Arizona republican., 1902-01-11

than half constructed, Is to connect
FL Paso with Benson. with branches to
Deming. to LordsburE. to Tombstone.
to Nacosari, Sonora, to Bisbee and to
Naco. The line has been renamed the
e. Paso and Southwestern.
In the same vicinity will soon be COM
pleted a broad gauge from Naco. on
the border line to Cananea. forty-two
miles southwark. The Southern Pa
cific is to conenct with this line at
Naco by road from Cochise Station.
seventy-two miles distant.
The broad gauging of the seventy
two-mile Arizona & New Mexico rail-
way, from Lordsburg to Clifton, was
completed in May.
An important project that may mean
more than is on its surface is that OF
the Phoenix & Eastern Railway COM
pany, which plans Santa F'e extension
from Phoenix to Benson. 200 miles. TAX
ing in Tempe. Mesa. Florence and sew
eral mining camps.
The Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix
railway has been absorbed by the main
line of the Santa Fe system. During
1902 it is to have two extensions, one of
twenty-seven miles into the Bradshaw
mountains. and another of eight miles
to the Poland mine. About the first of
the year will be used q twenty-three-
I
whereby three miles of trackage and
~ per cent of grade viii be saved. The
main item of third of a million dol
lars cost is a $780, 600 steel bridge across
Hell canyon. Senator Clark's narrow
gauge to jerome is being made ma
terially less crooked at a cost of 100000.
Along the main line of the Santa Fe
several new reservoirs have been con-
structed and improvements to the
water service made at a cost of hun
dreds of thousands of dollars. Both the
Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe have
made expensive alterations to their
trackwage The Sonora road of the
former company is being practically e
built. Both companies now use oil as
fuel on their Arizona division loco
motives. Texas furnishes the Southern
P@cifc's supply.
Railroad projects outlined include
road from Durango. Colo, to Clifton.
an extension o fthe ella Valley. Globe
& Northern into the mining districts
beyond Globe. and road from Casa
: Grande to the Ray. Troy and other
mines OF the Pinal mountains. Still an
other project is that for the construc-
I ton CT narrow gauge from Phoenix to
port on the Gu1f Of California.
( During the year the Sunset telephone
system has been completed from Je-
rome TO Ncgales, making a long dis
lance connection of 400 miles. y COM
, peting company is building from Pres
/ colt to Congress and designs conenction
with opposition companies building
from Bisbee and Stafford. Another pri-
: vate corporation is to build a telephone
line up the Colorado from Yuma.
: The major part of the irrigated ex-
panse of Arizona lies in the Salt River
F allRV According the the
total expanse OF the fully irrigated land
+ in Arizona is 1886 acres. In the last
; ten years 545 miles of canals have been
constructed at cost of $500, 900. The
. census found that seVenty-seVen farms,
aggregating 974 acres, are irrigated by
/ pumped water. This estimate should
/ be more than doubled. because of
pumping plants lately set in operation
near Mesa. Artesian water is used to
limited extent in the San Pedro and
ella valleys. near Benson and Stafford.
There is hope that the present con
/ gross will inaugurate the construction
. of the San Carlos storage dam on the
! CHA river. Active agitation is in
: progress seeking the construction OF
( the Tonic creek dam. on salt river.
above Phoenix. \ new corporation has
acquired the Peoria Canal property.
near ella Bend. on which 81 900. 600 has
/ been spent. The dam is to be rebuilt
and about 10000 acres of good land re-
/ claimed. The government has spent
$4,000 for new bitches on the Pima In
dian reservation.
Around Yuma the main interest con-
Germs tn Imperial canal, which heads
inear by. on the California side of the
+. Colorado river. The new Rockland
canal, north of Yuma. viii irrigate TO-.
COS acres. About 100 horse power will
be developed on the Ludy canal, west
OF Yuma. to be used in pumping water
I TO higher line lands.
Judging from Arizona developments.