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

whlCh the DranCh roaQ IS DelnS
 built to the capital city. Througf
 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 wha
 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 8 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 a 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 junction. Some IF 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 Mir. Bullock in Chicago at a cost of ST, 900, 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 timbers 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 of teams; Frank Jacoby, who provides forage and water foi the animals; l. E. An 1erson, 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 a 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 a nd serves up steaks. ham, eggs, etc., s the hungry. A telegraph office is 8 stablished here under charge of ]. M. a iSh as operator. A. G. Oliver, the :! ell known merchant of Ash Fork, T as moved his large building from c lat point and IS erecting the same at a le junction, where he will keep 0 rge and full stock of general mer- a landise. Carley Curtis has saloon W
 the graders camp and from all ap- i' earances has struck a veritable bo. c inZa. h Prescott Junction is bustling, busy W ace, and we doubt not but that in h 'other month it will be quite large a wn. MT. Bullock is one of the lrdeSt worked men we have met in any day. He is here, there and 1T 'parently everywhere, all at the same n ne, looking after each and every = tail, and enthusing his own ener- | tic spirit into all by whom he is m 
 Prescott Junction is no place for k, le men, as for instance: The CHAM .. ON man when he arrived at that .tL ace, late the other evening, borrow i,
 pair of blankets and found a ace to lie down in a large tent, Tn |, lich several others were already :, :eping. Early in the morning he was ;n dely awakened from his dreams of ulehce, by kick in the seat of his T, atomy, and stentorian voice say 6, 5: "Get out of this and get ready .h go to work" Mildly expostula- ., E with this boss of the track layers,
 told him we did not want to 20