Arizona republican., 1905-12-18

l lie generally and the commercial in- terests of the towns along the line.
 In the old days there was little in common between Prescott and Phoe- nix owing to the meagre facilities for communication. With the building of
 the railroad there was the dawning of
 a new era and tine result of it's build ing has been for the prosperity of these two cities, the marvellous devel-
 opment of a mutuality of interests and the making of many new though small
 business centers in the intervening country. But there has still been
 something lacking, a something that
 is now supplied. Heretofore it has taken
 at the best, for short business errand from Phoenix to Prescott, only little more than a hundred miles away, one I day and a part of two nights, or from
 Prescott to Phoenix, the best part of
 two days and nights, owing to pecu- 1 liar train schedules. And these sched- ules were made necessary by connec- l tions.
 But now that the towns are larger,
 and the travel growing, it is believed business will warrant the double train
 service and maintain it. A Phoenix
 man can now leave here via "The Dia-
 mond Jo" at 12:30 a. m., arrive in Pres
 colt at G. 55 a. m., and if in a hurry can
 return on the Daylight Express" | leaving Prescott about 10 o'clock and | reaching Phoenix about 4 o'clock in
 the afternoon. He is away less than
 one full business day and half a night. i Should he choose to devote the entire
 day to the trip. doing all his travelling at night, he can wait in Prescott un-
 til about 8 o'clock at night and return
 on the same train he rode out, getting
 home about 2 o'clock in the morning, and spending all the daylight of his ! twentyfour hours in Prescott. Should | convenience be a greater consideration | than time, he can travel both ways in the daytime, leaving here on the Day ] light Express at 7: 45 a. m. and arriv- ing in Prescott at 2:10 p. m. After spending the night there he can return
 by the Daylight Express, leaving Pres colt about 10 g. m. and getting here about 4 D. m. In that event he avoids
 having his sleep broken into on either trip, up or down, while under the for
 mer schedule he had to leave in the night and return in the night. The schedule accommodates both the easy 1 going traveller and the man who is in | a rush.
 The Prescott man, on the other hand, can leave home in the forenoon, spend
 part of the afternoon and all night in Phoenix, returning home the next fore noon, or leaving home in the evening
 can spend the early morning here and
 get back to business before noon the
 next day.
 But the advantages are not all for ] Phoenix and Prescott. The interven- 1 ing towns are accommodated even
 more and what is more important, the through travel from north to south and vice versa will save the day that
 heretofore it has been necessary to spend in Phoenix. This ought to re-
 suit in great increase of through
 travel and of the business that travel
 initiates. And still another advantage | is the closer connections at Ash Fork
 with the main line trains both ways,
 thus cutting out the long and tiresome
 waits at that junction. By reference | to the main line schedule the traveller can quickly determine whether he
 wants to take the Daylight Express or
 the Diamond Jo, for the starting of a | long journey. Both trains are first
 class and equal in accommodations.