Arizona republican., 1905-01-22

probably within month the line will be in operation.
 The best of it is that the under taking is that of local capital, Phoe-
 nix men who will devote their energy to making Q success of it. The chief | promoter is C. J. Cornell, formerly with tEe Nj. & P. railroad company l here. Associated with him are his brother, Bailey Cornell, who came here recently from New York to reside, and Herbert BriscOe who has been connect
 ed for a long time with the Phoenix Light and Fuel Go. Articles of incor- pOration are now being drawn, though | the exact name of the company has not been decided upon, and will be filed in
 few days. The capital stock will be S1O,O0O and most of it will be subscrib- ed for by the promoters.
 MT Briscoe and MT. Bailey Cornell went to Los Angeles a short time ago to buy the equipment for the line. C.. J. Cornell received word from them yesterday that they had bought two automobiles which will be here inside
 of three weeks. They will then be run around for a few days and thoroughly tested and the regular trips over the road begun as soon as possible. Each machine will seat six persons. Both l
 by steam generated by gasoline. They
 are equipped with condensing appar-
 atus also to avoid the necessity of ire quent filling of the boiler. A careful
 study of machines has been made
 and those selected that were deemed
 best for long distance work.
 T. is the purpose of the company to
 cut down the time between Phoenix and Roosevelt to eight hours. From
 Mesa to Roosevelt is approximately 60
 miles and ten miles an hour is an easy speed for an automobile on q good road.
 The auto will leave Mesa every morn ing except Sunday, after the arrival
 of the trains from Phoenix on both
 roads, and reach Roosevelt by 4 or
 o'clock D. m. Under present conditions passengers have to leave Phoenix in the evening. stay all night at Mesa, then ride all day arriving at ROOse- welt about : ?. m.
 There has been some comment here tofore concerning the advisability of permitting automobiles to run over this road for fear they would frighten freight or other teams, or come upon them suddenly round q curve, or meet them at some point too narrow for passing. MT Cornell says that he has given that matter due consideration and he does
 
 for trouble. He surely wants none and will give others no cause to become of tended He proposes to be fair in all things and says he has always found that fair play has met fair play hence he anticipates no friction. He says that in the first place they have secur- ed machines as nearly nOiseless as they could get and that no freight mule or other driving animal who can be safe lv driven to the Mesa depot for the loading of a wagon. ought to become frightened at the autos. He says fur tker that the two machines will not be run by crazy chauffeurs but will be driven by his brother and MT. Bris- COG. both of whom will have their money invested and neither of whom is looking for trouble. On the con- trary they propose to be as courteous and friendly with the freighters as possible and he has no doubt but that Chey can often be of service to the freighters in the event of breakdowns and other unforeseen perpleXities and they will only be too glad to do these favors when they can. They have no desire to run a freight team off the road or over an embankment and na- tlIraIlv have no desire to jump off cliff themselves. In respect of passing freight teams, or meeting them MT Cornell says that there are many places where the road has been widened Tor this purpose and if needed more such places will be made. Then too, after the line is established, freighters will know the schedule as we'll as the de- pot agents know a train schedule and can tell pretty well about when and where they may expect to meet an auto. AS a still further protection MT. Cornell says that in such places as tho rounding of a high cliff or point where the road cannot be seen very far ahead if it is deemed necessary they will erect a system of signals that can be operated from either approach to the | single track" The fellow that gets there first can turn the signal and the l man who approaches from the other end viii see it and wait until the track ] is clear. With these and any other de- | tails that necessity may suggest, anC ] the full intention of getting along har- | moniously with everybody, MT. Cor ! nell says he does not anticipate that | the freighters or anybody else will try | to make life unpleasant for the pro- | of f he