Three miles from the city is the Phoenix Industrial Indian School, 

 where over 700 Indian children from thirty different trihes are 

 taught manual dexterity and how to he self-supporting. Three 

 railroads make their terminus in Phoenix. The Santa Fe, Pres- 

 cott and Phoenix is a branch from the Santa Fe system, connect- 

 ing -with the main line at Ash Fork, 197 miles to the north. 

 From Maricopa, thirty-five miles to the south, runs the Mari- 

 copa &? Phoenix &* Salt River V alley, a branch connection ot 

 the Sunset Route or the Southern Pacific, and also connecting 

 with the transcontinental trains of the Rock Island system. The 

 Phoenix &* Eastern is another Santa Fe line in construction 

 southeastward from Phoenix, now in operation for ahout 100 

 miles and destined to he a link in a low-grade main line. 



TEMPE--A heautiful little town of 1,500 inhabitants lo- 

 cated on the south side of Salt River nine miles east of Phoenix, 

 and in the center of a rich agricultural district. Here is located 

 the Normal School of Arizona, with a commodious group of 

 buildings and well-laid-out grounds, affording accommodations 

 for an enrollment of over 200 pupils. A municipal plant supplies 

 an abundant water service for domestic and fire purposes. Light 



