Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1910-06-16
NOTHING NEW ABOUT
RAILROAD PLANS
SOUTHWESTERN HAS NOT YET
GONE BEYOND THE WORK OF
SURVEYORS

Mr.. Walter Douglas, of the Cope.
Queen Company. has returned TO the
city from a trip south OF Casa Grande
where he wen to inspect a mining
property, according to his statement
given a Review man at the general
offices of the company yesterday.
1t is reported that you and Mr.
Staunton. of the Imperial Copper Co
mpany, have been travelling over
Southern Arizona in an au omoDile
on railroad business" yentured there
porter.
when ! reached Silver Bell l
induced MI Stauntsn to accompany
me on an automobile trip to the Roos-
svelt dam. via Mesa, and we had a
delightful pleasure trip. There is
nothing to give out on the railroad
81 uation in Southern Arizona
Certainly. my trip TO Casa Grandc
had nothing TO do with railroad build
ing. The E. p and 5. w. surveyors
are still in the vicinity OF Mammoth
and the company officials are still
waiting for reliable data upon which
to base a conclusion regarding the
practicability Of ex ending the line Of
the Z. p and S. w. both from al
engineering and business standpoint. .
In FL Paso last Saturday H. J. Sim
mons, of the f. p. and S. w made the
following statement:
"Taere is nothing whatever to cur
csal We will build 10 Tucson and
Phoenix if the cos Of building is not
TOO much and We think the lines viii
pay when completed"
We have had surveyors in the
field for some time and we still have
them in the field" he continued. but
construction has not been decided Up
on No such decision was reached at
TIE meeting recen Is in Bisbee. and
40 such decision will be reached for
some time to come.
The surveyors are going over seva-
raj routes for the proposed lines and
we will select the best one. We are
making no effort to get a coast out
let: the Southwestern considers itseli
purely a local road, handling the ton
mage originating or coming into its
own territory.
Our sole purpose in building to
Tucson and Phoenix is to reach tht
farming section of Arizona in the Salt
river valley and bring vegetables
fruits, hay. grain and farm produc 3
into mining camps which We serve
and to Develop the country and on
sinate what tonnage we can en- route.
Therefore we will build through the
section OF the territory which offers
most for the future, where he ex
psnse is not too great"
The railroad situation may be sum
med up as being in statu quo There
have been no new Developments
lately. with the exception Of the hold
ing OF the stockholders NEE ing in
this city on June 1. amending tbs
articles Of Incorporation of the con-
pany making it possible for the E p
and 5. W. to extend its line in aimos
every direction. which alton was tax
en-, no doubt. 70 avoid any further
meeting of the stockholders for thi,
purpose in the future
The general impression still pre-
walls that the T. p and s. W. vii
I ultima ely decide to build TO Tucson
and Phoenix. Just which route win be
adopted has not yet been decided
but at the present time developments
give color to the conclusion that ths
l:ock Island and the f. P. and S. "
are seeking a connec ion with tbs
Santa Fe at Phoenix and over thei:
lines to the coast.