Arizona silver belt., 1902-10-16

tors will advertise in few days fC
 bids for furnishing the necessary fl, t. lures.
 The Val Verde smelter is runnin
 right along with long line of loade
 cars on the switch waiting their tur to be sampled. The Bretherton ho air stove is giving perfect satisfaction and thus far has caused the c0mpan
 no trouble or delay, and yet it enable
 them to get along with about one thir,
 the usual coke, and dispenseS with al
 roasting,
 From Supervisor Henry Hill, O
 Clifton, we learn that stock compa
 ny has been formed, and about all tn,
 money subscribed, for the purpose O.
 purchasing the Copper Era, at Clifton
 The paper will be made republican ir | politics. MesSrS Bull & Leonard have
 made the Copper Era one of the best
 newspapers in Arizona, and the press
 gang will be sorry to lose them from
 the Arizona field. Bulletin.
 E. TIjamS wasin Morenci last week
 looking after the telephone field. The
 company will install new switch
 board in the Morenci office, and will
 then be able to give efficient service.
 Soon we will be in communication with
 BlSbee, Douglas, Tombstone, Benson. Tucson and Globe Considering heavy operating expenses, the rates are req SonabIe, and in the near future the service will be all that can be desired. -M0renci Standard
 Work on the two wells which will supply water for the Tempe water works is almost complete d depth of about POO feet having been reached. At TO feeta strata of rock was encoun- tered, thought to be the base of the butte. However, plentiful supply Of good water has been found above this SC that,the wells will be all that is re. quired of them. The wells are sixteen inches in diameter for the first forty. seven feet and twelve inches all the rest Of the way down and are we'll cased. -Gazette.
 The stockholders of the Fl Paso. Phoenix & California Southern Rail- road company held their annual meet Ing in Phoenix the other day. The bject of the company is to build railroad from Benson to Yuma. tbe line to traverse the most productive portions of the territory. 1t is under stood that the company will be financ- cd by a party Of eastern capitalists, and that the actual work of cnnstrlc- tion will be commenced before the lst of January. At Yuma the line will connect with the proposed road to San Diego.
 MT. CecIl McReynolds, the new court reporter of the Second Judicial district, is a former Los Angeles boy, but has been resident of Arizona for several years past. His education and shorthand equipment was largely ob- tained in California, and for a time he was associated with Leo Langley, the w5ll-known Los Angeles expert report CT. NIT. McReynolds is also an attor- ney, having been admitted in the ter | ri1ory aud was, at the time of his | present appointment, connected with | MT. Frederick S. Nave, the present United States attorney, at Nogales md TucSon.-Bulletn.
 There is much more doing in the Tombstone mining district than is generally supposed there is at pres mt four different companies at work, )esideS a number of claims that are being worked by their owners. The work on the Consolidated mines shaft $ progressing rapidly, the largest pieces of the big pump have already 'een lowered to the GOO-foot station. md the machinists are at. work put ing it together. As soon as the big 'ump has been put in place, the two mixing pumps will be lowered. 1t is Xpected now that the pumps will be tarted about the 1st of November. 'he hQisting engine is in place and connections made with the large boil IFS, aud will be in running order in a ew weeks. Cor. Review. Messrs. Weirick aud Latham. of hoeriX, backed by eastern capital ave secured franchise from the oard of supervisors Of Maricopa conn permitting them to build an cleo ( 'ic car line on Grand avenue from lendale to Phoenix, and on the Phoe- { K road from Phoenix to Tempe, and lence to Mesa along the county road. pplication has also been made to the o hoenix city council for a franchise - them to connect these two J les by a line across the northern part IA the city through certain streets not t definitely decided upon. The pro- Qters bind themselves to begin con- ruction within one year after the h anting Of this franchise and to com