Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-08-06
Secretary and Party Went
On to Roosevelt
They Will Be the Welcome
Guests of Phoenix To-
morrow.

1
ing about o'clock. The program fo
the itinerary is being carried out In
general though some changes in detail
were made Sunday night and yester.
day morning. The party was some.
what augmented in numbers and ar
extra automobile was engaged. making
three In the official party, and one
other as an escort, the latter beins
driven by w. p. Richardson, who wen,
as far as Granite Reef. returning las,
night.
The first deviation from the sched-
uled order Of events was that the Off
cial party arrived on a special train
from Maricopa instead of the regular
train. The special was made up OF
Secretary Garfield's car and the pri-
vate car of Col. Epes Randolph. pres
ident of the Southern Pacific roads in
Arizona.
Col. Randolph met Mr.. Garfield and
party at Yuma on Sunday morning.
They visited the reclamation works at
Laguna and after that inspected the
work at the break in the Colorado be-
low Yuma. Col Randolph said he was
much impressed with the untir.ng en-
ergy of the secretary who is a man of
great force and a determination to full
ly aequit himself with all that lies
within his Jurisdiction. The day at
Yuma was very warm one even for
that locality but Mr.. Garfield made no
complaint of discomfort. Yesterday
after the train reached Tempe he re-
marked that there must have been a
change in the temperature for the
better.
He frequently expressed pleasure
with what he had seen on his tour of
the territory and the manner in which
the work of the reclamation service is
being prosecuted and he took occa-
sion TO speak of the great confidence
the department had in the officials in
charge of the service in this territory.
The special came in ahead of the
regular train and had the honor to be
the first passenger train to cross the
new Gila bridge. which is now Off
cially opened for business.
The party arriving on the train con-
sisted of James r. Garfield. secretary
OF the interior; DIR. Hugh A. Brown.
confidential clerk of the secretary;
Robert 5. Persons. auditor of the in
ierior department: r. II. Newell. direc-
or of the reclamation service: l.. c.
Hill, supervising engineer of the
Roosevelt and Laguna projects; Gov
'rnor j. II. Kibbey and Secretary w.
:. Nichols Of Phoenix. ond Colonel
;pes Randolph. president Of the South
'rn Pacific lines in Arizona and Mex
CO. These gentlemen were met in
Tempe by B. A. Fowler. president of
he Salt River Valley Water Users
ssociation; Judge R. f. Sloan OF
Prescott; Attorney General Z. S. Clark |
Il Prescott; w. s. Sturgfs. member of !
he national republican central COM
nittee for Arizona; DR.. A. ]. Chandler |
4 Mesa City. Arizona. and Supt. c. NJ. i
'cott of the NJ. & p. railroad.
IL had been previously arranged to \
un the special train through to Mesa |
'ity. thus saving little time and
making little shorter automobile
lde. The party numbered thirteen be-
lde the chauffeurs required so third
utomobile had been secured, afford
lg very comfortable seating capacity
Or the fifteen men. After a hearty
'elcome by the Mesa City people who
'ere out at that early hour. the auto
lobises were first turned south and
ne visitors were taken to the Chand-
r pumping plant, then back through
lesa and on to Granite Reef As
uickly as possible the activities at
nat point were noted by the visitors
nd about ii O'Clock a luncheon was
erved- Col' Randolph and Secretary
ichols left the party there and re-
irned TO Phoenix with Mr.. Richard
IN. who had accompanied with the
ttra automobile
About midday the others left for
oosevelt. Engineer Hill leading the
recession. with his hand on the thrct-
e Of his now famous motor carriage.
he other machines followed, making
! good time as possible but Mr.. Hill
ways kept well in the lead He has
speaking acquaintance with every
y wash. sand stretch. or uneven
rface between the valley and Roose-
IT. and knows every curve in the
ad perfectly. He was better pre-
lred than the other chauffeurs to
low when TO put on speed But the
ners did well and were only a little
ay behind at Tortilla Flat A short (
ait was made there until the other 4
achines caught up, then. all set off t
gether again. About o'clock last I
ening telephone message was re- b
wed from Fish Creek. by the Re- 4
blican. saying the party had arrived a
that station in, safety and was about
start for Roosevelt with the ex- Il
citation of making the run in an +
ur. There had been no accident or Z
lay. or other irritating circumstance. v
was learned yesterday that Engin- s
Hill had taken all possible precau- 4
m against either accident or loss of G
ne through automobile imperfec- e
ms that always occur wheil one least C
poets them. He had sent out a cou- II
of conveyances in advance, to be II
ihoned along the road at desirable "
lnts. 1t was their duty to We there W
= falling in behind trail tae ma II
ines. so they would be available in
; event of an automobile breakdown. :
incident that was unexpected and J
did not occur c
The party will return to Ph ,enix s
out Wednesday noon If all plans 7