Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-08-21
TuCsOn's Railroad Racket.
The Late Wash-Out- Erection or Large Car-ShOps in Our City-Substitution of White Men for Chinese AS Section Hands-S0tes and News.
From Fridays .DasIy.7

The amount of damage done by the recent wash-out between Tucson and
 Pantano is now ascertained to have
 been about 5000 feet of track al
 together, distributed over the nine
 miles between Papago and Pantano.
 Superintendent Curtis has a large
 gang Of men at work repairing the
 break, and it is thought likely that the
 first break will be repaired tonight so
 that passengers and m lIls for Tomb
 stone can be transferred to the regular
 train, which WAS lcfl on the other side
 on the night of the wlSh-out. Mr
 Curtis expects to get a train through
 by tomorrow afternoon, providing the clouds hold off for that length of time
 and refrain from delugiug ,he track
 again. It is now only about three
 weeks since the same section of track
 was washed away, and the spiles and
 rocks with which the company have since been strengthening the road bed were all carried away, leaving the work to be done over again.
 A coach-load of passengers was driven out to Tombstone this morning and another will be sent out tonight, if the trains are unable to make con neclion.
 The raiIr7ad company have decided now to erect large car-shops in Tue son-a decision of more than ordinary importance to our city. We were this morning shown rough draft Of the plans by MT. J. Follansbee, who will have charge of them when completed. The building IS to be TOKYO feet in size and will probably be located somewhere to the east of the ma chine shops. IL will be entirely sep arate from the machine shops, and will GO all the car reparlng for about 800 miles of railroad, which will require a large force of men. Some of the for the building is already on the ground, but we did not learn when the work of erection will commence.
 At the machine shops, which are now completed for the reception Of the machinery, we found 4. D. Xii burn, the new master mechanic, busy experimenting the unloading of sev- eral car loads of heavy lathes and other of large machine shop. All the machinery is heavy, new and ofthe latest improved pattern. The engine which is to furnish the motive power is already here, with the exception of the boilers, which will ar rive in day or two. The bricks and other material for the engine house are already on the ground, and will soon be in place. One end of the is beng set apart for a black smith shop and other smaller depart neuls of the works, and altogether the new machine shop, when filled with he busy mechanics, will mako a clat- CT on these our mesas which will as .onish the natives.
 Yesterday no less than 1000 feet of ] rack was lad at the front, making m ! he vicinity of l05 to no miles of track ! low laid east of Tucson On tuesday ! Afternoon tue track layers reached the .dge of San Simon valley, since which ime the rails have gone down very ast. A side track and tank were put n almost directly north of Dos Cabe- as, to accommodate the heavy freight or Globe. which will now be shipped rom there, and one carload of which .sd arrived. A station of some i'm ,ortauce will eventually grow into eX- stence st that point. The end of tne oad cannot now be far from the New IeSicsn line. though we aId not learn he exact distance; and st the rate at ,hich they are now driving il, we may oon expect to hear of a through south rn line 10 the Atlantic.
 Tucson's Chinatown has been for ome time just east of the railroad ctt,s c0-.O' rhe-o Inc Celestial gm lofes Of Ae company did consFe-