Arizona republican., 1910-06-17
GLENDALE TROLLEY \
 PRACTICAL CERTAINTY IT WILL BE IN OPERATION IN A
 FEW MONTHS. All But S2000 of the Bonus and Half Mile Right of Way Has Been
 Secured.

Plans for the construction of an in l terurban trolley line between Phoenix | and Glandale have matured to such an ! extent during the past few months that an announcement of the work that has been done, with the assur ance that the line will be built was [ made yesterday. It was stated by w D. Fulwiler, who with Lafayette Mey CTS, has had charge of the bonus and right of way work. that all but $2000 of the bonus had been raised and all
 but a half mile of the rights of way
 secured. Under the terms of contract
 with General M. H. Sherman the road
 will be operated by him for five years
 making seven round trips daily It is
 expected by the promoters of this road
 that the cars will be running over 1t
 this fall.
 For the past few months" said w.
 D. Fulwiler yesterday. MT. Meyers
 and I have been working incessently
 though quietly on this project and
 am glad to say with apparent success
 There have been times when we feared
 that we would not be able to push the
 project to successful determination.
 We are so near the end of our labors
 that it seems hardly possible that we
 can fail in raising the remainder Of
 the bonus and signing up the rest of the right of way
 'I think it will be one of the biggest things in an industrial way that has ever come to the valley, for this road u.D be but the first of a network of trolley lines that will traverse this valley: It will bring people here as nothing else will do. With, a road to Buckeye building, with the Fl Paso and Southwestern looking toward 1 Phoenix for terminus and above all | the prospect of immediate statehood. | valley and marvellous prosperity l seem to me certainties."
 The men who have stood for the i Glendale road from the first and done all they could to advance the project ] are R. P. Davie of the Southwestern Sugar and Land company, w. J. Mur- phy of the Phoenix Trust company. | w D. Fulwiler. Lafayette Meyers and others. Numerous conferences have been held with General sherman since the first proposal was made to him. He has contracted to build and Oper ate the road when the rights are se- cured and the bonus raised.
 He has thirty days in which to ex- anime the bonus contracts and deeds 10 the right of way He will have a year in which to complete the line, but it is hardly probable that he will re- quire more than a quarter of this time 10 lay the sixteen miles of track over a course that requires but little or no grading The original plan of a road built and operated by private capital was abandoned when it was found that Sherman was sufficiently inter ested in the valley to build 1t himself. It is the opinion of the promoters of the road that Sherman is the logical man to handle the proposition partly II 1n account of the equipment which he already has available. If built by val ley men it would necessitate the use ,f gasoline motors instead of cleo ricity for the present at least.
 By the terms of the contract. cheap 'ates will be put in effect at once on he opening of the road. To Orange wood one way will be l5 cents and round trip 25 cents. To Glendale 8 cents, round trip 50 cents. Commuta ion books. good for four months will 1e sold at the rate of 20 cents a ride | or 60 rides to Glendale and to Orange wood the communication fare will be ten ,ents one way. The line will carry | both freight and passengers
 The proposed route is as follows:
 From the terminus of the present inc built last year as an extension to he Indian school line the route will ,e north through section Is to the enter of section g; then westward even eights of a mile into section 8; forth to the center of the s. E. r of |; westward in a straight line through II ections 5, 6. l. 2. and 4; to the astern boundary of s; south almost O the sugar factory; west to the N. C corner of Washington park and outh to the new concrete depot. A fifty foot right of way has been ob aimed over all of this route with the tf xception of about a half mile. T