Arizona daily citizen., 1901-09-26
PICTURESQUE
FRONTIER
SETTLEMENT
DESCRIBED
Nellie eastman Still
in the Land of the
Living---Business
and Progress.
NAco. September q, 1901

In the fall OF 1928 your correspondent
first visited Naco. before the Copper
Queen Company had graded the FIVE
mile branch from Naco Junction TO this
place. Old man Chrisman, former
ly OF Flagstaff, and Benson man were
the only residents. the latter a tenter'
The Chrisman residence and barn near
by are in evidence today, though the
pioneer OF Nsco 10 not at present in this
locality. likewise the Benson man. Three
years have passed and now there la
town OF about 500 population, and on the
sonora side another Naco with Cos sc.
cording 70 the April census taken by
Mexican officials.
The streets of Naco, Arizona. are laid
ont 100 feet wide with fall for drainage
TO the lower valley level OF $50 feet. The
townsite has been controlled by b. J:
Q.Railly. Mike Cunningham. ct al, oi
Bisbee, the now forwarding agent OF the
Greene Consolidated. Prominent among
the buildings is ti5einapper Queen store,
a brick strnctunhe lara. Whites two
story adobe: Frank 'asrams' enlarged
Hotel Naco, the addition adobe; the
custom house sub-ageucy residences oi
Steve Aguirre, Scott White. w. G.
Greene and B. J. 0'Reiily, several ware
houses OF the A. & g. w. railway, the
Office building OF the Greene Consolid-
ated, where q force OF dozen men are
employed to include the force operating
the daily stages on the route 10 Cana
nea, Tener & Politzef's grocery house.
The others are frames and adobes rang.
ing In valuation from 81. 800 to $3.50 or
less, each.
The Greene Consolidated maintains a
mercantile house on the Sonora side
where Steve Aguirre has charge. At
this and the Arizona branch are employ
ed some thirty clerks. Fred Riley, late
OF New Mexico, is in charge oi the latter.
Naco enjoys fair water supply and a
telephone system. There is a connec'
ton with Bisbee. La Cananea and Dou'
glass. The Greene Consolidated main
tains the Cananea connection, which
line is some thirty miles long reduced
by cut offs, stage and rail routes AZ
miles.
Hon. ]. B. OF Benson, John Baker TO
be more explicit, moved his Owl res
taurant in itr entirety to Naco, by plac-
ing II bodily on fiat car. He applies
the honorable to himself and all OF his
customers are given military title, the
standard being that OF colonel. j. b.
used to manage his Benson house all by
his lonely, but nov he employs three
assistants.
The brick building to be occupied as q
branch OF the Bisbee bank will contain
40, 900 Tucson made brick. On Saturday
the brick masons began work on the
superstructure.
The international Club Mess was re-
Gently merged into the Twentieth CEN
tury club. Among iss members are r.
V. Daniels sub-agent OF the custom
house, Fred Riley manager OF the
Greene Consolidated branch mercantile
house and Postmaster Ben Goldman
They recently entertained Col. j. b
Breathitt and r. g. Brady OF Tucson
B. A. Packard the cattle baron and DR.
Tibbetts the mining expert.
| I'm a conversation had with Mike
FCuuninQham cashier OF the Bisbee bank
your correspondent gathered the graft
Tying information that his aunt Nelli.
eastman, the we'll known mining wo
nan and prospector OF Arizona, whit
was grub.staked by the late Hon. j. B
Finley. was in excellent health. Thi
refutes the story that she died in thu
spring. Nellie left Yuma for Dawson
in January 1898. Miles Archibald ant
wife (Nellie's niece) OF Yuma joinet
Miss eastman some months ago.
On Saturday it was announced at La
Csnanea and Naco that the fret passen
GER train of the Greene Consolidatet
would run from Nsco 10 Villa VERDI
sixteen miles south OF Naco. beginning
Monday Sept 80, schedule time ont
hour. The run for Villa Verde by stag
to La Cananea twenty six miles abou
four hours. An inspector under ORDER
from the Mexican government, gave no
tice that the service would not be per
mitted until the line was completed Il