Arizona republican., 1911-07-20
HOLDS FAITH
IN OLD CAMP
F. N. Murphy on Future Of
Tombstone
ADJUSTMENT OF TROUBLES
No Doubt of the Early
Building of the Port Lo-
bos Railroad. Other En-
terprises Affecting This
Valley.
ADJUSTMENT OF TROUBLES

Mr.. +. NJ Murphy arrived in his
private car from the south yesterday,
accompanied by his secretary George
d. Norris Mr. Murphy had come
from Tombstone where he went a few
days ago for the purpose of straight
! ening out the tanglc of the Tomb
| stone Consolidated Mining company,
| one of the subsidiaries of the De
velopment company of America of
which Mr.. Murphy is the head.
ON this trip Mr.. Murphy was ac-
companied by O. LOngacre and w. :.
Clifford who instead of returning,
went to Imperial and will come 10
Phoenix by the way of the property
of the company at Saddle Mountain.
Mr.. Murphy went on To Prescott last
night but in three or four days he
will return to Phoenix and meet
Messrs Longacre and Clifford and
they will then proceed to Castle Hot
Springs for a few days.
Mr. Murphy is dcsirous of inspect
ing important improvements under
way at the springs. They include
golf links which will be in readiness
at the opening of the next season.
Speaking of the affairs of the
Tombstone company, Mr.. Murphy
said that all the Judgment liens were
taken over, that bankruptcy proceed
ings were Instituted and that Il trus-
tee will shortly be appointed. \ sale
Of the property will soon after be
ordered in which the. creditors Will
be given an opportunity to particf-
pate. Adjustment and reorganization
will quickly follow and the old camp
will bc placed on its feet again, more
firmly established than ever.
Mr. Murphy's faith in Tombstone
has not been shaken in the slightest.
II has only developed that mistakes
have been made and it has been made
evident that for half the large amount
of money that has been spent there,
the camp might have been placed on
more substantial footing
If instead of following theories re
garding the unwatering of the mines
attention had been given to the eX-
ploratiOn of the ground above the
water. greater and profitable progress
would have been made. In time the
problem of unwatering would have
had to be met and when the time
should have come the solution might
have been begun Systematically and
with promise of success.
The affairs of the Imperial COM
pany will also be satisfactorily adj
justed in the same way. Some of
the creditors became impticnt and
brought suit. Bankruptcy proceed
ings became inevitable and no objec-
tions were met for it was the de-
sire of the company to protect all
persons Interested. 4 trustee will
soon be appointed in the interest Of
the creditors. BY fall, Mr.. Murphy
believed reorganization would be
effected. resulting in the resumption
of operations on more substantial
basis than ever.
Mr. Murphy had no doubt Of the
construction OF the Port Lobos rail
road He said that construction
work would be begun soon after the
elections in the republic of Mexico in
October and as soon as the affairs
of the republic are 50 settled as to
warrant the expenditure of a large
sum of money.
with the Port Lobos road in
operation" said Mr.. Murphy" there
will be no other copper enterprise in
this country so advantageously sit
uated as the Imperial company. This
road will be of great benefit to all
of Arizona-to the salt River valley
and the whole southwest. / believe
that large part of the heavy traffic
of this region will find its way to
deep water by the way of Port Lobos,
especially after the completion of the
Panama canal"
Regarding the building of the Ari-
zona Eastern through the Box Can
yon, Mr. Murphy said that he had
had a talk with Col. Randolph at
Tucson the day before and he under
stood that the Box Canyon contrO
versy was to be settled by the in
terror department in September. 1t
IS unfortunate" said Mr.. Murphy, for
this valley and the territory as a
whole that the road has not already
been completed. You have every
thing now in the valley that is need
ed. except one thing-an eastern con-
nectIon. l have been surprised at
so great lack of appreciation here
of the Importance of that connection
which means so much To you.
The people Of Phoenix should al
So bestir themselves in the interest
won't do to, take it for granted that