Arizona republican., 1905-11-18
A NEW POWER LINE
 GALLUP 10 CLIFTON
Arrangements at the Land Office to
 Secure Right of Way.

R. E. Maynard, an engineer of con- siderable prominence, who has been connected with several projects in the west is in Phoenix on business visit, a guest of the Hotel Adams MT. May nard's visit at this time is made for the purpose of obtaining data from the land office to be used in securing right of way for a power company that is constructing a line in the eastern part of the territory. This company has not yet made public its plans fur ther than that they are soon to begin doing the location work of a power transmission line from Gallup, N. NJ, to Clifton, AriZ. The preliminary sur vey was completed several months ago. It is natural to suppose that the power transmitted is to be used by the Ari- zona Copper company interests in Gra- ham county and that the plant is be- ing built by one of the large fuel com panies at Gallup. However, on this point Mr Maynard stated he was not at liberty to speak.
 The project is an important one and others may follow for once power of the amount the plant will manufacture is transmitted into Clifton it is but na- turaI to suppose that other lines will
  camps in that section.
 Mr. Maynard is not a stranger in Phoenix but visited here several years ago while enjoying a vacation after completing a contract in the Hawaiian Islands. Since that time, however, he has been in the Orient and talks very entertainingly regarding the section he visited. The occasion of his trip to eastern Asia was to examine and re- port on the feasibility of operating with a dredging process on lands in the federated Malay states. Tin was the metal for which the company he rep resented was making the investment. The project however, was not carried out.
 The land which was rich in krang, the term applied to the soil in which tin is found, could not well be worked by dredgers for the reason that the bed rock of that section was lime stone which formation included many ire gular pinnacles. The bucket, had all attempt been made to operate them, would undoubtedly have been torn to pieces. At any rate the expense in the way of repairs would have offset the saving in labor the dredging machinery would have made.
 According to MT. Maynard one half of the worlds production of tin comes from two states in that section Perak and Selangor. It amounts to over 50,- 000 tons of metallic tin. At preset over a quarter million of Chinese are engaged in tin mining al1 of the work being done by hand. Before the krang is reached some 25 feet of dirt and gravel have to be removed. The krang
 ;,l ual smelters or shipped to the large smelling works near Singapore or near Penang In that section MT. Maynard says there are many Chinese men who are worth thousands of dollars which fortunes they have amassed not through owning and operating the mines but from handling the labor.
 American companies have on several occasions tried to enter the field and operate smelters but they have on ev- cry occasion been thwarted in their plans by the English government. On. company backed by Boston capital even went so far as to erect buildings near Singapore and large smelters in New Jersey for treating the krang. When all ready to purchase the valu- able formation that contained the high tin values the English government act ing through the sultans who rule in that land under a governor general, placed tax on export krang that was practically prohibitive to the company operating and it discontinued with great loss to its promoters.
 Fourth of July in 1904 MT. Maynard spent in Rangoon, Burmah, and with a fellow American the day was cele- brated. Although an English depend- ency an American flag was hung from their apartments in the Strand hotel and in the evening dinner was enjoy ed It was undoubtedly the first cele- bration of the Fourt' of July ever suc- | cessfully held in Burmah.
 MT. Maynard will be in the city for several days. He has met many former acquaintances and has made many