Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-03-23

he declared. IS doing more than any
u his fellow toWnsmeu To obtain 4
! through line by building up instiiu-
tions such as the board Of trad, and
/ Y NJ =. \. which means 50 much
/ To the community The speaker had
a few pointed things 10 say about
/ persons who create diss-usion and du
not WORK together tor the advance
ment cf the country. BE progress
lsiVes-in .s business way. would
not advise IL politically" he said
Later he charged that Arizona would
| now he a state had certain .insur-
| reCto democrats" been suppressed
ON the question OF freight rates.
Air Cox charged that an the reduc-
lions obtained through the agitation
,"f the last few wears have not re-
duced the cost of anything 10 the
consumer
Don't wait until il is logical for
the railroads 10 build 10 Phoenix"
advised L. II Chalmers Don't wait
until the logical time, Tor the South
ern Pacific 10 put this place on q
tranScontinental line. Make them See
that IT IS Ia their interests. not our
interests. To- do So now. Don't de-
pend entirely on their business iudg-
ment-show them that il is good bust
ness 10 give as what they want"
Mr.. Chalmers told his hearers some
thing about the way railroad com.
pany Is run and stated that he had
II from Colonel Randolph that the
H.7o".ooo appropriation spoken OF 10y
Ar. Cox had been spent elSeN here.
Appoint committee To nyrsti-
gate. 10 see the president of the
southern Pacific and the other Of
ficials of that road. and get that APP
Preparation back" advised Mr. Chal-
mers one thing is sure. and that
is that the Southern Pacific will not
obtain permission L. build through
the ella canyon. on either the high
nor low line. as long as the Florence
people ar" fighting 1t. unless the
company has help. Ii the dam can
he built-if ii will irrigate $4,000
acres Of land and furnish homes for
interfere. but To help along the prof.
ect. II, however, the project IS not.
practicable. make the fight of the
Southern Pacific your fight There
is nothing to be gained by inaction
Get busy with the secretary of the
interior. and get busy quickly"
Four others had been chosen 10
discuss the subject and they were
limited to five minutes apiece. Gen
aral \. J. Sampson was the first of
this list L. be called upon. He de
rlared that il is more important for
Phoenix To obtain Il transcOntinental
road than tranSCanti-
mental railroad He explained much
pf what came out the evening before.
At the good roads meeting. about John
Brsben Walkers plans Tor trans
continental highway through Utah
md Colorado. leaving Arizona out
George Purdy Billiard. who spoke
next. agreed with General Sampson
N the main. hut thought it about as
important Ia get the railroad as any
hing. He also favored a committee
10 investigate and find which side is
n the right in the controversy. As
soon as a decision is made fight |
should he made on the side that is !
light
Sheriff Carl Hayden stated that all I
he Casa Grande valley needs is /
lam similar To the Granite Reef dam !
md an adequate canal. He would /
hrow nothing in the way of the dam /
project however. if il be feasible |
Get the facts. then act accordingly"
L. Counsclcd.
G. +. Ainsworth thought that good |
ime to get busy with the secretary /
# the interior is while he is new /
nan in office and before he has been
ired upon. like BadlinGer Ballingcr
wanted To- de- the right thing. but
ook no stand because Of the attacks
made upon him. Railroad companies
lave come to be looked upon in
as outlaws and have diff
iculty in getting anything that they
want.
Among the others who took part
n th- discussion were: W. s. Colds
worthy, who corrected several mis-
tatemcnts in regard tn rates; John
,. Orme. who asked that. something
- done To lower freight rates on tn,
roduce. such as cattle. which the
trmer ships out. and c. II Pratt.
Tho declared that the reduced freight
atcs had resulted in 4 reduction of
he cost of farming implements. which
r. sells
Engineer W. \. Parish Of the reCla-
nation service. who once investigated
ne san Carlos damsite. told why il
as turned down by Engineers LOUIS
. Hill and Arthur 2. Davis The
edrock was too deep. was too soft
nj also stoned OFFERING n, Suft.bI:
Moreover. there are sew
raj feasible damsites farther up the
lila and one on tn" san Francisco.