Arizona republican., 1909-03-26

rates. He said not intimately. though he was in frequent conference with the traffic men of the line as to
 matters closely affecting the valley
 which he had desired to encourage
 as much as possible. Regarding the 20-cent grain rate of which so much
 has been heard within the last four days. he said that after it had been
 in force for some time Mir. Jones, the traffic manager of the Maricopa Com mercial club, then general freight agent of the s. F P. & P, came to him and wanted to raise the rate on grain. Mir. Murphy replied that the rate should stand, but he said MT
 Jones was very persistent about it. T gathered from what he sad" said NIT. Murphy, that he wanted to es- tablish some sort of a scientific rela- uonship between grain and hay"
 The Microbe of Disturbance.
 Speaking further of the subject of rates and the efforts of the company to give the people served by it the best service possible, at the minimum of cost. and of the general apprecia- ton which his efforts had met until lately, he said:
 There seems to have been just enough grounds for complaint here in Phoenix to germinate the troublesome political microbe that lives off of the energies, prejudices and jealousies found in every prosperous community. After all, they are rather a harmless lot, and possibly entitled to be classed with so-called necessary evils. They should not be taken too seriously. We have so good a country they can't hurt it much. They will pass like our last legislature without ac- complaining much of consequence. Their greatest achievement being the unfavorable impression made through out the country as a result of a lot of foolish talk.
 Tt is perfectly ridiculous to claim that individuals or railroads should invest large sums of money in con- structing branch lines gratutiously in order that different communities. not as favorably situated may be placed upon an equal footing. Just at the present time I am the unfortunate owner of a resort hotel in the foot of the Bradshaws. Coal that I am using for fuel costs S23.75 a ton. and I pay the Phoenix merchants and the Prescott merchants their prices for supplies. without, so far as know. offering any complaints. I am very sure it doesn't cast MT Adams or MT. Luhrs anywhere nearly as much to supply and manage their hotels as it does me. l have simply picked out a hard place in which to do business under existing conditions, but I am confi- dent eventually it will work out sat isfactorily. The building of the rail- road through to California will help out very materially, as it will every one in this valley. All the griev- ances that are now being so extrava- gantly indulged in in the valley, as the same relates to transportation, freight rates, etc, will be completely eliminated when they get a trans continental line, which they are en- titled to have, and undoubtedly will, the completion of which is not being hastened by giving support to politi- cal mischief makers. We will always have enough of them without offering them any encouragement"
 Mir. Murphy deprecated the bitter ness which had preceded and had at
  to the world that this was an op- pressed region, a "no-man's land" when it was to the interest of all the people to advertise the territory and l the valley for all it was and invite | capital to aid in its further develop | ment The kind of an advertisement l that had been given it. he said, would not make easier his task of complet- | ing the A. & c. road to California. | whereby the chief of the grievances now complained of would be removed by putting Phoenix on a main line.
 The Phoenix and Eastern.
 Mir. Murphy was briefly questioned | by Mir Costigan, who asked concern | ing the taking over of the Phoenix | and Eastern by the Southern Pacific. | The question brought Mir. billiard to his feet like an electric shock. He | would most strenuously object to this | line of inquiry on the ground in the first place that it could have no | bearing on the rate question. | Resides. said Mir billiard, the govern ment is already in possession of all I regarding the taking over If the Phoenix and Eastern. NIT. ] he said, had related the en- lire story at the hearing of the Union Pacific merger case in New York couple of months ago.
 MT. billiard said that If the subject I were to be revived at this hearing he |