Arizona republican., 1899-06-15

SOlOmOnVllle, ArlZ-, June cial correspondence of The Repupll- can. )-eI predict that the price Cf cop per will go higher, and the demand TOT cooper mines will be greater year hence than people think sard ProI- E. I. Houston. the eminent electrlclan of Philadelphia to your correspondent
 I rode from Globe with Prof. HcuS- ton on the G, V. G. & N- railroad anu he talked freely of his visit to ATT zona. and of the demand for copper which has created such stir ln the copper mining districts. T speak as a manufacturer of electrical machln- cry in which copper is cur most m portant commodity. We are using more copper every year ln our "orks in Philadelphia, and the tendency of invention in labor-saving devices brings electricity into greater use and when electricity is used copper goes with it. A substitute for copper was attempted n the manufacture cf dynamos but it was not successful, and l doubt if copper is ever replaced
 Professor Houston came to Arizona for the first time and his visit was at a time when most customers see but little beauty in Arizona. You have wonderful skies here,' said the pro fessor .sThe air is like a draught or cbamnagne. and the sunshine makes one feel good. I think 1 would like Arizona if knew her better.
 In the east, Prof. Houston says, the eyes of investors are now turned to- ward Arizona and her great copper mines and undeveloped fields. on are going to have boom here in the fall.'' he assured your correspondent. .sT think Arizona has brighter future fry he continued Your copper resources are undeve.oped; you have but Nfew producing mines with thousands oi good prospects awaiting the hand or development.
 "You must guard these interests we'll" he warned me. When you ma fraudulent companies, tear the mask from their faces and expose them, TOT they will turn the tidal wave Of pros perity quicker than anything else, and make capital skeptical of investing ID your territory. Your paper did great service for Arizona in exposing the Spenazuma fraud"
 When I asked Prof. Houston about the Globe-Phoenix railroad he said; That is bound to come very soon. The conditions demand it, and there is too, much money looking for profit AG nifty of such rich reward to go unheed- ed. I think within the present year Phoenix and Globe will be connected by railroad
 The proposition to place a dam in the Salt River at pcint twenty miles from Globe and generating electric ity for use at the Old Dominion, United Globe and the Black Warrior camps was carefully avoided by the professor. ''I have not as yet made a thorough eX- animation of the project said he "It looks like a feasible proposition, but there are many things to be con- sidered. l think, however, that is one of the probabilities of the future. l notice that in a great many of the old CT mining districts electricity is com ingl into general use, and in some in stances the copper wires carry the cur rents of electricity for twenty-five miles This demand fer copper wire has also had a hand in raising the price of copper
 Prof. Houston is half owner of the | great dynamo works in Philadelphia | of the Thompson-Houston company. 1 He is known throughout the world. | and his interest in Arizona is a mat | ter for congratulation on the part of | He is en route to Phila | delphia, but will return here later to i further prosecute his investigations. | While at Globe Prof. Houston became 1 interested in a group of copper claims | in the development of which he will | probably be associated with friends in | 
 
 ] am going to visit the Clark district in the Graham mountains. The Spen- azrmn people have moved their mill and outfit there, and I am going to see if they have found a better place to operate than in the Black Rock dis trict. Three new companies have been and as P. Rascal Flower of New York, the promoter of Spena- zuma, is out here, he may be behind the new movement.
 GEORGE H. SMAILEY.