Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-04
TelEeHAPH NEWS.

our maps for the Box canon right oil
way on the Giln river in central Ari-
zona. have no doubt that the ap-
preparation Will be made for the con-
sifuction OF the line to our holding or
coal lands In Colorado. We have made
iiree surveys and The project seems
feasible. although It will demand n
big appropriation and you some days
ago read what Mr HIM said of the
difficulty Of raising money on railroad
securities. Mr.. Hartman thought well
of this project and was anxious TO see
the line constructed
"Wjil you enter Arizona by way Of
Globe or Clifton7r was asked.
"Oh. that is matter for the engi
neers. However. We are going to lcok
AT the keynote this afternoon, the Box
canon paes. and after the government
acts we Will proceed, J feel certain g"
He denied that the Pennsylvania had
purchased the s y. Holdings of Santa
Fe stock and declared II the Goulds
wanted to come into s. P territory II
would make It all the merrier
NEW YORK, Mar. 81 The story
Of fight for a canon. The only pass
through which a railroad track might
pass through the Arizona mountains.
was told al today's hearing OF the gov
ernment's suit to dissolve the Union
and Southern Pacific merger. II is
one fight which E. H. Hartman lost.
The story Is told by E. G. Ives, gen
eral counsel for The Hartman rail.
roads in Arizona In 1901. he said,
Hartman interests planned to build
railroad from Mesa, Ariz., TO Durango,
Colo. to connect with their coal fields.
There was only ono way the road
could pass through the mountains
through the great Gila or Box canon.
and then along the north bank of the
ella river. Before any work was done
the Phoenix and Arizona Railroad com
pany Incorporated to build a railroad
from nowhere TO nowhere along the
south bank of the river The Harrl-
man men were caught mapping. The
Phoenix and Arizona started 10 build
its harmless little road on the south
side OF the river But when It got
within two miles OF the canon's mouth.
II threw bridge across ella river.
and prestol II commanded ella canon.
and Hartman could not reach his coal
fields. Then the fight hogan Harri-
man rushed squads and grading camps
into the field. One road was built
from the east toward the west. The
other built from the west toward the
east. When they met they dyuamited
rocks into each others camps. They
worked ard fought and the scheme
was resorted to the courts
The lower courts enioined Harri-
mans enemies; the Arizona territorial
court enjoined Hartman. The matter
went TO the supreme court and while
1t was pending there Hartman,
through the Arizona and Eastern,
which he organized to build the ella
canon road, bought out the Phoenix
and Arizona and stopped the fight. II
cost him q. million dollars but he had
the pass. 1t was Harrimans defeat.
DENVER. Mar. 31.--Pasquale Cote,
former consul, is en- route from Italy
TO Denver and will appear before Unit
cd States Commissioner Hinsdale to-
morrow morning in answer to sub
poena issued today out of the United
States district cour, ordering him to
do so and make reply 10 letters filed
by the Italian government charging
him with embezzlement OF government
funds.
WlI.BuRTON, Okla. Mar. n An
explosion IN mine No of the Greni
Western Coal and Coke company here
early today killed six men.
WAsH1NGTON. Mar. sl.--An order
FOR further detail documentary evi
dence was issued today by the Bal
lngerPinchot investigating committee
indicates the first apparent object
may sink into secondary importance
and be superseded In point by actual
inquiry into the question whether the
vasi inestimable wealth of Alaska has
fallen into the hands OF the Guegen-
heims and ]. L. Morgan.
The surprisingly contradictory
statements which developed regarding
The status of agreement reached be
tween Clarence Cunningham aud his
associates and the Morgan and Gug-
senheim interests 10 far remain un.
explained and the committee proposes
to find out all about II.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Mar. al
The two hundred thousand organized
miners OF bltuminous coal fields of the
United States will strike at u o'clock
tonight and will stay away from the
mines until the operators consent TO
pay an advance in wages OF cents "A
ten, according to an announcement To-
day from the headquarters OF the Unit
cd Mine Workers OF America In this
city.
II have received no information that
the miners and operators OF any dis
strict VIII get together today said
Thomas l.. Lewis. president Of the or
ganization. at is barely possible that