Arizona republican., 1915-10-09
WILL OPERATE
 NEW LOOP SOON
Manager Mitchell of Phoe- nix Railway Company Gives First Information as to Routing of Cars Over Fourth Street Line

According to a statement issued yesterday evening by Manager l Mitchell of the Phoenix Railway Company, the new loop routing of
 the Glendale and Indian School car lines will start sometime during the
 week of October IT. It was at first l planned to have the new traffic ar l engagements put into effect today,
 but owing to the fact that the com | pany was compelled to divert the
 services of it's large force of men to | the task of repairing the pavements l along Washington street and other parts of the downtown section, the new work was necessarily delayed. Because of the method which was used ir paving the streets adjacent 1 to the rails of the car line, the company has been compelled to tear 1 up a large portion of the streets l surface and replace it with a better grade of paving material This work of repairing the streets has been delayed for week or so owing | to the inability of the traction peo- ole to obtain the necessary supplies for the job. The local plant of the Barber Asphalt company had been shut down for some time past on account of the breakage of some of their machinery, and it was impos- sible for them to get the material out to the railway people in time to avoid an aggraVating delay, delay which it was charged by some who were not familiar with the situation, was caused by a desire on the part of the traction company to avoid doing the work.
 As soon as the asphalt binding ma terial necessary for the completion of the work was delivered to the car company, Manager Mitchell at once turned his entire force of men to the completion of the repair work, which were needed before the new routing of the cars could be accomplished. The new route will involve change in operation of the Indian
 School line and the Glendale line only, the remainder of the service to be continued over the old tracks,
 for the present at least. The Indian School cars will travel over the old tracks as far south as Roosevelt street but instead of turning east on the latter street, will go west on Roosevelt for one-half a block until Fourth street is reached, thence south of Fourth to Washington street west on Washington to tEe intersection of Second avenue, thence north on Second to Monroe street It will continue east on Mon roe to Fourth street, and then north on that thoroughfare to tue old tracks going northward The tracks between Roosevelt and Pierce street, a+ will be abandoned and later torn up.
 The Glendale cars will connect with the Indian School line at the intersection of Pierce and Fourt1 streets, and turning south at this corner, will follow the same route through the downtown section as the one used by the Indian School cars.
 The Brill line was to have been routed around the new loop also. but a protest was made by northside res idents in the neighborhoOd of First street against the discOntinuance of the service in that section of the city. and upon an order issued by the corporation commission, the com pany will continue to operate the Brill line over the old tracks, al though Manager Mitchell states that the revenue derived each day from that section from whence emanated the kick, amounts to less than $50 The Second avenue line will not be swung around the loop, for the present anyway
 Despite the fact that the new inn provements and routes are rather a costly proposition, Manager Mitch ell thinks that the new service re- sultant therefrom will be of much convenience to the citizens of Phoe- nix, inasmuch as the new routes will carry passengers in close proximity to the high school, the Churchill school. the Catholic church, St Jos eph's hospital and the new public market, all of which points were not so readily accessible from the old routes. Regarding the cost of the new improvement, MT. Mitchell said:
 "The outlay for such work is so great that in order to be reimbursed for the actual cost, the company would have to haul a number of pas sengers equal to one and a half times the number of soldiers in the Ger man army (nOrmally 100000, or in other words. would have to collect $16,00O before a penny of profit can be charged to the new line"
 TO GOOD ROADS MEET-State Engineer Lamar Cobb left last even ing for Flagstaff to attend the good