Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-05-27
WILL CIRCLE THE SCHOOL
Terminus Will Be at South
Line of Section 16 Town
ship 2 N. 3 E---Three Other
Projects Under Considera-
ton.

-. H. MllCneil, manager OF the RnOe-
nix Railway company announced yes
terday that the Phoenix Railway COM
pany will build and have in opera
tion before January LIST, 1910, an ex-
tension to the present Indian school
line beginning a few hundred feet
south of the north end of the Indian
school line and running east through
section 20 and half way through 2S,
thence north through section 81,
along the center line. The north half
of section q has been the property of
the Sherman Investment company,
up to six or seven months ago, when
it was sold to ]. A. Moore, of the firm
Of Page, Hanlon company, who in
tends placing this tract on the mar
ket at very early date The tract
win be plated in a very short time
and quite a number of the divisions
have already been spoken for.
The railway extension is due large
ly to the efforts of II. B. Wilkinson,
of the firm of Chalmers q Wilkin-
son, who has large holdings east of
Orangewood, and who appreciates the
value of an electric car line to, or
near, his property. He has worked
indefatiguably in the past six months
to interest other land owners in that
section to secure electric line ac-
commodations and only yesterday
was successful in closing the last
transaction. As soon as this matter
was closed Mr.. Mitchell stated that
his company would be willing to
make the extension and begin work
in the early fall as it will take some
time to assemble the material and
during the warm summer months it
is difficult to do railroad building in
this section. He hopes to have it
completed before fair week to give
visitors to the city an additional car
ride.
The Phoenix Railway company has
kept quiet in regard to the above ex-
tension as it is its policy not to make
any statement in regard to possible
work that is to be done until such
time as it is definitely decided that
the work will be done. Mr.. Mitchell
was asked if there were any other
extensions that his company expected
to build in the near future and he re-
piled that there were three other
projects that have been under con-
sideration for some time past, but
have not been suf-
advanced to make the an
One of the three may
be decided upon within the next thirty
days and it is the company's desire
to decide upon all of the projects be-
fore work is begun on the Indian
school extension so that all the ma
terial can be shipped in at the same |
time and the work on the four pro-
iects be carried along and finished
before the new year.
The announcement of Mr.. Mitchell |
led to another question |
which was put to him and answered |
and most satisfactorily. 1t
IS matter of public knowledge that |
4 franchise has been granted the |
Suburban Railway company to enter
the city, the projectors of which road |
insist that they mean business and |
will begin operations just as soon as
possible. 1t is also a matter of COM
non knowledge that Chaplain Scott |
If Scottsdale. is whipping into shape |
lis project for suburban line from |
Phoenix to Scottsdale, with every in |
llNdNiOll VI tdll SuiNtoSs WI. 4ullNlltli
was asked if this move of the Phoe- |
Xix Railway company was designed |
o thwart any purpose of the other |
wo companies named, and he said |
most emphatically that it is not in
ended to disturb those lines in the |
east, or any others, for that matter,
hat have yet been talked of.
This proposed extension, said Mr.. |
has been in process of de-
'elopment for, many months, long
before the Suburban railway was
1t has been a long fight
o overcome certain obstacles, which
las finally been done, and very large
v through the efforts of Mr.. Wilkin-
on, 1t does not conflict in any way
With the plans of the Suburban. but
pens up a different section of the
ALLEY, and it is the desire of the
Phoenix Railway company to see the
alley progress as fast as possible.
he more suburban lines the more
residents, and the more.peo-
lie for both the valley and the city. |
he Phoenix railway has had other
lines in contemplation, and
t least one of them would probably
ave been built before now had the
Ian not been thwarted by the resi-
ante Of o1dition