Arizona republican., 1902-05-28

If frequent meetings as unanimous and enthusiastic as the one held in the lobby of the Hoted Adams last night had been held here in times past, Phne- nix would long ago have been a .all road center and the storage reservoir would have been a present reality The meeting was called mainly to assure to the Phoenix and Eastern Railroad com pany . right of way from Phoenix to Mesa City. That assurance was rot only given but the right Of way vas guaranteed and provision was made for the appointment of q committee of fifteen to take charge of the matter and work it out to a successful issue. in other words, to deliver the goods. Af- ter the railroad question was settled the meeting. in the very nature of things, was transformed into an enthusiastic assemblage clamcring for water stor- age, and all willing to do something. The utmost harmony prevailed and never a motion was made that did not pass by unanimous vote. The result of the water storage agitation was the passage oi the following resolution:
 
 of this meeting that Mir. Frank NJ. Murphy be requested to use his best endcavors while in Washington to ae- cure an amendment to the bill of inc water storage commission now pending in congress, to the effect that the peO- pie of Msricora county. in case they Go not succeed in raising B. 800 eco by voting bonds of this county, that they Io ,,,1,., than S-,uU0, ,GGJ uf bonds, to be used in aiding 9 private corporation to cen struct q reservoir. And be it furthe,
 Resolved. that the water storage commission is hereby requested to use their best endeavors to secure such an amendment. The commission is re- quested to act immediately.
 After the adjournment of the meeting Judge Street selected the committe cn right of way as follows: For Phoe- nix. W. D. FuIwiler, chairman; J. C. Adams, E .Heyman. Leo Golil9ln, Frank Alkire, Aaron Goldberg. J. W. Dcrris. For Tempe. w. J. kingsbury. Carl Hayden A Neilsen, J. F. Sur geon. For Mesa. w. II. Code, W. J. Le- Baron, Phil Nets. w. A. Mcdonald.
 THE MEETING.
 The lobby of the hotel was filled to q uoint where standing room was at Q premium. A representative part of t1la assenblage was from the south side Sd 1t may well be called county meeting. The meeting was organized by the se- lection of Judge Webster Street as chairman and L. II. Hamilton for sec retary. Judge Street in a short talk stated the purpose of the meeting. which was already made public through the papers. He introduced President Murphy, who made q briei speech, every word of which was meat served with no fancy sauces. Mr. Mur- phy spent no time in talking about tEe benefits of railroad, assuming nat his audience had passed that stage ct the question. He said in substance that for years he had had the building of a road to Benson under cOnsideca- tion and at one time had plans partial ly completed, but the enterprise fel through on account of the sale Of thc Sonora road by the Santa Fe company About a year ago he again revived the enterprise and last September put en- gineers in the field. By July 1st they will have completed their final loca tior surveys clear through to Benson The Ei Paso and Southwestern system, now Q reality in southern Arizona, has sc fully completed it's work that Sar Francisco is four hours nearer thar Prescott to Southern Arizona Q thine that ought net to be, and will not be af- ter the completion of the Phoenix mo Eastern.
 4 year ago MT. Murphy entered into contract with the Phelps Dodge peo- pie for traffic over their line to Fl PasC in connection with the P. E. proposed contract which aids ia making th, building of his road a good business en. terprise, giving a complete througi outlet for Phoenix to the east. Tn, Santa F'e railroad company has no con nect;on with the Phoenix and Easter, company and the capital for the on terprise furnished alone by MT. Mur phy and his associates. However, tna company, so far as he knows. is il sympathy with the enterprise. He sai, he had also understood that the South ern Pacific might be expected to piac every possible obstacle in the way, . it was looked upon to some extent {, an invasion of their territory, and son had suggested to him that the Sant Fe and the Southern Pacific might poe their issues in fighting the enterprise He did not think that cOmbinatio would result but in case it should !. was willing to say to the people of thi valley that with their help he woul build the road against all Oppositi0 from wha tever source, and if necessar would make it the nucleus of anothe transcontir ent2l line.
 Continuing, he said that what t