Arizona republican., 1910-09-30
LOOKS LIKE
 MAIN LINE. Construction Work Recently Completed Causes Talk USE HIGH GRADE MATERIAL
Engineer Mcclure Here Looking Over Work But Declines to Prophecy Just What It May Por- tend Improvements.

While officials of the Southern Pa cific lines are practically non-com- initial as to whatever recent develop ments there may in relation t. further and the Buckeye lines, the amount and nature of the work under way at present would indicate that the company is pretty well satisfied that it will soon be enabled to carry our the projections planned whereby Phoe- nix will be placed practically upon the main line of the Southern Pacific.
 Engineer of Maintenance of Way J. C. Mcclure of Tucson, was in Phoenix two or three days this week and made several trips over the Buckeye line and along the line of the Arizona X Eastern in company with Superinten- dent c. NJ. Scott. He declined to en- ter into the real purpose of his vis it here, but he did not hesitate to enter into the nature of the work in progress or recently completed in this vicinity.
 Engineer Mcclure stated that one of the important pieces of work, com pletion of which was made on We'd nesday, was the entire r6laying of the rails upon the line of the Arizona tS Eastern between Phoenix and Tempe Today, according to Engineer Mcclure this much of the line is exactly on a par with the best portions of the main line of the Southern Pacific. It hoe he rral- ballast, standard ties, tie plates. con tinuous joints, seventy-five pound steel rails on the tangents and eighty pound steel rails on the curves.
 The construction of the Buckeye OK tension was also made t0 conform strictly to the work being done upon the main line and there is today continuous line from Tempe down into the Hassayampa river section of as fine railroad building as it is possi- ble to find in any part of the country
 Persons familiar with these lines say that unless the company was reasonably certain of the ultimate ex- tension of these lines in each direction and thereby throwing it into a main line, there would never have been expended the time and money repre- sented in the construction of these lines.
 Just what action Secretary Ballin- ger will ultimately take in reference to the approval of the prolected line through the San Carlos section can only be conjectured, but it IS freely predicted that he will most likely grant the railroad the privilege it asks and that almost immediately thereafter, work upon the new and continuous line will be begun.
 Locally there has been considerable improvement work completed or in augurated recently. Besides increas- ing the trackage in the yards so that capacity for three hundred additional cars is given, there has been laid a new track at the depot to accommo- date passenger trains. Superinten- dent Scott said yesterday that It IS planned to make a beautiful park of the station grounds. The first or this work was started earlier in the year when a number of palms Weie set out and these are already at tracting the notice of every frequent CT of the depot It is now propoi ed to construct a platform of caliche and to start the work of grading tie entire tract of land embraced in the station grounds.
 Incidentally notices have been posted at the grounds prohibiting the riding of bicycles upon the station grounds. This rule has been made necessary by reason of several ciose calls bicyclists have already had while riding alongside moving passenger trains.