Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-03-13
GRADING COMPLETED.
Lordsburg and Hacheta Branch Road
Ready for the Rails.
COMBINE AGAINST SOUTHERN
PACIFIC.

The Ell Paso News says that Frank
Powers, who had been out OF the
Lordsburg & Hachita branch of the
Arizona & New Mexico superintend-
ing the word Of grading on it for his
firm, Caples, Powers & O'Connor, came
in Saturday night to spend Sunday
with his family, and left for the scene
of work again yesterday morning. Mr..
Powers, in reply to queries about the
work his firm is doing said:
I'VE will complete the grading work
on the Lordsburg & Hachita tomorrow
and commence laying steel on it Wed
nesday. We started building the
bridges on this line last week. We
have set on exact date to finish this
line. but will push the work to com.
pletion as rapidly as possible and will
take but a few more weeks to finish it.
BISBEE WORK FLOURISHING.
I'VE have 300 teams now at work on
the Ell Paso & Southwestern at differ
ent places between Strauss and Dem.
ing, the gang nearest to Strauss be-
ing about twelve miles the other side.
All the grading of the Ell Paso & South
western between Carrizalillo junction
and Strauss is now practically com
pleted with the exception of the twelve
miles we have yet to construct be
tween our gang furthest east and
Strauss.
I'VE have the contract from Column
bus, t~wenty-four miles this side OF
Carrizalillo junction, to Strauss. Or
man & Cook, the Colorado contractors,
had the contract to construct the grade
between Columbus and the junction
but / think they now have 1t done,
Some of their teams arrived in Dem
ing from the work Saturday. II they
have not finished it, they will in a
few days.
81 understand hat the work of lay
ing steel on the Ell Paso & South
western from Carrizalillo junction to
FL Paso will be commenced % ]
heard that this work would be CON
menced as soon as the tw~enty-four
mile gap between the junction and
Columbus was graded up and as that
is now about done | suppose some
rails will be laid right away. The
company may be handicapped some in
the laying of the track to Ell Paso by
trouble In securing the steel. but
know that they have some on hand
in Deming with which they can com
mence the work on that end"
COMBINE AGAINST s. p.
Though 1t will not be long now un
til the Lordsburg & Hachita is com
pleted it will not be put into full op
Grafton until September /. because
the Southern Pacific holds a contracf
to haul the freight of the Arizona Cop
per company and this does not expire
until that date. After that date the
freight to and from Clifton and Mo
renci will pass over the new line
There will also be large amounts o
other local freight shipped over thii
new line.
With the exception of one slighl
divergence, which is made to avoid Z
butte, the Lordsburg d Hachita branch
is a continuous tangent from Lords
burg to Hachita. The line Is thirty
eight miles in length and furnishes 9
connection between the Arizona & New
Mexico and the Ell Paso a Southwest
ern roads. Besides giving Phelps
Dodge & Co. a means of getting it's ore
from its Morenci mines without de
pending on the Southern Pacific. II
makes the Arizona Copper company
at Clifton also independent of that
road, as the latter company can. after