Arizona republican., 1899-05-27
HEAVY REAL ESTATE DEAL.
The s. F. P. & P. Buys the Moeller
 Tract, Prescott.

One of the heaviest real estate trans
 actions that ever took place in Pres
 cctt. and one also to have associated
 with it a deep interest in the future of
 the town in material progress, is that
 whereby the Santa Fe. Prescott x
 Phoenix railway company yesterday
 acquired by purchase the entire Noel
 Ter addition of forty acres of ground,
 lying north of the depot and west Of
 the track. Various parties were in-
 terested in this tract and in the aggre-
 gate the sum paid was up into the thousands. This sale is of much sig nifcance to the permanency and future
 growth of the city in it's railroad in- terest, and coming as it does especially
 at period when municipal matters are actively being pushed ahead, when
 mining was never so prCsperous or more sought after, when military mat ters were never so bright, when more homes are going up as if by magic it certainly serves to stimulate the one on the ground and. likewise draw the stranger to us as channel of influ- ence and progress that the times are OoIlCdl6ly us WILL.
 The strip purchased by the railroad company is due directly to the wisdom and foresight of President Murphy, who is evidently guided in regard for the future importance of this city and to meet the demands of an increasing tide of travel and traffic. This pur- chase, above all other matters gives to Prescott's railroad interests a perma- nent regard for the future and likewise an intimatiOn to make it still more at- tractive and useful.
 The land purchased will be utilized for many purposes. The construction of cottages will be commenced and the laying Of additional track and im- provements otherwise inaugurated, all of which will have a decided tendency to relieve us of a monotony that time and it's changes are wiping out. With the water works plant in operation, Whipple again the scene Of an active life, the sampler grinding away on it's ore, and the ice plant works in opera tiOn the northern part of the town should under these conditions be de- sirable and close a gap that will give to the city greater regard than ever.
 The final sale of this strip of land and it's absorption by the railroad is the welding of the last link between tue OAu anu nSW5 dHd uO udltGI uDW many men there are who make a mis- step and plunge into the sea of finan- cial ruin, the prophecy made by Doc" 1 Moeller away back in the 60s is never theless before us today in all of it's reality and true to the letter of it's | prophecy. MT. Moelier in memory still | lives with many and there are those | in Prescott today to recall his words | when he said that the day would come | when the entire area now known as the Moeller addition would be set aside | for the ''iron horse" and that also the | route of the road would be directly | westward after leaving Prescott. This | is true and the scene today fulf1lls that I prophecy. At the time MT. Moeller cCnf1ded this belief to his friends not a railroad was closer than 75O miles, and what basis he had for designating the particular Moeller tract as rail- road center a quarter of a century later the Superhuman can only answer But it is here and today it is cemented to the life that awaited it in the belief of one at least.-Jcurnal-M Miner.