Bisbee daily review., 1904-12-22
MR. FRENCH IS
 HEAD OF NEW
 DURANGO ROAD
OWNS LARGE MAJORITY OF PAID UP CAPITAL OF EN-
 TERPRlSE.
PRELIMINARY PLANS MADE
On Filing Articles of lncorporaton- Associated With Mr. French Are c. E. Mills and Others Well Up in PheiPs-Dodee Affairs.

The Albuquerque Citizen prints a detailed account of preliminary plans of the new Fl Paso & Durango raii road, of general interest here. The latter is added to by the association of the name of Assistant General Man ager French of the Copper Queen, as the head of the new enterprise and the association with his name of those of several others high in Phelp-Dodgt affairs The article confirms the in timations carried in a recent article printed in the Review upon the same subject, at the time of the visit her5 of Attorney Spiess. The Citizen says:
 Articles of incorporationn just filed at the capitol give the preliminary plans of another railroad for the west ern. part of New Mexico. The name of the road is the Fl Paso. & Durango and all of the work accomplished up to date has been done with much SC NACNN- hC AANOi tOA dNOAS anu PAO--@NN CTS are evidently members of the Phelps-Dodge company and the Fl Paso & Southwestern Railway com pany which now runs into Bisbee and Douglas, Arizona, tapping the rich copper fields in that section and ir northern Sonora.
 The main line will begin at Masto- don. in Dona Ana county, at a june ton with the Fl Paso & Southwestern, and proceed northwest through Val encia, Mckinley and San Juan couu- ties.
 Putnam, which is al present an h. dian trading post n the Southeastern part of San Juan county will be the northwestern terminus of a branch of 120 miles in length which will run to Albuquerque, passing south of the Chaca Mesa and travers.ng Mckinley. San6oval and Bernalillo counties.
 $. W. French. of Douglas, Arizona, holds all of the stock of the company with the exception Of one share, held by each of the other six incorporstors. The capital stock of the company is $SO0,OOO. According to the papers filed 10 Der cent ofthis amOunt-SS0,- GOO has been placed in the hands of the treasurer of the company Abraham L. Hawley. Charles A. Spiess, of Las Vegas. is the attorney for the corpore- ton and stephen B. Davis, Jr-, of Las Vegas. also. the assistant attorney.
 The members of the board of di- isctors, four of whom were n Santa Fe, spent nearly the entire day in the ofice of the Territorial Secretary per fecting their plans. Mr French, who is said to be the president of the com pany, was represented al the meeting by Charles E. Mills, of MOrenci. Ari- zona., superintendent of Phslps-Dodge mines at that point. who is one of the directors. Attorneys Spiess and Dav- is and Treasurer Hawley. of Fl Paso were also present. The articles were not filed until shortly after o'clock Santa Fe is given in the articles as the principal place of business Of the company.
 The principal object Of the company seems 10 be the hauling Of coal from tae western part of San Juan county 10 the mines of southern Arizona and Mexico. where the fuel is scarce. and high priced.
 It looks as if the surveys which have been made by the Colorado & Arizona from San Juan to Morenct and Clifton. Arizona. have demon strated that the route contemplated VIII offer some great engineering Eff ficulues and hence the parties therein interest ed seem to have taken time by the foreIock by the incorporation of g mere easily constructed road in o1del 10 have a mere cheaply administered railroad from the coal fields in Sar Juan county 10 southwestern New Mexico and southwestern Arizona.
 The main inc of inc road from La Plata City to Mastadon will be about zG0 miles in length and the branci from Putnam. San Juan county, to Al buquerqus, about 120 miles in length Partial 5urveys, it is understood have been made and more care ful and detailed surveys Of the line will commence shortly and will b' prosecuted vigorously Mir. Frencl holcs 1894 shares of stock our of s. Goo shares Of stock reported as issueC and paid up.
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