Wharton Ready to Begin. (1892)
Mr. H. L. Wharton returned yesterday from a two month’s trip to the east in connection with the construction of the electric street railway for which a franchise was granted him and others last March.
The arrangements for its construction have been completed and Chicago capitalists have deposited in Phoenix banks to Mr. Wharton’s credit $25,000 as an earnest of their intention to go on with the work.
The six months limit named in the ordinance granting the franchise will not expire until September 7 and long before that the working laying the tracks will have begun.
– The Arizona Republican, 1892-08-10, p. 1