Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-11-22
FIRST STREET CAR RUNS TO FORT
 WHIPPLE.
(From Wednesdays Daily.)

IL was d hOIdDie eNehI III the history
 of Prescott's progress and advance
 ment when the first street car to Fort
 Whipple made its initial official run.
 A test run had been made the previous
 day, but yesterday the formal opening
 of the extension was signalized by a trip that marked the official inaugura-
 tion of the service.
 AS guests of President Frank l..
 Wright were a number of representative
 citizens, who will remember the date as marking an epoch in the advance
 ment of the city, and one that will prove a factor in its growth through
 stimulating suburban settlement.
 It was exactly 2 o'clock when the ear in charge of motorman Eli Stauffer
 left the Burke corner, and as special passengers for the occasion were the
 following: Hugo Riheards, M. B.
 Hazeltine, E. Greenwood, Dr. Looney,
 R. K. Porter, J. B. Grand, D. D. Me
 Donald, W. T. Brown, Paul Johns, T.
 c. Job, E. S. Wells, A. L. Smith, W. A. Hill, of Phoenix, Ben Belcher, J. w.
 Wilson, c. c. Glass and J. W. Mines. The run was made to the end of the line in eight minutes, one stop being made for couple of ladies who board ed the ear at Mount Vernon street, who were surprised to find that they had unwittingly become a part of an event of an historical nature.
 The new road was ia excellent shape, and the ear glided smoothly over the 40 pound rails. The construction had been performed in a workmanlike man ner, and the roadbed, which had been well ballasted, was as solid as rock. The route passes through the Otis ad- dition, skirts two sides of the ceme- tery, ranges along the the Tritle tract, and then enters the military reserva- tion. Below the brow of the hill that overlooks the post from the south, the line runs due east, and finally reaches its terminus at point directly south of the site of the new hospital, and commanding a splendid view of the en- tire grounds of an buildings that con- stitute the post. The site where the new hospital is to be located is only within 75 feet of the railroad, while farther down, in an almost direct line, is the new barracks building erected about two years ago.
 Mir. Wright explained to his guests the plans that are formulated for the new buildings and their position. All the wooden buildings that face the present parade grounds are to be razed, as well as those that are in the same range with the brick building occupied by Major Foster, and which face the city of Prescott. With these wooden buildings out of the day, the ground will be graded, and the present parade grounds extended in a southerly di- rection, their southerly boundary be- ing only within short distance of the street car tracks.
 The guests boarded the car, and short distance was traversed to a point opposite the commanding off, cer's headquarters. There the com oany ahghted, and a trip was made 1n foot around the horseshoe which the twenty-four buildings now i'll course of construction will form when completed. The curve of the horseshoe will face the north, and already the have been laid for five of icers' quarters. The work that has been lone shows the substantial character of he buildings to be erected. On ce- nent base is placed a solid granite and upon this will rest the of sand brick. One side If the horseshoe, where Manjor Eos .er's headquarters are located will face Prescott, while the fange of the other ,rm comes within a few feet of the terminus of the track. All the build ngs when completed will be in a posi- ion to overlook the parade grounds, while directly opposite, at a point lear the stables, will be the admins ration building, which faces the parade grounds There will not be a iner post in the west than Fort Whip ,le when these buildings are ready for occupancy, and it is not at all unlike V that even more buildings will be CT ,cted in the near future to provide quarters for another company of sol Hers.
 The enterprise of Mir. Wright and +o ,