Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-03-12

Aspeeial dispatch from Phoenix, 20
the Denver Republican gives the cheerful
information that Arizona will sOon wit
ness a big aud substantial boom In rail-
way building, and that six companies.
recently organized, will 6le papers with
the territorial secretary in order to get
within the railway tax exemption law
OF that territory. The following ex-
tracts are clipped from the Republican:
The twentieth day Of this month lie the
date OF expiration OF the time limit set
by the legislature for beginning con
structi0n On all tax-exempted railroads
within Arizona. Twenty-Five notices Of
intention were filed with the territorial
secretary. OF these twenty nine prob
ably six will comply with the final re.
quirement OF the act and will have
ground broken this month. All lines that
10 comply and that shall thereafter build
at the rate OF twenty-five miles per an
nun will be given tax-exemptiOn for III.
teen years.
Three OF the projected roads are
already under construction, work having
started within the month. One is the
Santa Fe Grand Canyon line. II will
reach the rim OF the Grand Canyon Of the
Colorado at a point sixty. live miles north
OF Williams, a station on the Santa
fe Pacific. At Williams the junction
grounds are being prepared and a. we'll
q site for a large smelter, TO which will
be brought the rich copper ores OF the
Grand Canyon district. About five miles
OF the road has been graded, q large force
being kept Mt work with the expectation
OF completing the road for the tourist
travel Of the summer time. Lombard,
6oOde n Co of Chicago, are the financial
managers OF the enterprise.
AT Granite Dells, six miles north OF
Prescott, Is a second railway c0nstruc.
tiOn camp. where LangdOn, Linton Il Co 4,
Minneapolis contractors, are starting
work on a branch OF the Santa Fe, Pres
colt & Phoenix railway, that is 10 tap
the rich miulng districts east OF the Brad
shaw mountains. The road Is 10 be TWEEN
ty-fye miles long, with a terminus at
Mayer, nj the great 0'Neill onyx quarries,
lately acquired by Congressman Fowler
and associates OF New York. Some OF
the richest and best known gold, silver
and copper mines OF Arizona are on the
line OF the survey. The contractors have
a time limit OF six months. Over 300
men are now employed.
The assent OF the Apache Indians has
swept away the last obstacle 70 the CON
struction from Geronimo TO Globe OF the
ella Valley, Globe Il Northern railway.
For consent TO pass across the reserya-
ton, the Indians have been guaranteed
free transportation for 30 years, IA well
AZ a tribal bonus OF 5000, and damages
for all occupied land taken by the rail-
road right OF way. The road has already
been built q distance OF 10 miles from
Bowie station on the Southern Pacific TO
Geronimo, and has the same distance 10
construct before Globe Is reached. The
ownership Of the line Is thus far vested In
William Garland OF Los Angeles, who is
understood TO repre- sent Southern Pacific
principals. Material for the extension Is
being gathered at Geronimo, the rails
being medium weight steel now being
taken of the main line OF the Southern
Pacific TO be replaced with heavier metal.
President Il. j. Beard, Of the Arizona
Pacific, states that he will save his ex.
emption privilege by beginning work be-
fore the 10Th. The Arizona Pacific is a
Santa Fe enterprise, and Is 10 be built
west on the line adopted by the Santa Fe
when that trunk road anticipated the
loss OF the Atlantic Il Pacific connection
with the coast. 1t has its initial point
at Crawford. on the Silver City Deming
branch OF the Santa Fe, crosses the New
Mexic0.ArizOna line at Duncan, near the
Clifton and MOrenci copper mines, thence
down the ella valley TO Florence, with a
branch TO Globe and a second to the San
Carlos coal fields, and with n terminus at
Phoenix. where a second Santa Fe con-
nection IL made by a union with the
Santa Fe, Prescott Il Phoenix.