Arizona republican., 1910-09-25
CHEAP ROUND TRIP
 1. A.-.PHOEA|X RATE
Board of Trade Has a Special ln-
 ducenent for Homeseekers.

Harry Wclch. secretary of the Phoe- l for sometime to secure q special col | onists rate on the railroads from Los
 Angeles to Phoenix and return. to be used in connection with the branch l office of the board in Los Angeles 1 Yesterday he was notified by Gen i eral Agent Goldsworthy of the Santa | Fe, that the rate has been granted by J that railroad, and it is altogether 1 likely that a similar notice will be i forthcoming from the competitive line l The rate as at present granted will | he effective only from october 1 to | October 15 and will be $20 for the round trip. It may be taken aGvan- | tage of only by parties of three or i more. who can make arrangements
 through the branch office of the ! board of trade in Los Angels.
 There are two or three reasons for
 these conditions one is that it will 1 give the board of trade an opportun- 1 ity to measure it's effectiveness in 1 part, in getting new corners into the i valley from the west. This Is not only to satisfy the board of the value |, of the branch office but if it can secure a reasonable patronage of the railroads. by this means. it will have a very effective argument in asking 1 the railroads for a repetition of the special rate from time to time The branch office of the board has not been opened long and is itself but ! little advertised. This will help to advertise it. Those who are looking
 for new location will find through tho board a cheeper way of getting to Phoenix.
 Another reason for the conditions made is that the railroads will he protected to some extent against the normal local travel of business men
 who go back and forth and only de
 sire single tickets. To get advan-
 tage of this rate they will have to
 apply at the office of the branch
 board and organize into parties of at
 least three The average business
 man will not do this but the occa-
 sional traveller may take advantage
 of it when he would not otherwise
 make the trip. In that way the busi-
 ness of the railroads will be stimu-
 lated enough no doubt by the specia! rates to offset the few dollars that will be lost through travellers who have to go anyway, taking advantage of it.
 As the board is yet so little adver- tised in Los Angeles an extra effort will be made to secure as many pas sengers as possible between the first and 18th of October, so the board can make a showing to the railroads It is a little early yet for the big army of homeseekers who go to the | coast every winter, but there are 1 some travelling all the time. If 1 enough patronage can be secured for | this first excursion period. there is | no doubt the same privileges will be ! granted later when the big rush is 1 on and should result in the brining | of many new settlers into the valley. !!
 It should be noted that there is one | advantage over many of the colonist | rates granted, and that is the return ! trip feature. It gives those who de- | sire it a chance to come and look | the country over before pulling up | stakes permanently to move here: a thing most new settlers would desire [ to do anyway. if they were no far | ther away than California