Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-11-13
MATHER IN ACCORD WITH POLL
CIEs OF ROOSEVELT.
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Robert Mathcr. president Of th.
Rock Island system, with his party.
aud +. VI. Murphy of the y. r., PA
T., who visited Poland and the min,,
IN that vicinity, yesterday, returned
IN the afternoon, and later departed
for Ash Fork. where connections were
made with the Overland for Chicago.
Mr. Mathcr's headquarters. Mr.. Muir
pay. Mr.. Drake and Mr.. Longacre a..
companicd the Mnther party ny far ~
Ash Fork.
Speaking 10 q journal Miner repre-
sentative, concerning the railroad leg
islaiion that has swept over various
states, Mr.. Mathcr made the intcrcs,
ing declaration that he was in accord
with President kooscvclt's policies for
the federal supervision Of railroads. We
did not hclicv" that the interstate
Commerce commission should have the
power oi making railroad rates, but
ne did believe the President = police.
for government regulation of common
carriers was sound.
Certainly no railroad that il con.
Quoting its affairs in an honest man
ncr has anything Ia fear from such
policy he declared. "Thc trouble
Is that the people. excited over the
revelations made Of some roads grant
| ing rebates and doing other things no,
in strict accord with the law, rush in.
tn their Legislatures, in the various
states, and fail Ia discriminate between
tine roads that are making every effort
possible to comply with the laws. and
those that are not, with the result that
good, bad and Indifferent railroads sui
fer alike from the spasns Of railroad
legislation that hav" taken place Of
late"
Mr.. Mn'hcr, as stated in Yesterday.
journal Miner. was much impressed
with what he mad seen in Arizona
Speaking Of the visit 10 the Tomb
stone properties of Mr.. Murphy and
associates, Tombstone paper says:
CONTRARY to expectations, those Of
the directorate Of the Tombstone Con
solidaied Mines company who paid this
camp visit, left late last evening 90
special train, without having held
any special meeting. However, there
~ no doubt that tac visit Of the min
ing magnates has much TO do with the
future prospects of Tombstone, and,
unlike the directing officers Of other
Arizona companies, they have come
and gone, without leaving in their
wake orders for partial shut down.
True, this has never been expected 10
Tombstone. this camp being less sus
ceptible TO recent financial disturb
ances because Of the fact that silver
and not copper is the product Of The
mines.
while there has been nothing OF
an Official nature given out, II 10 gen
orally understood that as result OF
the visit Of Messrs. Murphy and as
sociates to Tombstone, Improvements
OF importance, in the way Of pumping
machinery, may follow. Tombstone al
ready has the largest pumping plant
in the west, II not In tho entire United
States, and, while the battle with IN
derground foods has not been alto
gcther In favor Of the company, u 7"
an accepted fact that the water qp's'
ton has been settled for once and ALL
and more pumping facilities installed
or contemplated would seem to be"
out Mr.. Murphy In his statement 10
tine effect that instead Of retrencn
ment, aggressive development will DC
the order Of the day with the Tomo'
stone Consolidated"