The herald., 1897-05-04


there win be a yawning void--or volt
of some kind--in the territorial board OF
control. 1 predict that young Wolfe.
will be one of the first arrivals from
Washington.
Perhaps the latest bit of news in poll
tics Is that George Christ Of Nogales
one time collector OF that port Of entry
Is now declared candidate for the Office
of collector OF internal revenue for the
district of Arizona and New Mexico
For the past year or more Christ mas
been professionally engaged in the work
of the Republican campaign iE the east,
especially in regard to the league of Re-
publican clubs. His services were. with
out doubt, of great value, and his friends
in the west thought his reward would
surely be foreign mission or a fat bu-
reau place. But, alas, there are so many
applicants and so few places, and then
George wants to return to the west VI
course there are other candidates for the
post, which now is so ably filled by Char
lie shannon. Some man over in New
Mexico. who is a relative Of the presi-
dent, has his eye on the place. as has
also James Mcmillan of this city, de-
feated candidate for sheriff of Maricopa
county.
A SHELTER FOR PRESCOTT
Frank NJ. Murphy, president of the
Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix rail-
way. has formally announced that his
company will soon commence the con-
struction of a standard guage line from
Prescott to the Big Bug mining district,
25 miles to the southwest This is fine
news for Prescott, and is believed to be
a sure forerunner of that long-delayed
smelter. This latter project has hung
fire only through the lack of facilities
for transporting the rich ore of the
mountains that lie south of Prescott.
THE district to be tapped by the new
line is one Of the richest in the treasure
territory, with many well developed
mines Of gold, silver and copper Ihe
gold ores are mainly found in refractory
FORM, necessitating either smelling or
concentration.
The Southern Pacific has made sur
vey from Big Bug to Phoenix. and 1t
is hoped that this company will see the
wisdom Of building on it before the lim-
it of the railroad tax redemption law
expires. At one time the Southern Pa
cific had gathered at Phoenix large
amount of material ready for the con-
struotion- of this road. The distance
from Phoenix is about so miles.
Prescott's chamber of commerce has
taken hold of the matter energetically
and the business men of the city are
prepared to offer substantial induce
ments to secure the early construction
of both the new road and the new
smelter.
THE smelter project for Phoenix seems
to hang fire little these days, but there
is a good strong motion on toward Sc
curing the location of a tannery here.
Some point out that a tannery scheme
at Tucson failed recently, but the fact
is that quarrel between the partners
and the loss of a large amount of stock
on account of a railway wreck were the
real causes of failure, as business was
and profits all they ought to
be.
CAR SHOPS TO STAY
Ephs Randolph has at last formally
declared that the car shops will not
be removed from Tucson. AS Mr.. Ran
dolph is superintendent of the Ell Paso
Pacific, whathe says about the car shops
"goes"-and there isn't a man in the
territory who either can or wishes to
dispute him. 1t would. indeed. have
been calamity for Tucson to have lost
the car shops, and the citizens of Tue
son would not have been the only ones
10 mourn their removal. Mr.. Randolph
further intimates that the Sonora line.
recently acquired by the Southern Pa
cific will be operated as it now is-a
division of itself-and that there will
be no great changes in that neck of
woods.
On the first day of May the Phoenix
Title Guaranty and Abstract company
came into existence, and four title alb
stract companies in this city went out
of business That is to say, the abstract
companies have formed a trust. The
new company has absorbed the good
will and books of the Arizona Abstract
company, the Valley Abstract compa-
my, Coggins & Brown, Samuel A. Dy-
sart and the Maricopa Loan and Trust
company B. A. Fickas is president OF
the new company, A. A. Long is vice
president, L. w. Coggins secretary, ano
rs. A. Dysart treasurer. These, with the
addition Of C. H. Moore. q. o. Brown
and ]. E. WaNer, also comprise the
board of directors.
without an exception these are the
names Of business men that have the
confidence of everybody in the valley
1t does not appear that the consolidation
will increase the cost of abstracts to
property owners, but rather that the
fees of middlemen and brokers will be
Saved and when an abstract is given 6
legal assurance of its correctness goes
with It, The capital stock of the CON-
pany is $1,000 divided into shares of 81
each.
DOMESTIC DUPLICATION
An interesting domestic situation is
presented by the return of E. Irvine
capitalist. to the bosom of his two fami.
lies in Phoenix. He came back early ir
the week, quite unostentatiously ant
with never a bare of brazen trumpet tt
greet him. People with good memorie;
recall the fact that Mr.. Irvine's depar
ture to California some months sine,
was equally informal; it occurred be
tween two days, so to speak
What makes the situation peculiarly
interesting, however, is not so much tn,
manner of his going and returning, bu
rather the dual and somewhat compl
Gated nature of his domestic relations
in Phoenix. Some men find the societ,
of one wife and the enjoyments of on
hearthetone sufficiently exciting to an
swer all their demands for domestic