El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-06

Water SCdre-RdilrOdd Progress
Telephone Llnes.Increasing-The
Saw And BOX FaCtory-NeW
Building Planned.
Special Correspondence. of the HERALD.


Special Correspondence. of the HERALD.
WILLIAMS, A. T., Nov. 29.-Wster
is getting to be q scarce article in
Northern Arizona. The Santa Fe
Pacific Is now hauling to all points be-
tween Winslow and Williams, from
Winslow and a. e supplying Ash Fork
from CrOzier, which makes a very long
haul. A scarcity of water cars has
caused them several narrow escapes
from q tie up. lately. 1t has been dis
covered that the pipe line at CroZler
has become stopped up in some man
ner and after this is cleaned out it is
expected the supply there will be large.
ly increased.
The GRAD Canon company is pro-
crossing nicely with their construction,
having all the men they can work.
They have had to add g second engine
within the last week, one being with
| tho STEEL laying gang and the other
hauling material. They expect toreach
| the mines by the first of the year
which will make the line complete to
the Al mile post. Work will be. pushed
to the Canon as fast as the weather will
permit.
Mr.. Thomes, of the S. F. g. G. G..
railway, is on a trip east In the interests
Of tho read and is expected to return
the first of the week.
Humboldt Ward has been appointed
superintendent of the S. F. & G. G..
railway; He will have charge of the
material train for q few weeks and
then will take full charge as superin-
tendent. Mr.. Ward has lately left the
services of the s. F. p. railway where
he was employed as conductor.
w. 0. Secor, surveyor for the land
department of the S. F. P. railway,
with large party is at work on the
railroad lands between Williams and
the Grand Canon marking out section
al lines.
Charles CANAL, lately connected
with the Santa Fe Pacific as lineman
between Winslow and SeIigman, has
resigned and gone into the telephone
business. He has just completed at
Williams one of the most complete
telephone systems in the southwest,
star ting in with 45 subscribers. He
also was the founder of the Citizens
telephone company of Flagstaff, and
from here to Flagstaff, which will be
of great benefit to the subscribers at
each point.
G. e. Boyce has sold his electric
light plant to DR.. P. A. Mellick, who
has announced his intention to pur-
chase another dynamo. The patrons
are showing their appreciation of the
Gil ulRut eOFVlCS duQ are udVluR 6QQl-
tional lights put In. The plant "a it is
has to be run At too high speed and
will force them to increase the power
of the plant.
The Saginaw aud Manistee Lumber
company of this place e, are running
their saw mill and box factory at their
fullest capacity, running night and
day. They are expecting new en-
CINE for the new road known as the Ssgi-
nav Southern. This will make three
engines hauling logs, besides sew
cral cars day they get from log
eing camp situated on the Santa Fee
Pacific railway. The Saginaw is one of
the largest saw mill plants in the
southwest
J. P. Parker, who had charge of the
cinder pit for the S. F. P. railway dur
ing the past summer, has about COM
pleted arrangements for erecting one
of the largest business houses in Will
liams. Part of it will be used by the
branch Office of the Arizona Central
bank, and it is thought the other por-
ton will be occupied by large mer-
cautile firm. 1t is also the intention
to have large restaurant, to be run in
first class style,a place where one can
take his family and not have to go
through or into the rear end of some
saloon. In town of the size of this it
looks as If there might be more than
This one is the Hayward house.