Arizona republican., 1899-08-29
A WONDERFUL FACTOR
Is The s. r., p. & p. in the Develop
menf of Arizona.

June 81, 1893, anu contains mUcD N1i-
liable data, from when The following
excerpts are of interest:
The gross earnings for the year are
given at $S75, 287.77, an increase over
1898 IF 1886 per cent. In three years
the gross earnings have increased
lover 100000, showing STEADY and
stable condition of the country it
passes through, Presco.. and vicinity
being especially forward in Industrial
advancement
During the year 40 273 new ties were
laid, and IN 1899 it was found necessary
to string a new telegraph wire n1ong
the route from ASH Fork TO Phoenix, a
distance Of 200 miles.
| The total consumption OF coal in
tons On the sy-tesm was 36,S5S, at cost
of $129, 1866
The total number of miles run by
mixed trains during the year waE TO-
! 1852; by freight trains, III ,629, and by
passenger trains, ia, 129.
In the statement of freight and PAS
sanger statistics the following figures
re interec'51ng: Freight revenue,
I $751;, 222. 06; tens carried. 219116, rev.
enQ1e per ton, S2.67.
! In The shipment of o1es handled
! 74,574.21 tons is given, a nota5le in
crease over that Of 1898.
! A statement Of earnings by stations
! is also given, and is or especial inter
est, the following named PLACES being
pT0ng the heaviest in amour accred-
! it'd to the line: Ash Fork, S23, 1856. 10:
| jerome Junction, S246, 1876. 32: Preacott,
$118, 226.98; Congress Junction, $751;
931.26; Glendale. $26,S17.44; Phoenix,
S192, S29.16: conductors, Sc S91.74.
June, 1899, shows the heaviest earn
ings in amount CT any month during
| tie year, the total being SSO,198.79.
In the maintenance of structures
ar'i rcadways the total figures up
$50, 1891
The earnings for the year are CLASH
fed as follows: Frefghs, 1854, 222. SO;
passengers, $3.50, 511.15; mail. $20,-
011.S6; express, $10,37S.04; telegraph,
SO, 875.12: miscellaneous. $5,147.79; I'M
der traffic contract, $65, 1885.
The cost of operating was as fol-
lows: Conducting transportation, S213,-
1894. Is; maintenance q road and struc-
tures, s133, 1862; maintenance of
equipment, $50, 422-SS; general ex-
penses, $44, 1916
President Murphy in his report
among other things makes mertion of
the H0liowing: The Prescott and
Ei3s5ern -:ai-rCad was completed eX-
cept ballasting on certain portions,
ar1 operations commenced On Oct 10.
1898. The prediction CT additional
traffic by the construction of ttls
branch has been realized and we have
reason to expect this prosperous con-
ditiOn will continue. There are devel-
Crments in the mining districts be-
yond the. southern terminus Of this
branch tha' fully merit the serious
~.r.r ia
permitting and enc0uT aging the ship
ment of thousands eff tons of low grade
ore, hardly marketable under present
conditions, at the same time increas-
ing the shipment Of high grade ore.
The ree;LIs from the operation Of this
brunch for the first eight months Of its
existence have been very satisfactory
and justify the policy OF constructing
branches into meritcriCus mining dis
tricts. The Castle Cresk and Briggs
mining districts are attracting consid-
erab-a attention and there is good rea-
son to believe that they Will soon de-
velcp sufficiently to warrant the con-
struction eff a branch into tha.. section,
leaving the main line at Hot Springs
Junction.
The above statement not only re-
fleets handsomely On railroad interests
IN this section, bU's il carries with it a
regard of the progress of the industrial
interests of the entire county that is
decidedly fattering and creditable
Running hand in hand with the in
crease Of The railroad bucine6s uibove
shown for the year, th5re $ also linked
70 the mining element more activity
and increase purchase and develop
ment of properties than the past has
ever known to bs expended
Looking backward less than a dec
ade. or tc the days when the old P. x
A. c. WIS first constructed, and a few
years later when the S. F. P g. p.
came, it has been more to the influence
OF RAILROADS than any either resource.
that Iavapai especially has been per
mftted to prosper and go ahead uniu-
terTuptsdIy. So steadily and firmly
has been the march onward the.. to-
day the Verde is beckonrng the north
and south to come and redeem it.
To the south n the Bradshaw noun
tains, in Ainnehahn Fiat, Briggs, Cas-
tie Creek, and intervening points, there
is nC's miner with developed claim
but who is not stimulated with the be-
lief that ne must look to the iron horse |
more than to any o.-her element for a
bettering Of his condition as well as
that or others. In a nutshell what |
would Jerome, Congress, Prescott and !
Intervening points be without the aid |
and s-rpOr', CT the roads that tap !
them? and On the ether hand how long !
would it have been for these thrifty |
centers to have reached thsir present |
state. of prosperity under the bull team |
era. had it nc. been for the far sighted |
and generous sentiment that goes with /
tax exemption in a new ana undevel- !
cped country. such a country in short
as Yavap3i was before the advent Of |
the railroad. While the spirit Of tax /
exemption may be wrong. there cir
clcS around its beneficent influence of |
the past in. the case Of Yavapai and her
development, however. that which
even the business Of the above c0rpor-
alton unaIterably stamps in favor Of
that industrial principle. Today min
ing districts that as vet are nct topped