Bisbee daily review., 1909-08-19

in survey work by the Southern Racs- 1 fic railroad bears nli tae int,eatinss of aided activity and actual railroad construction in the near future. h railroad bui:doing 1t is seldom that the railroad will give out any infor- nation of importance advance of the | actual commencement Of the work and such has beea the case with the south- ern Pacific in the past and is the case at the present time. What is actual ly being done the pubic can see for themselves and from what is seen can draw their own conclusions.
 For five years past it has been un- derstood that it has been the ultimate intention of the Southern Pacific rsi.- road to build a line from Cochise to Naco. via Douglas. and to run a spur up to Bisbee just as was done by the Fl Paso and Southwestern. Such steps were taken nearly five years ago when a right of way was obtained and map of that right of way was i filed. On this map the road is shown as running from Cochise to Douglas, thence west to Naco. connecting with !, the road to Cananea and with spur i, running up to Bisbee.
 | Surveyors are Active.
 1 At the present time the Southern Paciric is either re-surveying that old line or is surveying for new right of way. Ths survey work is going on and nearing completion in the Sul- phur Springs valley. has been com pleted from Douglas t6 Naco and the survey party. numbering twenty-five, were yesterday camped near Forre t headed this way and having complet- ed survey from below Osborn on the newly surveyed line 10 Forrest. This that when the Southern Pacific does build it will Come into Bisbee. Several members of this survey party were i in the city yesterday and stated that they were a Southern Pacific outfit. were surveying 9 railroad grade, but that beyond this they knew nothing Of the plans of the road, which is quite in line with the actual knowledge o. the situation usually existing with | survey parties for railroads the real knowledge of what is contem plated being confined to the engineers and high officials of the road.
 l A report emanating from Douglas states that a force of 1000 mules, part of the outfit of the Grant Bros. ! construction company which is doing the Southern Pacific construction | work in Mexico where 1t has prog ressed to point 200 miles below Mag ! atlan, is to be brought into the states and put to work in building lines in
 has been broken and the stock has either been shipped or Is to be shipped at once. Such force could complete the work that now seems to be cor
 templated in short order. for similar
 work has beer done in Mexico. right i. the rainy season, at the rate of twenty miles a week This is simply for CT
 dinary dirt work where. the fills and cuts were not heavy so it might De
 that a greater progress than fifteen miles a week could not be average;,.
 Plan Large Force.
 | Three weeks ago the engineer cs construction of the Randolph lines sis-
 tied Douglas. Bisbee. Gleeson. Cout,
 land and -Naeozari. At the time of his departure from Douglas to Naco-
 zari he told Review reporter that
 he was looking to see how much stock and how large force could be utilized in these sections as the rains were on
 in Mexico and that work would have
 to stop or practically stop at their
 southern extensions until the rains
 ended. Several months ago two
 Espee right of way men stated thaI
 the road was to start construction at once through to Douglas, Naco and jBisbee. This was when the building Istarted from Pearce to Courtlana iwhere it was abandoned. Of late the
 surveying parties have been sen out.
 ere is now on the wes. side of the Sulphur Springs valley between Court land and Douglas. another 1ss surv''y- Id from Douglas to Naco and th;s par [ lty yesterday joined the pa';y spoken of ,.hich Is encampcd nea Forrest
 From Courtlanj comes the report that there were turned out at that . camp last week several thousand rail
 road grade stakes which are now be- ling u ed in establishing the grade.
 A party consisting of R. B. George, assistant superintendent of Grant , Brothers construction company, three . Iforemen and more than dozen others , were recently in Douglas and are said
 to have proceeded south to bring u9
 the force of mules and equipment from
 the southern end of the route to Co , chise county for the work conteu- , plated here.
 The original plans of the Southern Pacific company contemplate a road