Arizona republican., 1905-03-19

the hauling of oil from Globe The power plant is ready for use and within very short time active work on the great project may be expected. The rains of the past two months mean sufficient water for irrigation purposes until the dam is ready to make certain the supply.
 Engineer Bernard H. Mather of the reclamation service is now in the city to attend to the practical work of lay ing out canals for the new project. It is probable that the present canal systems will be changed to some ex- tent in so much as to accommodate to the best advantage every holder un der the Water Users association. MT. Mather has been with the reclamation service for many years and has had practical experience in the line of work he is sent here to undertake. MT. Ma ther stated yesterday afternoon that | he hoped within the next two years to | see complete change in the aspect | of the Salt River valley. q was sur 1 prised," said he, "upon arriving here to 1 find so few orchards in the valley and l found that there had been many which have died off during dry years. | With the dam in operation there win l be little possibility for a continued i drouth and security to the investor will make the note of any rancher in | the valley as good as gold"
 The feeling that prosperity is here 1 and to stay has seemed so strong in | the city since the contract for build ing the dam has finally been awarded that Republican reporter took oc- | casion yesterday to interview num- Der of leading merchants and business men of Phoenix to ascertain what their feelings were with reference to the res ervoir.
 Among the representative citizens who expressed themselves were the | following:
 Dwight B. Heard, who has been one of the most active supporters of the movement from it's Inauguration, said: "I feel that we have now reached the 1 point where every loyal citizen of the city should take off his hat and shout The Tonto reservoir though an assur- ed fact for many months, is now as. ! sUred within two years to this val ley. Right here I want to say that the government engineers are to be con- graduated upon the work that they have done and are doing for this val ley. Every sfroke of work that they have undertaken has been carried out with an admirable degree of thorough ness and exactitude. When the pOwe plant a the dam site begins operations it means power for the city of Phoe- nix. If I mistake not Poenix will soon be using water pumped by powei transmitted from the dam site. OuI existence as a city and prosperous one is now assured"
 C. w. Mckee of McKee's Cash store has just returned from Camp Roosevelt and states that the road between Mess and that place is one of the finest ht has ever seen. T think" said MT. Me Kee, that the builders of the TontC road deserve great credit for the worI that they have done. Despite the fac that the greatest floods ever known ir Arizona have washed down the noun tains. the road still is in the best o condition and the damage done by th'
 floods has been practically none eXcep a short piece near .he dam site.
 believe that the completion of th'
 Tonto dam means more for the city O Phoenix and the Salt River valley than any or all of the mines that ar, now in operation. Phoenix will b. the shipping point for nearly all tn,
 supplies which will go to the dam site The Mesa Roosevelt road in combina
 tion with lower freight rates int Phoenix than Globe. makes it cheape
 for the outside contractor to ship b,
 way of Phoenix instead of Globe"
 C. H. Davidson said: Phoenix 1
 on the eve of prosperity. l feel sur
 that before fall we will sec a grca growth in the business industries O
 this city and that real estate and al
 kinds of business will be on the boom Tho racanf rains; mean that f.iZnfl. as whole will be prosperous for som