The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-18

Hudson, from Albany to New York, going at the
 oreakneck pace of five miles per hour, beside
 the magnificent ocean greyhounds of to-day,
 that fairly leap the Atlantic in strides Of
 nVe hundred miles day. What has been said
 or the progress made in transportation by water may be said of the carrying trades on land. The irelghfers outfit of an early day and even of to-
 day in some parts of the west. is far superior 10
 any mode of transportation known in the east before the advent of railroads. and yet how in-
 significant they seem when compared with the
 iron horse on its bands of steel drawing long
 trains of cars heavily freighted with the com modities of the east and of the west being
 brought here to exchange for our fruit and
 grain, and cattle and sheep and hogs, yea, our
 silver and our gold
 Now, fellow citizens, want to pay a tribute
 to one of your fellow citizens While politics or
 other causes may for time withhold the need
 Of praise that is due, the time will come when
 all will acknowledge that MT Frank NJ Murphy
 has by his energy, his perseverance, his pluck
 and great ability, done more to develop Arizona than any other man. He has built this first "lsss rsi~oed tho+ connects central Arizona with one Of the great l~alscOnunental lines oI
 railway. and did 1t at g tune wheE the financial
 skies were lowering and the portents Of fnan- cial disaster were eYerywhere. IC IS aC5 4a4- G. say that he did il for his own aggrandisemen nt. That might have been one Of his motives, andif 1t was it was proper one. but it was not the only one, for the grand res1lt--a result which has made all the property in the territory, or at least in the Salt River valley, more valuable, great deal more valuable-we should be duly grateful and not hesitate to award the proper credit. Let us render unto Caesar the things that are Caesars
 The building of this railroad which gave to the Salt River valley another outlet--a connec- tion with another one of the great transconti- mental hnes-was fraught with deep importance to us; and the people of Phoenix and the Salt River valley feel that they owe debt of grati- tude to the men who projected, promoted and built that splendid railroad to their doors It took rugged courage and sublime faith on the men who furnished the money to build that road; it took great skill and engineering be- cause of the character of the country through which it must be built, and it took financial ] ability of the highest ord T to carry it to com pletion.
 When the brave old Persian. Xerxes, marched l his army from Thessaly into Southern Greece | and thence into the country of Attca, less dis tance than from Ash Fork to Phoenix, he per. i formed the greatest military feat prior or since | of ancient times, yet the famous pass of Ther- l mopylae and all that tough and rugged country | through which he passed in going from north | ern to southern Greece is not to be compared for roughness. inaccessibility or as a mountainous | country with the country through which this | road was built.
 Now. fellow citizens, this road and all the rail roads in the territory are auxillaries to the | building of state, and they are appreciated and welcomed by all good citizens, but they are not sufficient. Permit me to repeat what have said before We want more railroads; we want more irrigation canals; we want more money to develop our latent resources and uncover our hidden wealth; we wa our public affairs man. aged honestly, wisely and economically and we want many thousands of industrious, honest and worthy people to settle within our borders and help us build a state; and, above all we we want the right to govern ourselves All +heeo things will come with statehood. Let ms str-ye 60 g5iui