Arizona republican., 1903-05-13
RAILROAD VISITORS
President Murphy Accompanied by a
 Party of Distinguished Gentlemen

President F. M. Murphy of the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix, the Prescott and Eastern and the Phoenix and East ern railways, reached Phoenix yester- day evening on a special train from Prescott. With him was a notable party, comprising Colonel H. R. Duval and his son, MT. R. G. Duval of New York; Mir. Charles s. Gleed of Topeka MT. John HertZler of Lancaster. Pa. Mir. Burns Henry of Detroit, Mir, R. M Hockaday and Mir F. A. Swan of Kan sas' City. and MT. w. A. Drake, Mir. l H. Emmert and T. J. Norton. Esq, Of Prescott, and Mir. w. r. Staunton of Congress and Tombstone The train was made up of Superintendent Drake's car, President Murphy's new private car and the private car of Mir. Gleed and Colonel Duval
 Colonel Duval and MT. Gleed are two of the most prominent directors of the Santa Fe railway system. Until re- gently Colonel Duval was also president and general manager of the Florida Central and Peninsular railroad, he having sold the property a short time ago. He is a director in a number of the largest corporations of the country. He has made a number of trips to thu. Pacific coast. but this is his first stop in Arizona.
 MT. Gleed is pretty we'll known to Arizona people on account of his ire quent visits to the territory, and he is known throughout the United States as an able lawyer and unusually shrew l financier. Although one of the busiest of men. he finds time, as magazine readers know, for the production of in- teresting articles and essays on sub jects of current interest, and in addi- tion to all this he is proprietor of the Kansas City Journal, one of the best newspaper properties in America.
 MT. Hertzler is president of the Ian caster Trust company and a director in the Development Company of America, and is one of the leading financiers of Pennsylvania.
 Mir. Henry is one of Detroit's capital ists. He is interested in the project for great brickyard at Prescott and may become resident of the territory He is nephew of United States Senator Alger.
 Mir. Hockaday and Mir. Swan are cap italists of Kansas City and are exten- sively interested in Arizona mines. They happened to be in Prescott. and were invited to come to Phoenix on MT Murphy's train as his guests.
 Mir. Drake, chief engineer and general superintendent of the s. F., P. & P and allied lines, and MT. Emmert, as- sistant to the president, will accom- pany Mir. Murphy in an inspection of the Phoenix and Eastern this morning.
 Mir. Norton. the solicitor of the Santa Fe system for Arizona came down chiefly for the purpose of having a visit with his old friend, Mir Gleed
 Mir. Staunton, general manager of the Congress and the Tombstone Consoli- dated mines. will accompany MT. Mur- phy to Tombstone tomorrow evening.
 MT. Gleed' and Colonel Duval and Mr. Duval will leave Phoenix tonight in their private car for San Francisco.
 All of the visitors except Mir. Mur- phy took a look through The Republi- can office last night. Without exception they pronounced themselves greatly pleased with the change from the warm weather of Prescott to the deliciously cool climate of Phoenix.
 This is the first visit of MT. Murphy to Phoenix since the holidays. and he is making general tour of the territory for an inspection of the enterprises in which he is interested. He is in ex- cellent health.