Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-20
SIMMONS MADE GENERAL 50.
eERisrEsnEsr AND wllL
DIRECT CONSTRUCTION.
WORK TO Be RUSHED
Cutoff Line Has no~ Been Al Sur.
sssed and Active Construction will
socn % Started.

Announcement Of the appointment
Iot General Manager n. ]. slmmuns
Iof the Southwestern to the general
superiniendeney and manasership on
the PhelpsDodge interests In tho
Southwest. including the Southwest.
en system and It's premeditatsd con.
strnetion. the smeIter M Naepzari.
the smelter at Douglas. all cg tho BIZ
mines at BIsbee. and the mines and
smelters at Globe aud Morenci, has
been made nnofticially and It In ex-
peeted that It viii be given 10 official
In few days by DR.. James Dos-
gias. president of the Phelps. Dodge
corporation. who In In this section
o. the country at present ON a trim
jot inspection. SAYS the Fl Paso Her.
aid.
1t 10 said that " q. Hawks. zen.
eral superintendent OF the Houston
4 Texas Central of Houston, who
was formerly superintendent of i'm
paso division Of the q. H.. will be
made general manager of the South.
western and will have direct charge .
OF the operation of the system. while
MIR. Simmons VIII devote the most os
his time and attention to the con-
strnetion Of the Dawson eutoff line
that will DO built between coruns.
4. VI and Ikssoa, through Iap W
gas. for the purpose Of cutting on
some Of the distance In the hauiH
from Dawson to El Paso and 90 re-
duce the grades and OF the extan-
sion OF the Southwestern from Ma.
cozari to Guaymas.
Mr.. Simmons is considered one Of
the best engineers In this section OF
the country and for this reason II is
said the Phelps,Dodge people have
selected him as their general super.
intendent in the southwest, that he
may give personal attention to az.
fairs he can not now handle while
tied down to railroad work.
That the Southwestern will build
n line from Nacozari to Guaymas,
Or TO some other point on the west
coast OF Mexico Ia now almost deiin-
tely known. II has been denied by
Ill Southwestern officials that the
line would be extended to the coast,
but reports from Mexico City that a
concession has been granted by the
to the railroad company
confirm the rumors that have long
been afloat that line would be built
through Sonora to the Pacific. The
'eason for keeping this extension
/ matter of such secrecy Is said to
10 ON account OF locating q right Of
way and because of the fact that It
viii bring the Southwestern in direct
with the Sonora road, a
hartman holding, which would prob
Ibly attempt to keep the Phelps
Dodge line from getting an entrance
nto Guaymas.
It 10 said that the Southwestern
extension will go through an unde-
'eloped section of Sonora which is
ich In mineral deposits. It will also
10 a competing line for the fruits
brought from the tropics by boat on
he Pacific. With Ell Paso as a rail-
Dad center it would bid for this traf-
10 over the new line that will prob
IDLY be the most direct to this city.
The Dawson cutoff line has been
all surveyed and construc-
ion work will be started before long.
Il will run from Corona to Dawson
Ind will reduce the mileage between
here and coal district by some 60
miles. The line win have no grade
per cent and no curves
over three degrees, It Is said:
The supervision Of this construe-
lion, which wifi aggregate about 100
miles, will be under n. ]. Simmons,
according to the proposed arrange
nent.