Arizona republican., 1903-05-21
A PRESCOTT ENTERPRISE
Electric Street Railway to Be Later Extended to Surrounding Camps.

Tuesday marked the beginning of a new era in the industrial prog ress of the city of Prescott, says the Journal-Miner. Yesterday, May IS. 1903. saw the beginning of work on the first electric street railway in northern Arizona. and Prescott now takes her place among the up to date cities of the west. The first carload of ties for the Prescott and Mt. Union Railway company arrived the 18th and are being unloaded and hauled to the route of the new electric street railway to day. thus inaugurating the work of building the line.
 F. l.. Wright has been granted a franchise by the city of Prescott to operate an electric street railway and he has associated with him the follow ing gentlemen in the organization of the above company: Attorney General E w. Wells. who is among the wealth fest and most substantial citizens and mining men of Arizona; Joseph Mayer. one of the best known and most pro- gressive business men in Yavapai county: F. A. Haggott, a we'll known mining man. a gentleman who has been
 
 building in northern Arizona and is considered one of the best railroad men in the west; Dr. R. N. Looney. one of the prominent physicians of Yavapai county, and Thomas C. Job, who is recognized as one of the lead ing attorneys of Arizona. They have shown their good faith in the future growth and greatness of the city by beginning the work in a substantial manner.
 The Prescott Electric company has just installed a lot of new machinery. which greatly increases their capacity. and until the needs of the street car line reach beyond the capacity of this company it will be able to furnish suffi- cient power to operate the line. It is the intention of the company to lay the first track from the west end of Gurley street straight east on Gurley to Vir- ginia avenue, in the Otis addition, and it has not been definitely decided what course the line will take from there to Whipple, but in any event the line will be run from east Gurley to Fort Whipple.
 The company realizes that the growth of the city is east and west and with the idea of aiding in this growth, as we'll as to build a line that will ac- commodate the greatest number of peo- pie. it was decided to build this as the initial line. It is the intention. as soon as this line is completed and in opera ton. to build another line from the depot to run south on Cortez street to the southern limits of the city. But. when this is completed. it will only be | the beginning of what it is the inten- of the company to do. It is the pur- pose 10 construct and operate an cleo tric railway line extending for several miles out into the mining districts, passing south through the Groom creek section. to Mt. Union and adja- cent mining camps and on into the Crook canyon country. This will put Prescott in touch with one of the rich est mineral sections in the west, and will be an incalculable benefit both to the city and the mining districts which | it will visit, as 1t will bring them with in few minutes ride of the city. and allow them the advantage of quick and cheap service in passenger, mail. | light freight, etc.