Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-27
BUSINESS IMPROVING ON SOUTHWESTERN
Simmons Thinks PopoSed Rate Law Would Be Unfair To
 Some Lives.

General Manager II. J. Simmons of the Fl Paso & Southwestern is in the city today, coming here for con ference with Dr. James Douglas, head of all the Phelps Dodge interests in Arizona and Mexico. Mir. Simmons in reply to inquiry stated that the bust [ ness Of the Southwestern railroad was showing considerable improvement over what it was doing six months ago when business reached the low point as a result of the panic of 1907
 hough he said the amount of business was not yet to be compared with what it was before the slump in the price of copper and the consequent curtailment of production and detet opment of mining property in the southwest
 Speaking Of the Courtiand railroad, Ar Simmons stated that he under stood that the work was progressing as fast as was possible uEtil the sur yey was complete for the route. His information was, that the people were taking q sensible view of the right-ot- way proposition and that the com pany would have. no trouble in mak- ing reasonable settlement with all the land owners between Douglas and Courtland. though he understood that certain parties were asking unrcason- able prices for the right-of-way.
 The Dawson Company.
 Accompanying Mr. Simmons was E. L. Carpenter. general manager of the Dawson coal fields properties of the Phelps-Dodge company. Mir. Carpen- ter stated that at Dawson one hundred fgrs of kgf day and that about one-half of this was converted into coke to supply the mining companies reached by the Fl Paso & Southwestern railroad and it's connecting lines. About fourteen hun dred men are employee al Dawson and the camp is moving along without spe- cial incident Mir Carpenter when asked about Rev. Harvey NJ. Shields. who went to Dawson a year ago from Bisbee, stated that ne was doing a great work in Dawson Mir Shields made a record in Bisbee as a man who was always ready to take the lead in caring for the h. edy and at Daw- son he is continuing this work for which his disposition fits him peeul- iarly.
 General Traffic Manager T. NJ Schu- LudiktE Ol iut sCOulHNtSltTH WAS also with Mir. Simmons. He has been in this section for two weeks and has visited all the points on the line He had nothing special to say further than to state that his department was moving satisfactorily. He again ex- pressed the hope that Douglas would win the American Mining congress, but said that his information was that Seattle was a dangerous competitor of this city in the work for securing the congress this year. Mir Schu- macker has not been idle in assisting Douglas in this fight and would be glad 10 see the city come out victor ious.
 Proposed Rate Bili.
 In speaking of the bill introduced in the Arizona legislature by MT O'Neili of the council. MT. Simmons stated that he did not believe the measure would be Q just one to com peting lines whose volume of business might be widely varied He sighted the Southern Pacific and Southwest r-n. both competitors for business through Arizona Though the proposed bill might give the Southwestern the right to charge the maximum rate on a basis of the earning capacity of the line. still to compete for business it could only charge the minimum waich might apply to the Southern Pacific