Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-04-24
SANTA FEE SELLS p. & E.

freight line across the country.
 w. A. Drake, in an interview with representative of the Journal. Miner, confirmed the above. and added:
 "For the past five years we have been negotiating with the Southern Pa. itic with just such an arrangement in | jew. or course, the new arrangement | will not affect Prescott particularly. | hut will work great good to the Salt River valley, as it will establish a 'ranscontncn,al, low grade freight line through tho heart of that fertile val. | 'cy.n Asked if the rumors that the Santa Fc contemplated building a line from ish Fork to connect with tho A. & c. somewhere in the ncighborhood of Bouse's Wells, were true, General Man. ager Drake replied:
 "The Santa Fc has surveyed nll the district lying between this linc and the A. & C., moro for information than for any definite purpose in building line. should such a linc bc built, how. ever, 1t will bring Prescott much nearer the main line of the Santa Fc than it main line of tho Santa Fc to the coast
 "At present. however, thcrc is noth. ing in the rumor, md if such plan is contemplated it is for thc distant fu,urc.'
 Col. Randolph, of the Southern Pa. ciGc, was seen and also verified the statement that his road had taken over the Phoenix & Eastern. and thnt thc traffic agrccmcn, outlined above had been entered into and would bc pushed to completion as rapidly ns possible.
 Asked as to what effect, if any, tho new arrangement would have on freight rates, r. r. Hastings. general freight and passenger agcn, of the x. F.. r. & P.. and r. C. IIickncll, general freight and passenger agent of the Randolph lines, who was here yesterday from Tue. son, both stated that as fnr as possible tho same rates that now prevail, both freight and passenger. would continue in existence, and thnt tho only change made at all would bc an adjustment of the division of freight rates over tho Phoenix & Eastern between the South crn Pacific and Santa fc, and tho issu' ancc of a no wtnriif. as soon as the Interstate Commerce commission laws permitted, by inc Southern Pacific com ' pany.
 '' The new line of travel for the two ' roa,ls is represented in miles as fol lows:
 From Dcn,ing, \. M., where bo'l roads touch, to Bowie. Aril.I over x. F line. lo miles.
 V From Bowie to San Carlos, Aiiz. ! over Gila Valley. Globe & Northern, 9. miles.
 } From San Carlos to Winldcman, yc | to be built. 3t miles. |. From winklcmnn to Phoenix, ovc r. & F.. 96 miles
 z From Phoenix to A.l& C. Junction 2 over x. F., r. & F., 5s miles. From A. X C. Junction to Colorad . river, over A. & C., l07 miles. k From Colorado river to Bengal, Cal \ vet to be built, 20 miles From Bengal to Mojavc, Cal, whc' bo,h roads touch again, l63 miles. p Total length of proposed route, 7' 2 miles.
 . While the new route from Dcmipg \ Moiavc is much longer than the prcscl
 santa Fc routc, in actual miles, It vi h proyc several hundred miles shorter
 the cost of traffic, as the now rou
 will be "prairic" road, of ca
 grades. long curves and long division
 For instance, for forty miles one q
 scc n straight stretch of track fro
 AA C. Junction, through Cullens VI
 lev. which is remarkably long stret
 of straight track for this mountaino
 country.
 Col. Randolph, m company with
 wife, left last night in his private C
 for Phoenix. He was accompanied
 Charles F. Walker, purchasing ag'
 and treasurer: r. (. Bickncll, gene
 passenger and freight agent. and
 P Ingram. auditor, m of thc Sonth'
 Pacific. and r. NJ Scott, .upcrintcnd
 urlhr Naricopn A Phoenix.