Bisbee daily review., 1904-05-31
Arizona Eastern VS.
 Phoenix & Eastern
LATTER COMPLAINS THAT THE FORMER IS oesTRUcTING THE
 BUILDING OF THE p. & E.
Claims that Arizona Eastern Has Nc Beginning and Terminal Points are Announced by E. N. Murphy, Presf dent Of the Phoenix and Eastern,

Mir F. M Murphy. president of the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix. and Phoenix & Eastern railways. is in the city. having returned yesterday from a trip through the southern part of the territory, where he has large mining interests. He visited the mines of the Imperial Copper company. twenty miles south of Red Rock, and spent two days at Tombstone.
 To Republican reporter he stated that the mining operations at both Tombstone and at the Imperial com pany's properties are progressing sat. lsfactorily. The great pumps are handling the water at Tombstone, and development and ore shipments are steady. The shipment of ore from the Imperial (Old Boo) mines awaits the completion of the railroad from Red Rock, which is under construc- tion- It is expected that the line will be completed and in operation before the end of the summer
 Mir. Murphy was informed that the people of the Salt River valley are anxious fer the coming of the day when they will be on a transconti- mental line of railroa and, was asked how soon the Phoenix & Eastern would be commenced to its proposed eastern connections. MT. Murphy replied that he could not fix the time dot G-s~ S. extent upon the success of the so- called Arizona Eastern railroad in ob- structing the construction of the Phoenix & Eastern. He said he was surprised to learn, upon his arrival in Phoenix, that the Arizona Eastern had renewed it's obstructive tactics from which it has been restrained by Judge Doan's injunction, issued sey. eral weeks age; that when the in junction was dissolved, a few days ago, the Arizona Eastern promised that it would GO no further to annoy the construction of the Phoenix East ern
 But" he added, ''I understand tha. it was but a few hours until the old tactics were resumed. The grading outfits of that company which had disappeared during the life of the injunction. reappeared from the brush and began working across through and around our line. It is obvious that if the Arizona Eastern gentlemen could have their way in all respects they might delay the com pletion of the Phoenix & Eastern. For these reasons I cannot fix the time when our through line will be in operation. But we are building a railroad, and propose to continue building it."
 From the standpoint of a railroad man do not see how it can be an s. P. project The alleged construction of the Arizona Eastern is at a point remote from any railroad now in oper- ation. Were the Southern Pacific company or any other, or any com company affiliated with it intending to build in good faith a railroad from some point on the Gila Valley. Globe & Northern railroad to Yuma or some other point on the Southern Pacific. construction would begin from a rail road point It would be natural to expect work to begin from San CaI- los westward, or Mesa eastward, or Phoenix westward, or from Yuma or Sentinel eastward, if as claimed, a railroad was contemplated.
 Insted, the operations of the Ari- Zona Eastern have been confined 10 a section of the Gila valley which is seventy or eighty miles from the main miles or more from Globe, the ter minus of the road whence supplies have been brought in. Consequently, any work done by the Arizona Eastern must cost vastly more than if prose- cuted with it's initial point of the railroad. If when We began the con struction of the Phoenix 6 Eastern, I had sent men and teams, grading outfits, etc, seventy miles beyond the FailroaG into the interior of Pinal county for the purpose of beginning work, the public would have been jus l tified in doubting my good faith or | my sanity. As we view it, the move ! ments of the Arizona Eastern people l are purely for the purpose of cbstruct- ing and preventing if possibIe-the | completion of the Phoenix & Eastern, but l do not think their programme | will be tolerated.-Arizona Requbif ] can.