Arizona republican., 1902-09-08
VISITING CAPITALISTS
President Murphys Suggestions Re- garding P. & E. Bridge at Tempe.

A special train arrived here from the north about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon having on board President F. M. Murphy and General Manager w. A. Drake of the $. F., P. & P, Mir. L. O. Bailey, general counsel for th4 Development Company of America, MT. E. B. Gage, president of the Congress Gold Mining Co.,, w. r. Staunton, superintendent of the Congress mine, MT. Arthur N. Gage of Tombstone and MT. C. F. Karns mining expert of note in California and Mexico.
 The party lett Prescott Saturday morning spending Saturday afternoon and night and yesterday forenoon at Congress. The entire party left on last evenings M. & P. train for Ben son, where MT. Murphy will attend to matters pertaining to the proposed construction of the Phoenix and East ern railroad, after which they will con tirue their journey to Tombstone for an inspection of the big mining enter prises under way there. This finished MT. Murphy, MT. Bailey and MT. Karns will leave at once for short trip to Chihuahua, Mex, MT. Murphy expect ing to return here about the 14th.
 Inquiry was made of him regarding the prospects fer the construction of the Phoenix and Eastern railroad. He simply replied that his former promises were in good faith and still in force and that just as soon as the deeds for the right of way through this valley were secured grading would begin. He said he could hardly understand the seeming apathy of the people or rather of some of the people, in regard to the matter. What the building of the rail- road would mean for this valley at this time is subject of general public information and needs no argument. It is therefore surprising that the pub lie generally has moved so slowly in the matter for had the right of way been furnished promptly the grading would now be in progress. However. he believes from reports of thoce look ing after the matter locally that it is only question oi a short time when everything will be arranged and in that connection he said he would like to have an expression Of the people re- garding the building of a railroad bridge at Tempe. His offer to make the bridge wider and combine with it a wagon bridge across the river is still l upon at once. The expense which he expects the county to bear will be only the actual additional expense made necessary by the building of the wagon bridge, or the cost between the double bridge and the railroad bridge he will have to build anyway, but he would like to have a definite understanding at once so he can plan accordingly in the ha of ;,I it would most likely be necessary any how to first build atemporary bridge, owing to the necessary wait in the se- curing of structural iron and steel. This will be a net loss to the company, but if the people want the railroad and will furnish the right of way the com pany will willingly build at once and stand this expense. It is an opportun- ity that neither the people of this valley nor any other community on the line of the proposed road should delay in talk ing advantage of.
 MT. Drake was asked regarding the progress of construction work on the extension of the Prescott and Eastern better known as the Crown King railroad. He says the track is laid for five miles south of Mayer and six miles more of grading is nearly finished. Contracts have been let for grading five miles further and there is yet a distance of eleven miles that has not been contracted. The grading yet to be accomplished is harder than that finished, in fact will prCve more expensive than any grades of the same length previously made in Arizona. Aske about the building of the proposed railroad west from Con gress Junction, MT. Drake said it had long been under consideration and sur veys had been made, but as yet nothing definite had been decided upcn. The read will be built sometime but when, will depend on the incidents of the future.