public
domain to maintain its present
magnificent proportions. The
land is largely mineral and as such
is of no more use to an Indian than
Christianity is to a Kurd and it IL
against the Nineteenth century
ideas to allow breeh: h:clouted bar
barians to block .the way of pro
gress. No. rights would be out
ragged on treaty stipIlations violat
ed and no property interests in
jured by the building of the road
but great and noble purpose OF
opening up the resources of a good
country would be served.
No white man or his interests is
allowed to stand in the way of a
public Improvement. If he refuses
Il reasonable price for the right of
way over his landed property the
courts step in with condemnatory