Arizona republican., 1911-06-05
LOSSES OF SOUTHERN
 PACIFIC IN MEXICO COLONEL RANDOLPH MAkES ESTIMATE OF DAMAGE. Believes a Quarter of a Million Will Be Required to Restore Bridges.

Reports which were recently circu- lated m Phoenix by travellers returned from Mexico concerning the destruc- ton of railroad property along the line of the Cananea, Yaqui I& Pacific. and other roads of the Southern Pa ciTic on the western coast. received a strong confirmation last week from Colonel Epes Randolph Colonel Randolph directs the affairs of the Southern Pacific company in Ari- zOna, New Mexico and old Mexico. and made in Illuminating statement of the losses sustained by his com pany.
 The immense property of the South crn Pacific in Mexico. consisting of a large mileage of railway on the Mexican west coast extending within 150 miles of Guadalajara. were at tackled by the Maderistas because the road under its charter gives traffic to federal troops.
 We have had 200 bridges de- stroycd," he said, and our road has. Of course, been out of commission for some time.
 General Madero has sent a repre- sentative named Bonilla through the states of Sonora. Sinaloa and Tepic to inform his followers that a peace pact has been signed: as fast as Bonilla advances arms are relin- quished. but in q large portion of those states armed forces are stiu arrayed against each other. Until these conditions are resolved into definite peace We cannot undertake the work of repair.
 As quickly as we feel assured of tranquil conditions we will begin and in a few weeks time after be- ginning we should have the road op- erating to Culiacan; to complete the repairs to the end of the line will require five weeks.
 Predictions as to the immediate fu- ture Of Mexico are difficult; I do not know General Madero personally but believe him to be an honest, sincere man who will likely form a govern ment that will take his country for ward.
 T am frank 10 say that I am deep ly sorry for General DiaZ for I admire him extravagantly and rank him with the great ones of the era: but he is now done politically beyond any que5- ton.
 General Madero proposes to estab- fish a liberal republican form of gov ernment: this. under some restric- tions as to qualifications of suffrage. he may accomplish. for he has shown qualities that should endear him to his patriotic countrymen.
 Added to the personality and abili- ty of Madero himself. is the fact that the Mexicans generally desire peace, ardently. and the advanced group hay to win. and the new element having full control of the formation of the government. gives every promise of an early cessation of turbulence.
 Any alert American who has sense for business or for seeing op- portunities can make a fortune down there readily. and as soon as tranquil government is restored there will he an immense placing of money and CT fort along the west coast and in oth- CT portions of Mexico.
 There will be many difficulties for General Madero to overcome, but while 4 large proportion of the people are  iHiterate. they are in point of personal qualities the equal of any lot of men who have not had the advantages which they deserve.
 If as I sincerely hope will be the case. General Madero can maintain or der. can establish the liberal princi- ples which his policy calls for and prove to the wold in a reasonable time that he will maintain MeXico's envi- able position in the concert of na- tinns. the country will jump ahead in a way that will astonish the world.
 As to local affairs of the Southern Pacific. I am not placed so as Co make any detailed statements; but the pres ent policy of the company is to be lib- eraI in advancements. Southern Cali fornia is of such importance and con- tains such present and future re- sources that I am confident that at the June meeting very large appro- priations will be made by the directory for work in this region"