El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-16
ANOTHER RAILROAD
6aEEN CONSOLIDATED COMPANY
WILL BUILD A LINE.
It WILL Connect NaCo On the Border
Of Arizona With the COmpany's
Mines At Cananeas, Sonora
This Is Official

Another railroad is to be added &c
the already closely woven web OF min
eral lines in southern Arizona and
Mexico.
The Green Consolidated company
owners of the former Cobre Grande
mines at Cananeas. Sonora. now have
their engineers in the field locating
the line of road from Naco. on the in
lternational line. to the mines at Ca
naneas.
This information was given out here
this morning by w. c. Green. himself
who is president and general manager
of the company. Mr.. Green says that
the road will be built as soon as the
survey can be made. The line will be
about 80 miles in length, running from
the Naco road to the mines.
| I'VE are clear of the courts now.
said Mr.. Green. having won out in
the courts of Mexico and the courts OF
or operating the property at its full
capacity and will need the railroad as
soon as it can be put in. We are now
working over 700 men and will increase
the force as fast as possible The
smelter will be blown in again about
the 18th of December and will there
after run on full time
Mr.. Green had nothing to say about
the connection his road would have
with the roads of the Phelps-Dodge
company. but il is understood that IL
will be operated in connection with the
new one.
The Cananeas mines are considered
among the richest in the entire west
and when in full operation will give
employment to several thousand men.
mines and when fully completed will
almost equal any of the smelters of
the Phelps-Dodge company. This con-
nection will give Ell Paso another field
for trade and this being the nearest
city to the mines. the majority of the
money paid out for salaries there will
find its way here
While the statement of Chief En-
gineer Wambaugh of the Phelps
Dodge company that the company's
road was not coming to Ell Paso was
generally accepted as afact, there are
many who think it was just a blind
the company wants to serve on this
city and that even at this time the
company is making all arrangements
to build thel inc in here at the earliest
possible time.
While the company might not have
intended making their road a general
railroad in the beginning. they certain
iy have such intentions now. The facts
are at hand to bear out this theory
and the new roads coming into Ell Paso
from the east will complete the plans
of the company
The fact that the company is COW
ering all the western country with
railroads" said a railroad man this
morning. means something The
Clifton road is making their track
road. the company is building stan
dard road to Nacosari and extending
IL to Separ in the direction of Ell Paso,
the Cananeas company is building a
line from Naco and everyone of them
point in this direction. These COM
panies have an enormous amount OF
freight to haul and all together would
give a road all the business IL could
well handle. Now IL doesn't seem
reasonable that they would give this
business to the Southern Pacific when
they could build 135 miles OF railroad
and keep all the business themselves
They want more connecting lines and
are coming to- Ell Paso to get them"
This opinion prevails and is borne
out by every point in the conditions.
w. c. Green. president OF the Cananeas |
road and mines, said this morning that
he believed the Phelps-Dodge company |
was going to build here but he did not |
know il. He said IL looks like IL would |
be to their advantage and they are
people To take hold OF anything that /!
benefited them. Mr.. Green says he has
nothing to- do with any road except
the one TO Cananeas and is building
II 20 handle his products and not for
general business.