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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1895
Page
2
General Mines assumes command of the U S Army and Mark Smith named Assistant U S Attorney for Arizona. Editorial jokes on alibis and advertising. Mesa growth. Corbett Fitzsimmons fight blocked by states and Mexico. County ordinance caps interpreter pay at 2.50 per day, saving county about 1500 to 2000 yearly.
The Executive Committee announces the next Trans Mississippi Commercial Congress will convene in Omaha on Monday November 25 1895 for about four days. The congress represents all states and territories west of the Mississippi and parts of Minnesota and Louisiana east of it. It aims to secure national legislation to promote western business and resources, increase reciprocal trade, and foster cooperation among commercial bodies while avoiding purely local topics.
The plan provides Governors or mayors naming delegates, with limits. Each county and business organization gets one delegate plus addl for size, capped at ten. Ex-officio delegates include state governors, U.S. Congress members, and former presidents, with full privileges except voting and election.
To THE Labigs: if you have a worn out sewing machine with a good stand do not buy a new machine. New heads available from 20 to 25 dollars at Tom Deane's Novelty Shop. Also 160 acres of land for rent very cheap. Apply at this office.
Ordinance No 25 grants the Phoenix Tempe and Mesa Railway Company a fifty year franchise to enter Mesa City streets for railroad and telegraph use. Roadbed must be built within five months, railway in operation within six months, with daily trains. Grantee must keep tracks in repair with proper crossings and drainage culverts.
The ordinance grants a nonexclusive franchise with strict compliance terms. If the grantee or assigns fail to meet conditions, the franchise is forfeited and void. It takes effect after passage and three weekly publications in the Maga Fran Press. A deposit with the Village Recorder funds transcription and publication. Dated June 17, 1895, signatures include W. J. Lupanov and Meyer Aston.
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