Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-05-16
FE PLANS TO
FINISH Up THE
SOUTH LINE
inspection of Parker Cut Off by
President Ripley Brings AS
Surance Of Fast Work on the
Route,

The Arizona and California railroad
the great southern cutoff of the Santa
Re, a part Of which is the great Par
ker bridge. recently completed across
the Colorado, win be completed to
Bengal Cal, as soon as possible. This
assurance is the result Of the recent
trip Of President Ripley across that
d%itrict. a dispatch from Prescott SAYS
Of the trip. which was under the man
agemcnt of Frank NJ. Murphy:
That his trip means much to Ari-
IONA there can be no doubt for tn"
possibilities for profitable development
work are here. Mr.. Murphy, than
whom no more able exponent of Ari-
zona's greatness can be found, was
with him to see that not a point was
overlooked, and last and by no means
least. Mr.. Ripley is both able and
willing to back a good proposition
when he finds one.
The inspection trip was not design
I'D 70 learn anything about the prac-
ticability of future extensions of the
Santa Fee system in Arizona, for Mr.
Murphy's opinion would settle that,
but the idea in inducing Mr.. Ripley
70 make the trip was to imbue him
with some Of hat spirit Of Arizona
enthusiasm which is so thoroughly
enjoyed by the local members of the
official family of the santa Fe.
The A. and G. win be built on to
Bengal Mr.. Ripley was asked the
question direct, Are YOU going to
build the Dad ?' and his reply was
equally To the point, we Wouldn't
have built the bridge at Parker If we
hadn't intended building the road. 1t
VIII be built "When?' The interest
on that bridge viii eat us up if we
don't build as soon as We can"
Naturally desiring a fuller line Of
Information on the country to be ar
fected by the new line, the reporter
held Mr. Murphy up for the further
fact that. not only is the country rich
in minerals, but its agricultural posi-
bilities are as great as any section of
the territory. In speaking of the
possibilities o. that section Mr.. Muir
ply said:
The Laguna dam is now completed
and the reclamation service sees the
beginning of the end of its giant worth
on the salt River project.
While | am not authorized to make
positive statements concerning what
others win do. | think | am safe in
saying that a division dam win he
built above Parker ana the 100000
acres of fertile land in the Colorado
Indian reservation soon will be re-
claimed by the government.
''tf this about On mn o.r. a.
immediate vicinity of Parker can be
placed under irrigation without wait
for the diversion dam, and that
VIII be accomplished probably within
six months.
This will all be government land
none of it being under private owner
shlp-and it can be sold to settlers
at the actual cost of developing tho .
water. 1t is understood that it win
be sold in forty acre lots. ana ro-
'lamation officers nave told me it will
support a population of 100000.
ON the Arizona side alone. it win d.
place undcr canals as much land as
IS now irrigated in Southern Caiifor-
ma excepting the Imperial Valley.
Besides that. there are large areas
land on the California side Of the
'inet that viii be irrigated from tho
dam n while the reclamation
officers did not SO indicate. l think
ne water can be taken down to the
Palo Verde valley. where a eaod
many thousand acres of government
ana were withdrawn from entry bv
he reclamation service a few years
.t. d. A.