Arizona republican., 1912-05-19
SAYS GROWTH
 |S NATURAL
T. A. Grady, Special Rep resentative of Spreckels Interests, Believes Pros perity Is Due Favorably Situated Phoenix

last night, commenting on the fine growth and excellent appearance Of prosperity of Phoenix and the valley Is this your first visit to Phoe-
 nix, Mr. Grady"
 No, have visited your city upon former occasions, but it is nineteen years since I was here last" You have, no doubt, noticed some pointed changes as to our city's inn provement since them"
 Well, yes: but I feel that it is
 only natural considering it's many advantages, that Phoenix should Keep
 in line with other cities singuIarly favored However, I am told that
 it wasn't until the last two or three
 years that you have gotten right doWn--or I would say up-to the higher order of city building Your streets, your buildings and your com mercial and social institutions give every evidence of your keenness in
 the matter of civic, commercial and social possibilities. Why. in my opin- iOn-;nd I have travelled some-you
 have one of the best hotels west of
 the Missouri river. not only in the character of it's structure but in it's
 up-keep as well. and you know that
 that is 1 factor of considerable m
 portdnce in the building of a city.
 Your banks are impressive, both from
 q commercial and artistic standpoint.
 all of which would indicate a sub
 stantial support through your vari- UuS industries"
 What do you think of our eli mate. MT. Grady"
 As a fall. winter and spring eli
 mate. 1 think it more desirable than that of the average Pacific coast and not excepting southern Cali tOrnia-but for an all-ycar record. year in and year out. think I may be excused in saying that you nave got to give it to San Diego and vi- cinty"
 Can you give us anything Ieti- mite as to the building of the San Diego X Arizona railroad. MT Grady"
 Nothing other than what has been stated through the newspapers. How ever. you can rest assured that MT Spreckels will build the road, and personally. I think that it will be completed in due time As you may know. the Spreckels interests are many, and therefore. d distribution of time and energy which would otherwise be applied to the build ing of the road in question. This must not be understood. however. as meaning that there is q lack of in- terest in the work as originally planned. but rather desire on the nart of the management to build in accordance with the highest order of railroad construction. and there fore q conservation of more than or dinary effort The work at present is being done under the difficulties which usually confront mountain railroad building. and you can rold- fly understand what that means as
 to time and patience"
 How long do you expect to be
 with us. MT. Grady"
 Until Monday or Tuesday next" You are here in the interest of your Hotel del Coronado and Tent City. I prcsume?"
 Yes. We feel that our hotel should be as well patronized in sumner as in Winter-and this owing to our de- lightful summer climate, as well as the many other advantages which the hotel and it's surroundings af- ford. Tent City. as you may know. has many advantages over other places of it's kind, inasmuch as that it's situation, it's environment. it's management and it's avenue of ap- proach all tend to give to it a dis tinction worthy of the delight and confidence of it's guests. And. as is generally known, the Spreckels in- tprpGfC in t., accomplish this I have been among quite q number of your citizens who are in the habit of spending the few weeks of your hot season away from home. and have the assurance of some of them that they will patron ize us this season By the way, was singularly interested in the visit of Judge Day, president of the Eqi- table Life Assurance society, inas-
 much as that I was 3 fellow clerk
 with his predecessor. Paul Morton.
 in the general freight office of the
 Burlington railroad in Chicago many
 years ago, and subsequently, was one
 of his lieutenantS while in charge of
 tourist car service of the Santa Fe
 railway system. while he was it's vice
 president And. while in a remf- ndscent mood, l may further add
 that it was while station agent at
 Benson, Arizona. that c. Fl. Mark
 ham. the present president of the
 Illinois Central railway system, laid
 the foundation of his phenomenal
 railroad career. in that he was pro-
 noted from d clerkship at Deming
 N. NJ. while I was in charge of
 passenger transportation with the
 Southern Pacific company there, in
 1884-5-G. I am not citing this with
 a feeling that I have done anything
 extraordinary myself, but rather to encourage any of your young men
 who would aspire to development similar to that of the above men