El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-22
Is Said To Be Contemplating
Affiliation With the
Phelps Dodge Road.
ON TO THE PACIFIC
Is the Cry, and There Are
Two Routes. Either Of
Which Would Be a
Rich Feeder.

The visit of the Rock Island Off
cials to FL Paso yesterday had a mean
| ing of far more Importance than the
mere building of their line into this
city.
| While the source of information can
not bedivulged at present it can be
safely said that the great Rock Island
system is finding its way to the Pa
cific coast and will make Ell Paso the
connecting place with line running
ont of here 10 the coast of Mexico ana
to all the rich mining country in Ari-
zona and New Mexico.
While The Herald with the other Ell
Paso papers has been severely criti-
cised for speculating so heavily on the
future of this city and especially with
refence TO railroads and smelters, not
one prediction of The Herald has fall
en- through To the contrary the most
important institutions that The Her
aid has been predicting have been re-
allied or assured.
The Rock Island was promised last
spring and now il is a certainty. The
Pecos Valley road is soon to carry out
the wild guess of The Herald and
will be operating into this city. and
there are many other smaller institu
tions that were predicted by The Her.
aid and have all been realized or soon
will be.
"A hot
the Southern Pacific would soon estaD-
lish big shops here and General Mana
ger Van Week confirmed the report to
the letter
The Herald also stated some weeks
ago that the mineral lines OF the Ari-
zona and New Mexico road and the
Phelps-Dodge company We're preparing
to build joint line into Ell Paso and
lease il to some great company which
would operate them all jointly.
Already evidences of the truth of this
statement are coming out and now it
is likely that the Rock Island will
get either these roads or the Sierra
Madre. and carry their line on to the
Pacific coast where il started when the
first rail was laid in Illinois.
When Mr.. Parker was here yesterday
he and Mr.. Griggs visited the smelter
and spent over an hour. Apparently
tney were there through curiosity and
to see the big plant in operation. But
they had another purpose that is prov
ed in their Investigations. They ask
ed about the heavy shipments of ore
from the mining sections of Arizona
and Sonora. Mexico. and what part of
II came from the mines of the Phelps
Dodge company and those along the
in some detail the matter of bullion
and matte shipments from the FL Paso
smelter to- the north and east.
When they returned to the city they
went over the river and there had a
long consulta ION with General Man
and were all along looking for infor-
nation about the mining country west
and southwest of FL Paso.
There is now a man in El Paso-I
We have heard of him before-who is
buying real estate and only wants that |
in a certain section of the city. He |
also wants strip through the entire |
city from the east. where the White |
Oaks enters. to the west limits, in the |
of the smelter. He is in the |
interest of railroad and has some in
terest. il is said. in the Arizona and /
New Mexico road running out of
Lordsburs. This property is now said /
to be. at least in part. for the Rock /
Island and their road that is to go west
to join the Phelps Dodge road.
The Rock Island will never stop in
FL Paso.'' said a railroader who is in
position to know what is going on. this
They are going to the coast
and will go through the rich mining