Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1910-10-09
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
ARIZONA A|LWAY
COMMISSION

office of The Arizona Railway Com
mission. Phoenix. Arizona, July Is,
1910.
To His Excellency, Richard E. Sloan
Governor of Arizona:
Sir: For your annual report to the
Secretary of the Interior, the Arizona
Railway Commission has the honor to
submit this report of its proceedings
and the business transacted by it dur
ing the fiscal year ending June 80.
1910.
Since our report for the period end
ing June 80, 1909. the personnel OF
the Commission has changed through
the resignation of Messrs Sims Ely
and NJ. o. Bicknell and the appoint
ment of their successors, w. p. Nc
Nair of Douglas and E. S. De Pass of
Phoenix.
In accordance with the provisions
Of Section of the Act creating the
Commission, the office of the Com
mission, at the Capitol, has been open
during regular business hours every
| day. legal holidays excepted, and all
records and files have been kept
therein.
AS provided in Section of the Act,
general sessions have been held every
two months, on the third Monday Of
the month, at the office OF the Com
mission at the Capitol. the proceed
ings of which sessions, as well as of
all special meetings. have been re-
corded in a book of minutes.
AS provided in section Is Of the Act,
all common carriers operating in the
Territory have filed with the Com
mission their tariff schedules and cop
les of their monthly and annual re
ports to the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
AS provided in Section 25 of tn
Act, the Commission has made month
ly reports to the Territorial Auditor.
itemized under oath OF it's Chairman
of all expenses incurred.
During the period covered by thi
report, the Arizona and Colorado Rail
road the ella Valley. Globe and
Northern Railway, the Maricopa and
| Phoenix Railroad, and the Phoeni
and Eastern Railroad have been con
solidated, and are now known as tn
Arizona Eastern Railroad Company.
The ella Valley, Globe and North
| ern division of the Arizona Eastern
Railroad has been extended from
Globe to Miami, Arizona. a distance
of 1852 miles. and a branch line has
been constructed from a point near
Globe to Amster, a distance of 4.SS
miles.
The Arizona and Swansea Railroad
has been constructed from Bouse, on
| the Arizona and California Railway.
to Swansea. Arizona, distance Of
21.1 miles
| The FL Paso and Southwestern Sys
TEN has completed a branch line ex
| tending from Douglas northward to
CORTLAND, Arizona, a distance OF
| 34.66 miles
| The Arizona and Colorado division
iof the Arizona Eastern Railroad has
been extended from Pearce southwark
toward Naco for 36.2 miles, with a
branch line to Gleeson of SAG miles.
making a total of 1896 miles.
The Southern Pacific Co has ac-
-quired that portion of the Twin
Buttes Railroad extending from Tue
son to a point near Sahuarito station
and constructed a line from the said
point to a connection with its New
Mexico and Arizona branch near CAL
abasas, a distance of 1855 miles.
! This CUTOFF shortens the distanc.
from Tucson and points west thereo,
to Nogales and west coast Mexica
points by about II miles, 81
The johnson, Dragon. & Northern
Railway has been constructed from