Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-03-15
GRADING COMPLETED.
Lordsburg and Hacheta Branch Road
Ready for the Rails.
COMBINE AGAINST SOUTHERN
PACIFIC.

The ~ paso News says that Frank
Powers. who had been out on the
Lordsburg A. Hachita branch of the
Arizona n New Mexico supcrintcnd-
ing the word of grading on It for his
firm. Caplcs, Powers a OConnor. came
in Saturday night To- spend Sunday
with his family and left for the scene
OF work again yesterday morning. Mr.
Powers In reply 10 Queries about the
work his iirm Is doing said
We will complete the grading work
on the Lordsburg a Iiachita tomorrow
and commence laying steel ON it Wed.
uosday 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
plction as rapidly as possible aud VIII
take hut fcS more weeks to finish it.
BlSBEE WORK FLOURlSHlNG.
I'VE have 500 teams now at work on
the ~ Pnso a. south ,-"etorn ~ diffcr.
ont places between Strauss and Dem
ing. tn" gang nearest 10 strauss he
ing about twelve miles the other side.
All the grading OF the El Paso n South
western between Carrizalillo junction
and Strauss Is now practically com
plctcd with the except on OF the twelve
miles We have yet 10 construct be
tween our gang furthcst east and
strauss
we have the contract from Colum
bus. twontyfOu miles this side Of
CarriZalillo junction. To strauss Or
man 4 Cook. the Colorado contractors.
had the contract 50 construct the grade
between Columbus and the junction
but | think they now have IL done.
Some Of their teams arrived In Dem.
INK from the work Saturday II they
have not finished IL. they viii in n
few days.
II understand that the work of lay
Inc steel on the III Paso n South
western from Carrizaliilu junction To
I'll PasO will be commenced soon |
heard that this work would be com
mcnCed as soon as the twenty four.
mile gap between the junction and
Columbus was graded up and as mat
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 T. 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
D. Wa T. -N'iNlsNfNi -
Though II will not be long now un-
I'll the Lordsburg q Iachita Is com
pletei II will not be put into f-'l op.
/ Grafton until September !, bee Iuse
/ the Southern Pacific holds n contract
"a haul the freight ~ the Arizu07 Cop
per company and this does not re
until that date. After that ddte the
freight TO and frlM Cul,gn an Mo
renci will pass over the new line
There will also be large amounts of
other local freight shipped over this
new line.
With tho exception OF one slight
divergo ~ou. which is made To avoid a
butte, u Lordshurg n IIachita branch
Is continuous tangent from Lords
burg To Hachita Tho line Is thirty
eight miles in length and furnishes q
connection between the Arizona * New
Mexico and the Fl Paso q Southwest
orn roads. Besides giving Phelps
Dodge q co. means OF getting its ore
from its MOrenci mines without de
pending on the Southern Pacific. il
makes tho Arizona Copper company
at Clifton also Independent OF that
road, as the latter company can after
the new line is completed, ship l..
ores to FL Paso and other points by
way of It's own \. 4 y, NJ. thence over
the LOrdsburg Il HaChita and the l.
T. n s W
very satisfactory agreement has
been entered into between Phelps
Dodge & co. and the Arizona Copper
company by which each will use thu
. others lines for the shipping OF oroi
and the bringing Of materials and sup
plies TO their respective properties.