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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1895
Page
2
The article notes Mesa’s irrigation water sufficiency and a solid canal system by the Consolidated Canal Company, enabling 100 square miles to be seeded with grain. It highlights bids for a brick power house, ongoing electric plant work, and the company’s vital role in Mesa’s development amid broader US England tensions and Bankers’ concerns.
The article notes rumors that President Cleveland will pursue a vigorous foreign policy, including toward Queen Lil, who has been jailed after visiting him. It also discusses the silver question, with the New York Chamber of Commerce doubting Congress will address it, while western sentiment remains active. The Grand Lodge I O O F of Arizona seeks a site for an Odd Fellows Home, with land offers from multiple towns and a committee named to handle donations.
The Mesa City Common Council grants a fifty year right of way and franchise to the Phoenix Tempe and Mesa Railway Company to lay a double track railway and install telegraph lines along specified streets. The ordinance requires completion of roadbed within five months and full operation within six months, with daily trains, proper track alignment, drainage culverts, crossings, and street maintenance.
The ordinance confirms no exclusive rights, cites forfeiture for noncompliance, and becomes effective after passage and three weekly publications in Musa Fru Press. It requires the grantee to deposit funds for transcription and publication costs, with approval dated June 17, 1885, by Mayor W. J. LeBaron and Village Recorder J. H. Pomgrey.
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