The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05
projected to the Goldfeld mines, distant

projected to the Goldheld mines, distant
fifty miles east.
A few weeks ago Francis Cutting and
n. h. Masten came to Phoenix and re-
NAMED four days, during which time they
travelled to Globe by way of the most &C
cesslble route between that town and
Mesa City. 1t is distance of about
seventy miles and journey that no one
would think of taking for his health.
When I asked Mr.. Cutting, however, if
this journey had any significance, he
answered, "Oh no." When [ varied my
form of query and asked Mr.. Masten II
the Southern Pacific was contemplating
change of routes so that through trains
would pass through Phoenix, he looked
very wise and said he was not at liberty to
tell. happened to know, however, that
party of Southern Pacific surveyors will
go over the route pursued by these gentle
men in spring. Between ella Bend and
Bowie station a distance of $40 miles, the
Southern Pacific has not put in single
stick or rail of new material for three
years.
a large landholder of Maricopa County
and citizen of Phoenix has secured for
some railroad, the name of which is not
mentioned in his application, right of way
through this city. No one knows what be
wants with it, for. while he is wealthy
man, he has not money enough to build
railroad. But if all these facts do not
point very strongly to the conclusion that
the Southern Pacific will have all the
southern routes to Phoenix covered by its
own tracks before another year is past. all
logical deductions count for naught.
If the deductions are worth anything,
the fate OF Tucson is sealed That thriV-
ing city Will be abandoned, and thus one
Of the very Oldest towns in the Southwest
will sink from its present prosperity, and
decay Just as did those other towns along
-, 80 l,o A
road was abandoned years ago. For Ari-
zona as whole, however, it will probably
be just as we'll for instead of carrying
PhoenlX-bound passengers over the desert,
they will be brought through the richest
farming and mining sections of the Terri
tory. 1t will also pass through the great
San Carlos coal fields, and will make of
Phoenix the greatest manufacturing and
distributing center in the new Southwest.
Aside from this, however Arizona has
already twelve railroads. aggregating to-
tai length of 1875 miles. and costing an es-
timated aggregate of So, 591, 514. This is
good deal for geological garden" for
he railroads completed run through the
= ichest portions of Arizona, and those pro-
jected tap the best sections of the new
Southwest.
The Atlantic and Pacific, which traverses
the northern portion of the Territory a
distance of 1913 miles, has developed all the
numbering interests of this Territory. On
the line of this road is Williams, from
where only few days ago some choice
lumber was shipped to the farthest anti
podes The Santa Fe, Prescott and Phe-
nix, recently completed is practically con-
trolled by the Atlantic and Pacific, for
which road it is feeder. From Ash Fork,
on the line of the Atlantic and Pacific, to
Phoenix, a distance of 1877 miles, it ira
verses the most picturesque portions OF
Arlz ariol
and has already begun to develop the vast
and invaluable duarries of building stone.
In turn, the United Verde and Pacific is a
feeder for this road. Its course is from
Banghart, on the line of the Santa Fe,
Prescott and Phoenix, to the Jerome mines.
At these mines are some of the richest
copper deposits in the world, rivaling if
not surprising in value the famous Ana
conda and Lake Superior. On this little
road, whose total length is only twenty
seven miles, was done some of the most
wonderful civil engineering the world has
ever known. From Vulture station on the
Santa Fe Prescott and Phoenix, the Castle
Creek Hot Springs Railway runs to the
Castle Creek Hot Springs, distance of
twenty miles. These hot springs have
been pronounced by high medical authori-
" as the finest in the Southwest. The
road has already been surveyed aud will
probably be built this year, as n. O. Muir
ply, Territorial Delegate to Congress- Is
largely interested in it. From Flagstaff,
on the Atlantic and Pacific, the Flagstaff
and Southern pierces the pine forests dis
lance OF forty-seven miles. When this
road was built it was intended that it
should run down the valley of the Rio
Verde TO Tucson, but the Santa Fe, Pres
colt and Phoenix supplanted it.
1t is now operated by D. NJ. Riordan OF
the Arizona Lumber Company and is used
for hauling logs from the camp to the
mills. From Prescott Junction, or Selig-
man, on the line of the Atlantic and Pa
cifc, the Prescott and Arizona Central runs