Arizona republican., 1895-03-30
HOW is THIS?
Rumors of important
Railroad Changes.
The S. F. P. & P. to Alb
sorb the M. & P.
Inference and Construction
the Basis of the Report.
Reasons Why the Proposed Move
ment Might Be
Effected.

There are starting railroad rumors in
circulation They are variously based
on information received from persons
who are supposed to know, and by in
ferences drawn by the mental process
OF putting this and that together.
Just what the development may be
no one seems to know, but it is agreed
that at an early date the people of P hoe
nix will he ar something drop. There
is suspicion that the Santa Fe, Pres
eott & Phen tx is attempting to absorb
the Maricopa & Phoenix not so much
for tn Q purpose of operating it between
Phoenix and Maricopa as because it
would furnish valuable aid In reaching
the southeast.
Several things have given rise to this
suspicion, to say nothing of construc-
tions placed upon remarks made by
gentlemen who are in position to
know.
Secretary F. I. Kendall of the NJ.
4 P, since the recent completion of
the north and south road has made
three trips from San Francisco to Phe-
nix. Mr.. Kendall has real estate in
terests in the city. but they are in the
hands OF good and reliable agents
so that it could hardly be explained
that he has been drawn here by his
realty. So he has probably come on
railroad business. He arrived in the
city day before yeste" day and the same
day il was given o., ) that party of
Chicago railroad men OF the A., T. & S.
F. and of the north and south road
would come yesterday. Yesterday at
noon word was received here that the
Chicago gentlemen had passed Ash
Fork and were going on to the coast
accompanied by President Murphy. 1t
is said that they will stop at Phoenix
on their return. These movements
alone would, of course, not furnish
good ground to suspect that unusual
things are about to happen. Neither
would another circumstance taken by
itself, the connection just formed
between the north and the south road
and M. & 2. 1t has been obserued that
the connecting has been done by the
former. The same heavy class o. rails
has been used and the same careful
ballasting has been done that has con-
stituted notable feature of the build
ing of the new road. Also beyond the
point from which that connecting link
diverges no special care has been taken
IN laying the track.
The rnmored change OF management
of the M. & P. would not necessarily in.
volve an important alteration of the
s. F. P. & P. plan to reach Nogales
1t would have a track to Tempe, and
what is an object of some consideration,
bridge across the Salt river.
The hold of the Southern Pacific upon
the M. & P. is not we'll understood
Under kind of reorganization which
took place eighteen months ago it was
reported that the Southern Pacific had
taken in the short line. 1t is now stated
that the relations between the roads
were never changed. But in any event
the Southern Pacific, it is argued, would
not oppose the rumored arrangement
The unexpected inroads made up.
on its business by the new
road have convinced it that it cannot
hope to compete successfully for the
traffic of the Salt River valley without
more direct means OF reacting it.
That the Santa Fe is bound to 90 on is
conceded, go it is said the Southern
Pacific does not care how or by what
route it goes.