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Newspaper
Florence Tribune
Location
Florence, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1901
Page
2
The piece surveys argued irrigation schemes for the West, cites a World’s Fair site in St Louis for 1903, and notes funding via public land sales. It discusses a proposed Benson to Phoenix railroad, the Arizona Central project, and western water needs. It contrasts eastern heat with Arizona’s climate and references mining promoter M Twomey and rail prospects.
Special to the Los Angeles Times from Phoenix June 24 reports late information on the Arizona Central Railway, a newly incorporated Arizona venture with capital backing. The line would run from Benson through the La Pasdo valley to the Gila, Florence, Phoenix, and Yuma, possibly extending to San Diego, with broad support from Belmont, Rock Island links, and Phelps Dodge interests. The project aims for tax exemptions, further coal traffic in Sonora, and potential joint operation with related railways, while noting Phoenix rivalry with Bisbee and Flagstaff.
The Republican endorses government aid for the San Carlos dam, arguing it benefits the nation and can aid other Arizona regions, even if the Salt River valley gains little direct benefit. It asserts the dam project is right and urges support while noting Dawson County Texas has no census returns.
The District of Columbia’s early printing history gains new details. A 1792 Georgetown imprint is reexamined, with a 1701 pamphlet from Georgetown by M Day and W Hancock now confirmed. John Bloomer Balch’s sermon collection and a 1792 Catholic devotional also surface, expanding the district’s archival record.
A dispatch from Topeka Kansas reports John W Hillman a principal in a famed life insurance case has resurfaced jailed in Los Angeles. Relatives from Jefferson County Kansas travel there to verify identity and the insurers seek his return to Kansas. The case spans twenty five years with parties settling and one insurer contesting.
A Western city uses telephone alerts to monitor rotary pumps three miles from the plant. The system lets the city office start and stop pumps, and verify operation by phone. The idea extends to alarm clocks and nurse notifications for patient dosing, reported by Electrical World and Engineer.
The United States government advances irrigation for Pueblo Indians across New Mexico and Arizona. San Mandefonso site on the Rio Grande will irrigate 109 acres at $7000, led by J B Harper of Darsago California. Zuni storage reservoir and irrigation system to cultivate 100000 acres at just over $100000, Jicarilla reservation water for a new government school farm of 200 acres. Water pumped to begin, signaling a vast enterprise for agricultural and industrial growth.
In a recent interview Thomas A. Edison states the incandescent lamp remains his pet and that much about it is still to be developed. The Pan American exposition grounds will be lit by hundreds of thousands of lamps, gradually brightening from dim glow to full incandescence as Niagara current powers the rheostat. The event promises an electric sunrise that will thrill spectators.
Wot Cuntery presents M H Stenwax as President and M W Muserxaan as Vice-President and cashier. The firm discounts commercial paper and conducts a general banking business. Office hours 9am to 3pm. Associated with American Exchange National Bank New York through California Bank San Francisco Pitst National Bank Los Angeles Bank of Arizona Prescott Arizona.
Ad copy promotes Tex Garden Drips sugar syrup described as high quality and irresistibly sweet for making taffy candy. Manufactured by Pacific Coast Syrup Co with a San Francisco address and grocer contact. Mentions pricing and delivery for weathered goods and a Kansas contact in Atwood.
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