Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-02-19
"7raveling Convention"
E. P. e S. W. Officials
Looking For Reasons"

Have you come to Phoenix to see
whether it would be a good point on a
main line?" was asked President T. NJ.
Schumacher of the Ell Paso & South
western who arrived in the city yester-
day afternoon at five o'clock at the
head of large party of general agents
and managers of the system. I'VE have
not come to make arrangements for
building a main line but while we are
here, we will observe what reasons
there may be for building one to this
point AT present the western terminus
of our line is Tucson and our other
terminus is in New Mexico. not far
from the Colorado line and" Here the
hearer was left to infer that the f. =.
& S. w. would hardly be content to
remain within that restricted territory.
AS to the Tidewater plan, Mr. Schu-
macher said his company was not be-
hind that as was popularity supposed.
That is the property of Jimmie Doug
las, but MIR. Schumacher added 81 sup
pose we could acquire an interest in it
if we desired The same relation is
borne by the +. p. 4 S. w. to the pro-
posed road from Mesa to Jerome
Mr.. Schumacher calls the present
trip "a travelling convention The
party is composed of the following Of
ficials:
T. NJ. Schumacher of New York;
NJ Curry. secretary of Mr.. Schu-
macher; Eugene Fox, general traffic
manager FL Paso; W. c. Barnes, gem
eral freight agent, FL Paso; Garnett
King, general freight agent, FL Paso;
Orno NJ. Brown, general agent Cleve-
land. Ohio; b. l.. Birkholz. general
agent, New York; d. c. McCready,
general agent, Pittsburg; f. w. Pullen,
general agent, Chicago; Warren Brown,
general agent. Memphis: Richard War
rem, general agent, El Paso; +. B. Win
ship. general agent, San Francisco; j.
F. Hogan, general agent. Los Angeles;
G. W. Feakins, general agent, st
Louis: J. l.. Fox general agent. Kan
sas City: ID. A. Davies, commercial
agent Detroit. L. H. Trimble. travel
ing freight and passenger agent, Tue
son; Willis Schoff, Ell Paso: w. d..
Shea, Ell Paso.
''They are all trained in the railroad
business" said Mr.. Schumacher but
most of them have never been over the
territory in which our road operates.
! thought that they could not better
improve their education in railroading
than in going over the property
I The first meeting Of the convention"
was held at El Paso from whence they
started in a special train over the sys-
TEN. They first visited Tucumcarl, N.
NJ, the eastern terminus and then went
TO the coal mines at Dawson. y. NJ.
The next points in the order of the tour
were. Tyrone. Morenci Douglas, Bisbee
and Tucson. They were met at the
last named place by representatives Of
the Phoenix Cbamber of Commerce and
were accompanied to Phoenix where
{ they arrived last night. The visitors
were given dinner at the Arizona
, Club by the chamber.
I The members of the party viii be
shown about the valley this morning,
but Mr. Schumacher himself will be
occupied with meetings with various
business men who will be given an op-
portunty TO show him reasons" This
is the first visit Of Mr.. Schumacher to
Phoenix in four years.
The convention will leave for Ajo
at one o'clock this afternoon. That is
a point that has been under consider
alton by the E p * S. w. for some
years. A survey from Tucson to Aio
was completed three years ago and is
now in the files Of the company. There
was an earlier and more comprehen-
sive one. affecting Phoenix. though il
was not n completed one. But after the
last survey. it was decided to build the
road from ella Bend to Ajo. The com =
pany is the owner of fifty per cent of
that road. From Ajo the aprty will go
to the coast