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Newspaper
Mesa Free Press
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1897
Page
2
The September review notes steady trade advances despite western crop anxieties and southern quarantines. Manufacturing stays active. bank clearances rise. foreign trade improves. failures, though, are lower than 1896. The piece covers fruit markets, drought impact, tariffs on walnuts, olive trade, and plans for Grand Canyon railway.
The Santa Fe Pacific railroad plans about 500000 in dam projects this year across Yavapai and Coconino counties. The Seligman dam is pegged at 185000, while Ash Fork and Wilnut dams are each over 125000. The company aims to make its western division premier.
The will of A. P. K. Safford, eight years Arizona governor, describes his wish for heirs to act in harmony, pursue good habits, and honor. He died at Tarpon Springs, Florida, in 189? and offers assurance he is not dead but awaits reunion on the other shore.
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