The Arizona champion., 1886-07-24
PRESCOTT RAILROAD.


 Pacific Railroad, the point from which the branch road is being built to the capital city. Through the courtesy of General Manager T s. Bullock and his gentlemanly assist ants we were enabled to see for our |, self just what has been done and what is doing, and to give to the many readers of the CHAMPION brief out llne of the same. There are I47 men employed at present by the company. Up to Saturday night 5 miles of track had been laid, and the construction tram was running that distance. About miles of grading have been completed beyond that point, and some Go men and 40 teams are busy at work on the grade, under the charge of C. w. Beach. who has the entire supervision of this part of the work. J. E. Kelly, who is the super intendent of construction, is rapidly following the graders, and on Satur- day three quarters of mile were laid.
 About IT car loads of material are used every day, as follows: Twelve car load of ties, five of rails and two of bridge timbers. At present about IS car loads of ties are received daily at the jupction. Some I2 miles of rails are also there and ten miles more are on the road between Albu- querque and the siding. All the material, consisting of rails, ties, bridge timbers, etc., necessary for the entire construction of the track has been purchased and IS being hurried to the front as fast as trans portation can be provided. The new grading machine, purchased by MT. Bullock in Chicago at a cost of ST ,ooo, was started at work on Tues day, with five men and sixteen horses to run it. Seven wagons are con stantly employed hauling ties and tinbers from the end of the track for the use of the track layers. We met several Prescottites, among whom were James Daly, the time keeper, Ed. Long, the accommodating conductor of the construction train, who doesn't make you pay any fare for riding; Tom Saunders, foreman ot teams; Frank Jacoby, who provides forage md water for the animals; l.. E. An lerson, chief engineer; W. T. Latch ord, the boss vulcan; W. C. Potts, n charge of bridge and culvert con truction; Wm. Flannigan, chief cook It the graders camp and Mir. Timothy who acts in the same capac. ty at the junction. Several build ngs are in process of construction at he junction, and nnmber of tents lave already been Set up. There are wo saloons in full blast, one run by !. J. Pettegrew & Co.,, the other by V. H. Cook, formerly the popular otel man at Ash Fork. "Murphy," he celestial, has started a restaurant nd serves up steaks. ham, eggs, etc., 9 the hungry. A telegraph office is stablished here under charge of J. NJ. 'ish as operator. A. G. Oliver, the ell known merchant of Ash Fork, as moved his large building from nat point and is erecting the same at ne junction, where he will keep a Irge and full stock of general iner- handise. Carley Curtis has saloon the graders camp and from all ap- earances has struck a veritable bo- anza. Prescott Junction is bustling, busy lace, and we doubt not but that in 1other month it will be quite large . ,wn. MT. Bullock is one of the ardest worked men we have met in any day. He is here, there and , 'parently everywhere, all at the same me, looking after each and every .tail, and enthusing his own ener- , .tic spirit into all by whom he is , rounded. Prescott Junction is no place for F le men, as for instance: The CHAM ON man when he arrived at that |, ace, late the other evening, borrow. i; pair of blankets and found a ace to lie down in a large tent, Tn + 1ich several others were already [, coping. Earlyi in the morning he was i, dely awakened from his dreams of :,
  by kick in the seat of his {, atomy, and stentorian voice say { g: Get out of this and get ready f, go to work" Mildly expostula- E with this boss of the track layers, told him we did not want to go