Arizona republican., 1908-04-01

cause tHe ralpoau came IirSt ana opened up the country. And again
 how many of us stop to think that the l money that built the roads came not from the vicious and undesirable
 members of society. IL came from people much like you and I.
 Every day common people, who bought
 the stocks and bonds of these roads and made the building of them pOssi-
 ble. What could possibly induce any body to build q railroad from Ash | fork to Phoenix in 1895 or in 1908 for that matter unless it was a desire to | open up the country and make it pos sible for the miner and merchant, the l farmer and artisan to come here and live and thrive.
 Instead of trying to depreciate the people that organize capital and con- struct railroads. the people of this territory should give them the glad
 hand on every occasion. Certainly railroad Tn Arizona must develop the
 tonnage on which 1t lives. and it does this by making inaccessible places ac- cessible. desert places to teem with the hives of industry. and the moun- | taiE to yield it's precious ore, so that all of these things that are, because of it. may be hauled to market and the dividend is paid on your stock and the interest is paid on your bond because
 of this hauling. which is made possi- ble by virtue of this initiative on the
 part of the men who saw the possibili- ty and organized the capital 10 build
 the railroad.
 After the main line of the Santa Fe.
 Prescott and Phoenix was built, feed
 CTS running out in various directions
 reaching valuable ore bodies, had 70 be constructed and this work was talk
 en up at once. In 1898 the company constructed the Prescott and Eastern
 branch which leaves the main line about six miles north of Prescott and runs to Mayer. a distance of about
 thirty miles. opening up what is known as the Big Bug country. rich in gold and copper Later the Bradshaw
 Mountain line was built to Poland and Grown King. At present the company
 is building the Arizona and California line which will connect with the main
 line of the Santa I'e at Bengal. Cal
 ifornia. This road is now built and
 in operation to Parker on the Colorado River. and when 1t is finished It will deliver into the front yard of Phoenix the trade of the wonderfully rich and undeveloped Copper Basin Country. across the river in California.
 There are tributary to this line many of the richest mining districts in the Territory and these lie on both sides
 ,tf la
 cuvar Mountains west of A. & C. Junction to Quartzsite and Seneca dis tricts near the Colorado River. Con- siderable mining development has been done and good properties opened up in the Cunningham Pass and Harqua Hala country near Wenden; also around .Salome and in the mountains south of Bouse and near Vicksburg many new properties show rich ore. while near the Colorado River toward the Bill Williams River the Planet and Seneca districts include such mines as the Planet, Mineral Hill and Signal. showing tremendous bodies of high grade copper ores with lime and iron base which are very desirable for smelling purposes in connection with siliciousN ores in other districts. or would provide an abundance of self fluXing ore for a smelter in the vicin- ity.
 The company is now operating 375 miles of railroad. every mile of which was built before there was sufficient amount of tonnage developed. in the country traversed, to pay the section hands.
 -r has always had the interests of the Salt River Valley at heart and has al- ways been ready to build spurs or sidings to accommodate any enterprise that might be started. It was the en- cOuragement given by the Santa Fe that made possible the cantaloupe in dustry that has been developed in this valley. and the same spirit of encour- agcment marks their attitude toward the orange growers and similar new in dustries.
 The general offices of the company are at Prescott and the general off cers. all of whom have been with the road from it's inception, are; F. NJ. Murphy, president; w. A. Drake, vice president and general manager: F. P. Cruice, assistant to the president; P P. Hastings, general freight and pas senger agent; J. A. Jaeger, chief en- gineer. H. c. Storey. superintendent; E. De Silva. master mechanic; Geo ! Tisdale. superintendent bridges and l buildings; H. w. McKean. train mas ter; A. C. Mcqueen. live stock agent: | w. S. Goldsworthy. general agent. Mir. | Goldsworthy has his office here in | Phoenix and is one of the best known | and popular railroad men in the city.