Part 1

Smith and Fleming discuss the Railway's development, including the expansion of routes in central Phoenix, the Kenilworth line, the Washington Street line, and the Glendale line; the quality, laying, maintenance, and sale of track used on the Railway; the types of cars employed, the methods of their operation, their braking systems and bells, and their individual eccentricities; various of Smith's colleagues; and anecdotes regarding a dog who slept in a trolley car's cog wheel and citizens taking cars on the Washington line on joyrides. Smith also reflects on Phoenix's development, including "millionaire's row," the growth of residential neighborhoods, canals, and businesses.