Morton and A. P. Arewmans Featured in Mesa Notice
Local brief from Mesa mentions W. D. Morton and A. P. Arewmans in a public notice. Details are sparse, but the item highlights their involvement or roles related to the event or decision.
02 Dec 1898
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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1898
Page
1
Local brief from Mesa mentions W. D. Morton and A. P. Arewmans in a public notice. Details are sparse, but the item highlights their involvement or roles related to the event or decision.
Advertising rates for Morton and Shewmann publishers are set upon request. The notice states rates are made known on application and details are provided to clients seeking pricing for print space.
The piece defends the territorial board of control against abolition and cites saving estimates of over $25,000 yearly by centralizing duties. It also calls for storage reservoirs to reclaim arid lands and reports on Col Baldwin’s War Department inspection of the Territorial regiment at Albany, Georgia. Obituary notes include J. B. Barkley and C. H. Knapp. Spain’s settlement with the United States on war claims is noted, with payment of twenty million dollars and cession of Cuba and the Philippines.
Hon E E Ellinwood introduces a graphophone in his Flagsstaff law offices, claiming it is the first in the Territory. It is not believed to replace the Pretty typewriter.
The Western Mining World contends eastern capitalists err by chasing developed mines and notes many profitable mines are kept off the market. It explains that owners prefer high offers and that bonding good prospects is hard. The piece also cites a Phoenix reservoir plan and rising land values in the Salt River valley.
The notice offers routing and connection assistance via the Southern Pacific from Phoenix with aim to provide the shortest fastest seaside line. M O Bickneth is listed as G P A for further information.
The Phoenix Short Line rehabilitated its Pullman service between Phoenix and Maricopa. Passengers may board at seven in the evening and remain until six o'clock the next morning, removing the need for overnight rooms at Maricopa.
The Southern Pacific will start a first run about November 1 and run twice weekly with solid vestibuled Pullman cars and dining service. A second fast train will run weekly between New Orleans and San Francisco connecting with Atlantic Coast trains. Four fast trains weekly run east and west from Maricopa via the Sunset route. For details contact Q Bicknell GP A.
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