Arizona republican., 1901-11-19
MIR. MURPHY'S PLANS
His Return from Mexico and
 the South
Progress Made on the Survey of the Phoenix and Benson Road-Some- thing Concerning a Big Enter prise in Mexico.

President r. NJ. Murphy of the $. F.. P. ts P. arrived in the city yesterday morning from the south, accompanied by Messrs. W. A. Drake, J. H. Emmert and Mir G. M. Goodale of the United States Investor, who has been travel ing with MT. Murphy in Mexico. On his return MT. Murphy went to Tomb stone, where he met MT. Gage, who is at the head of the movement for the restoration of Tombstone by reopening the great mines there, a matter in which MT. Murphy is financially inter ested. The party will leave this morn ing for the north. Today will be spent at Congress. Tomorrow the annual meeting of the stockholders of the F.. P. &; ?. and it's branch lines will be held at Prescott, and soon thereafter MT. Murphy will leave for the east He will return in time to spend the hOii- days at home. and after that will de- vote. considerable time to looking after his varied interests in this territory and Mexico.
 He was asked last night as tc the work on the line from Phoenix to Ben son. He said that the surveying party would reach Benson this week. Then the preliminary survey would be com
 
 locations would be begun
 From what Mir. Murphy said su6se quently. only obstacles not TOW any N here in sight wifi nIntte.. ,li,= -olfz lrl,- ton of this outlet of the SaIt River val ley. It is not in any way a santa F'S enterprise, though no doubt it's rela tions with that system will he friendly It is supported by abundant capital.
 MT. Murphy believes that it will give an impetus to the Salt River valley. There is nothing tha- removes stale ness in a community 60 much as rail road building. After these things come better irrigation facilities and oths.' blessings. Il will add millions in the way of capital and thousands in popu- lation. It will open up the rich mining regions of the south and furnish a long needed connection between, the Salt River valley and the north with the rich but not fully developed south.
 Mir. Murphy's journey to Mexico was to visit the property of development company of which he is president and which has acquired 500,000 acres of timber land known as the Garcia tract. lying east of the Sierra Madres and be- yond the present terminus Of the Sierra Madre railroad. Said he:
 ''To develop the property in which | tension of the Rio Grande. Sierra Madre & Pacific for from 75 to 100 miles. Whether this will be done I am not in a position to say. The plans we have under consideration will mean the eX penditure of an immense amount Of As yet we have not really de- cided just what will be done and the perfecting of plans such as we feel will be necessary is not the work of a day.
 ''As far as l know. the Santa Fe sys- tenn is not connected in any way with tfse project.
 There is certainly going to be ex- tensive development work done in this district before many years. It has all the natural resources that could be de- sired. Timber and mineral are there in abundance. It will mean the outlay os a large amount of capital to make much of a showing, but I feel that the results obtained will be enough to war rant investment.
 How soon we will get started l am not in a position to say. Of course the will not allow inaction to de lay the work, but there are many things which will have to be settled before we can begin operations on the ground"
 Speaking of the transfer of the s. F.. F. & r. to the Atchison which will be made next month. Mir Murphy said:
 "The same policy in the management of the Santa Fe, Prescott X Phoenix road will be pursued as before the road was purchased by the Atchison, Topeka x SantaI Fe. The organization will he the same as before, though there is to be change in the board of directors. The policy will be to help build up the mining industries of that part of Ari- zona through which the road runs