Arizona republican., 1922-06-18

| lands on account of the high rate
| Mr.. Griffin was followed by a num-
| Der of former rail and engine men
| who were connected with the various
| western roads. These men We're O.
| A. Kane, former railroad dispatcher
/ Martin t. Weyant, police captain
| former yardmaster, and conductor
| George Mcconnell, former yardmas-
| ter and conductor; c. E. Blaine, for
mer traffic manager, and George r.
Hart, who was in the engine service
for AZ years.
Each of these men testified as to
operating conditions in the states in
volyed and declared that the condi-
tions within these states We're more
favorable to train operation than in
California or the other intermoun-
tain states. The hearing yesterday
afternoon closed with the testimony
of Roland Johnston. manager of the
traffic bureau of the Phoenix cham
Der of commerce.
Impressed with Valley
Following the hearing yesterday
afternoon, John II. ShaughnesSy,
chairman of the public service corr
poration of Nevada, prior to his de-
parture for Santa Fe, n. NJ, where
the next hearing is to be held, de-
Phoenix and the progressiveness of
its business men, and with the re-
sources of the Salt River valley and
its promise of unlimited develop
ment.
Mr.. Shaughnessy declared that the
state water commissioner and the
Arizona corporation commission
should be brought into the various
booster campaigns of the state and
valley because of their manifest close
relationship with real estate and the
PRONUNCIATION of fares and rates. As
compared to California points Mr..
Shaughnessy said, Arizona, Nevada
and New Mexico must labor under
hardShips to secure colonists for
rates to homeseekers and settlers are
made to Pacific coast points, the
companies routing them usually over
the southern route through Arizona
and New Mexico and returning over
the northern routes through Nevada,
or the reverse.
This routing, Mr.. Shaughnessy de-
clared, has the effect of taking the
colonists and homeseekers by lands
and opportunities within the three
states, and this is one of the prime
reasons why these states should have
the present passenger and freight
rates adjusted, before anything can
be done by the booster organizations
toward bringing colonists in large
numbers to these states.
For More Farmers
These organizations, Mr.. Shaugh-
cooperation with the corporation
commissions of their states, for
through data available from these
commissions. which are also the rail-
road commissions of these states,
they can show to the railroad COM
panies that whenever settler is
brought to these states, there is a
specific amount of revenue accruing
to the railroad. company as well as
to the state, and this colonist move
should not be affected by the cry of
high taxation.
BY bringing in more taxpayers, he
added, the production of the mines,
the livestock and the agricultural in
dustries will be increased and the
entire state as well as the Salt River
valley will benefit by the movement
The direct appeal of Arizona, he said,
should be along these lines. The
present basic rate for one-way fares
which must be used by the settlers
and those coming into these states,
he declared, is against colonization.
This fare, he said, amounts to As
cents mile for main lines and and
cents a mile for branch lines, as
compaed with a basic rate of SO
cents in the other states.
Mr.. Shaughnessy said he consid-
| cred the Arizona corporation COM
mission a very high grade organiza-
| ton which stood highly with the in
! terstate commerce commission. 1t is
| essential to the development Of the
| state he declared, that the member
! ship of the commission which is in
| terested in the transportation needs
! of Arizona, should be retained, and
that as in many of the other states
the personnel of the commission
should be as far removed as possible
from politics.