Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-22
SURVEYORS RUSHED
 ACROSS AND BACK
General Manager Simmons Knows Nothing, So He Says, But There Are Others Who Relieve Big Things Doing.

| ing the rights or desires of the Naco- zari and the Southern Pacific railroads | in Sonora, strenuous moves are being made by the two companies to secure choice of routes leading south. from | NacoZari.
 l The appearance of a Southern Pa cific surveying party at NacoZari a ! few days ago has started all kinds of reports about what is to be expected in the future.
 1 The Southern Pacific surveyors are now surveying south of NacoZari, and as there is but one route for railroad south of that place over which rail road could be erected without enor. nous expense, the activity of the Ma cozari railroad people during the last few days may be accounted for on the theory that they are trying to head of the Southern Pacific from the best route.
 Surveyors Reach Douglas. - The Fl Paso & Southwestern sur veying party which reached Douglas on Monday morning, and after crossing their outfit to Agua Prieta, returned the same day and went back to Fl Paso the same evening, returned again to Douglas Wednesday morning, cross ing into Sonora, and proceeded to Nacozari in the afternoon.
 l The fact of the rapid movement of these surveyors backwards and for wards would indicate that there had been a rapid change in conditions in the Sonora railroad field.
 Mir. Simmons Here. General Manager Simmons, of the Southwestern system, arrived at Doug las Wednesday morning from Fl Paso, an dleft for Nacozari in the afternoon on the same train which carried his surveying party.
 Mir. Simmons only stated that while on the eastern division of his road a 1 few days ago he was asked by J. S. Douglas. of the Nacozari road. for a survey ing party. This he sent last Monday, but why they returned 60 Fl Paso and were then called for again he could not say.
 Southern Pacific Gets Concession. l On June II the Diario Official. pub lished by the Mexican government in the City of Mexico, notice of a con- cession by the Mexican government, granted to A. H. Mckay, representa- tive of the Southern Pacific railway company in Mexico, for a railway to be constructed from the junction of the Moctezuma and Yaqui rivers north to Cumpas and Nacozari. Forty kilomet- CTS of the road are to be constructed | in two years, and the remainder of the road is to be completed in 1914. The entire length of the road is about ninety miles. There is no town at the l junction of the rivers specified, the nearest town being Suaqui. about eight l miles, and Suaqui de Batuc, about 1 twenty miles north. The road VIII evidently pass through both places This route will connect with road now being constructed by the South ern Pacific company from Guaymas, as it joins the concession on which that company is now at work. The road has been completed as far as Torin, about hundred miles down the Yaqui river from it's junction with the kMocteZuma.
 The Original Concession. It will be remembered that the Southern Pacific, when. it was grant ed the concession for it's line now be- ing constructed from Guaymas to Guadalajara, also got a concession for a branch line, which vas to run up the Yaqui river and reach the border line of Mexico at some point between the San Bernardino ranch and Agua Pri- eta, opposite Douglas.
 Renewal of Concession.
 It has always been understood that the Nacozari railroad was to be even tually extended to some point on the Mexican coast in Sonora. The 6,igi- nal >concession called for this exten- sion, but according to report more that a year ago this concession was forfeited. According to present ru- mors efforts have recently been made in the City of Mexico to have this old concession renewed. It is believed that this has been accomplished, and that the surveying party which went to Nacozari today win immediately be- gin the survey of the road from Naco- zari south. -ss .e Sensational Report.
 It was reported yesterday from a source regarded as reliable that the Southern Pacific surveying party was armed and prepared to make fight to hold their ground. This is considered improbable, as there would be no ne cessity for such action, as if the gov ernment of Mexico has granted them the privilege to build railroad south from NacoZari no protection will be needed in pursuing the work. It is like that the surveying party carry arms, as that would be expected in Mexico, but it is not likely that any interfer- ence in the work is anticipated.
 Coming to Douglas.
 The continued activity of the South ern Pacific on their proposed line south of Douglas brings greater. ex- pectation of the early building of the Southern Pacific from its present ter minus at Pearce to that city. The last Southern Pacific surveying party to go into Sonora through Douglas. it is now known, came there from Pearce, and 1t is reported that they had been surveying from Pearce down the Sul- phur Springs valley towards Doug las.
 There never has been any doubt in the minds of many citizens of Doug. las that the Southern Pacific would be lextended from Pearce to that city and