Arizona republican., 1901-08-12

to circumference, and produce the dir
 est results. It is a lamentable com mentary upon the working of free in- l stitutlons, that the greatest evils are permitted to flourish unmolested until
 the wrong becomes so overwhs lmingly
 apparent, and so consistently obnoxious that no further progress is possible un- | til the obstacle is removed.
 Then by a mighty united effort the | people suddenly arouse from their tor DOT and by one fell swoOp the existing evil is permanently eXtirpated.
 Our people are so busily engaged in
 making money and running politics.
 that all other questions must be held in abeyance. Thus evils ar permitted to run their course. productive of misery. | injustice and untold suffering until a climax arrives which dwarfs all other subjects, commands undivided atten- ton and refuses to be further ignored. | Then a storm of fury bursts upon the | country involving all in one common
 ruin. Arizona, until recently, has es-
 cap5d the fury of the blast
 It is to be greatly regretted that some of the labor leaders have too ire quently displayed a spirit of intoler- ance in the extravaganza of their claims. Thers is between these two extremes happy medium, which wis dom and patriotism should reach and enforce. When this is done strikes will cease and the true American spirit of
 equal and exact justic= to all men" will becCpe a practical reality rather than jing ing aphorism for politicians to juggle with.
 It is becoming evident that very act i've and rapid railroad building will very soon be inaugurated in Cochse county. for the purpose of connecting Pearce and Tombstone with Naco, thus completing the chain of cOnnec- ton between all the prominent points in the county, There is evidently con- sid rable rivalry between the s. F. Co. and the Enelps Dodge combination. Recently line of survey was run by the <. F. Co. b-.we6n Cochise station and Pearce and Tombstone to Fur quolse and Naco. A few days ago a surveying party was running line be- tween Fairbanks and Tombstone. This latter line was evidently being sur
 veycd by the Phelps Dodge combina-
 ton to connect Fairbanks with Tomb
 stonv. While the movements of these
 two corporations are kept yelled in as great secrecy as is possible under the circumstances, 1t is still quite apparent to an observing mind that active opera tions are about to commence, and these corporations are making their respect i've preparations for a desperate strug- gle to secure the carrying trade be- tween the important points in Cochise county.
 The railroad from Naco to Cananea is advancing rapidly. from advices re- ceived from there two days ago. Since l learn that the road has reachsd a point only twenty miles from La
 Cananea and that they expected to have it completed to the latter point early in October In accordance with the conce ssions obtained from the Mexican government this road must be continued on to the coast in very short time. Consequently the s. F., the Rock Island and any other roads heaving this way must have connec- ton with that road at Nacc.
 The immense traffic with the orient which is now in view, is giving a great impulse to all the western roads to reach the Pacific coast. Within five years th5re will probably be a dozen railroads shooting across the continent, each seeking a port on the Pacific coast As a consequence every har- Dor from Puget Sound to the Isthmus of Drien will become a seaport of i'm portance. Each port will grow and increase in size and commercial grand eur in exact proportion to the advant- age swhich it may possess. in depth of water facilities for authorization, prox- imity to the orient, superiority of loca- tion which includes safety for anchor age. and the benefits which will flow from favorable currents and the facili- ty for reaching the trade winds, as well as other advantages of wind and tide which are inseparable from the super iority of geographical position. All these questions are now being studied by scientific experts, and there is an in- tense interest awakened and keen competition between rIvat companies to secure the advantages from favor able culmination of all the immediate surroundings. Railroad magnates who have devoted their lives to the study of transportation facilities by rail, have been compelled to expand like every thing else in this age of rapid improve ment and they are now devoting a great deal of time to marine transpor- tation and aH the minutia which per- tain to the science of navigation with i;s multifarous questions of atmos- pherlc influences, naval architecture, construction of ships, capacity for freight and the thousand and one ques- tions which are surs to arise in the discussion of SO vast and complicated subject.
 lt would seem that the recent exper- fence which the &. P. company have acquired in regard to the immense washouts on the Sonora road at Sono- l ita canyon, would determine the com pany to build the line from Tucson to Calabasas which was at one time de- | cided upon. several years ago. The | line was surveyed and all preparations were made by the SantG Fe company