Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-05-31
THE WAY THE
 WIND BLOWS.'
l Hsl7J Real Estate Deal iS Closed iH This Ciiy of AHCh Importance to
 Oar Future Progress.
The Railroad Purehase-Not an Idle Carpenter in TO~n-Mining Sup plies for the Outside and
 Other Ooings.

One of the heaviest real estate transactions ever to take place m Prescott. and one also to have ssso- eiated to II deep interest in the future of the town m material pro gress, IS that whereby the Santa Fe, Prescott N i'l -ef g a gaF Com q Pany yesterday acquired by pur- chase the entire Moeller addition of forty acres of grOnDd laying north of the depot and west of the track. Various parties were interested in this tract and in the aggregate the sum paid was up into the thousands. This sale Is of much significance to the Permanency and future growth of the city in its railroad interest, and coming as It does especially at a period when municipal matters are actively being pushed ahead, when mining was never so prosper ous or more sought after, when mil itary matters were never SC brighter, when more homes are going up as if by mAgic-it certainly serves to stimulate the one ou the ground and likewise draw the stranger tO us as a channel of influence and progress that the times are delicately en- circling us with.
 The strip purchased by the rail road company is due directly to the wisdom and foresight of President Murphy, who is evidently guided in a regard for the future importance of this city and to meet the demands of an increasing tide of travel and traffic. This purchase, above all other matters gives to Prescost's railroad interests a permanent re- gard for the future and likewise sn Intimation to make it still more at tractive and useful
 The land purchased will be util- lzed for many purposes. The con struetlon of cottages will be com menced and the laying of additional track aud improvements otherwise inaugnI sted, all of which will nave decided tendency to relieve us of a monotony that time aud its chang es are wiping out. With the water works plant in operation, Whipple again the scene of sn active life, the sampler grinding away on its ore, and the ice plant works in operation the northern part of the town should under these conditions be desirable and close gap that will give to the city greater regard than ever.
 The final sale of this strip of land and its absorption by the railroad is the welding of the last link between the old and new, and DO matter how many men there are who make 8 mis- step and plunge iuto the sea of 6- nancisl ruin, the prophecy made by Doe" Moeller away back in the eos IS nevertheless before us today in all of it's reality and true to the letter of its prophecy. Mir. Moelier in memory still lives with many ana there are those in Prescott today to recall his words when he said that the day wi.l come when the entire area now known as the Moeller ad- ditlon will be set aside for the "Iron horse and that also the route of the road would be directly westward af- ter leaving Prescott. This is true and the scene today ful6ils that prophecy. At the time MT. Moeller confded his belief to friends, not a railroad was closer than 750 miles, and what basis he had for designat- ing the particular Moeller tract ss a railroad center quarter of a cen tuTy later, the super-human can on- lv answer. But It IS here aud today 1t is cemented 10 the life that await ed it in. tbe belief of one at least.
 An unusual condition IS before this city today in ihe number of mechanics employed at their yoca- ton, and especially is this so in the line of carpenters. It is said that not an idle man Is to be seen in the carpenter trade, and that the work of erecting houses is being 90 dili- gently prosecuted and that there are so many more men at work now that in order to labor more willingly, it was found necessary to organize a union aud adopt a time Of nine hours as a days work. Heads blaming mill is rumbling all day long, and MT. Nimock, who is direct ing operations there states that hurry orders" are the rule and that be has sent for his old foreman, Mr. Coe. to come and take charge of the work here. A visit around the out skirts or through the town will read Ily convince the mushroom" ele- meut that in character and number the residences going up are substan- tial and many.
 Mir. Sturtevant the water works contractor, left Chicago today, and inside of three weeks will insugurate the project of building the sewerage system and other incidental work Running hand in hand with this the city will also start the era Of i'm provement in other channels.
 In mining supplies for the out side, Prescott, as usual, IS the -'bin" ! to draw from, and if the tone Of the merchant is any indication of what is going ou in the hills, aud the statements all make, there IS a de- cided change in the times, and for ! the better also.
 ] Coming in and going out IS daily routine of the mine hunting element and from the hills there daily echoes ! either a strike, a sale or some good : tiiing from one of the many camps. From afar, interest seems ceotered on this section, and DO doubt seems 10 finger that YsvsPsi will soon be ] the sceue of the most energetic life iu mines and mining of any section ID the country.
 ! Commercial Mining Co to Chas Jett. lease, $40; placer claim. Big Bug district.
 James Drumm files affidavit of as sessment work on six mines in Castle creek district.
 I Chas 4 Van Zandt to Handel E I Owen, assignment, $l250.
 D B Geuung locates four mines in
 Weaver distric,.
 t Wm R Allen to R H Burmister
 snd Otto Csiser, deed. $50; inter
 est in Chautauqua mine.
 Order of probate court dIstribdt-
 ing estate of Rosa Garcia, deceased, to Jesus Rivera, lots in Prescott.