El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-12
TRAINS WILL RUN
To PEARSON IN
SHORT TIME
Steel Is Now in Juarez for
the Big Bridge-Drillin
a Well.

Within 80 days. trains of the Mexico
Northwestern will be running into the
town of Pearson, the present southern
terminus of the road, over steel bridge
crossing the San Miguel river, accord
ing to a statement of George Rutledge
who has just returned from trip OF
inspection to Pearson.
The structural work for the bridge
was sent down TO Pearson Wednesday,
and Mr.. Rutledge believes that within
so days the work viii be completed. The
cement abutments of the bridge have
been completed and work trains are
now crossing the river on a temporary
bridge. The steel work for the big
bridge is now in Juarez. Some idea OF
the size of the structure may be OBJ
tanned from the fact that the component
parts filled an entire train
The work on the giant saw mills at
Pearson is progressing rapidly, said Mr..
Rutledge. Workmen are at present at
work on a pond for floating the
logs to be used by the mills in the man
ufacture of lumber. The pond will COW
er an area of 40 acres
Buildings are raising their heads
over night and work IS progressing
fast. With the visit of DR.. F. S. Pear
son next week things are expected to
move forward still more rapidly.
To Drill Well.
A mammoth drilling machine arrived
in Juarez Tuesday for the Mexico
Northwestern. The road is sinking an
artesian well 80 miles below Juarez,
but the small machine which was be-
ing used was found too small for the
work on account of the large amount
of sand which impedes the progress of
the drill. The new machine, which is
one Ok the largest made, will be shipped
to theNwell location within few days
and but AT work on the well. Another
well will be sunk about 20 miles fur
Their down the : ne
VIII Not Buy Terminals.
II. c. Ferris, general manager of the
Mexico NOrthwestern railway, arrived
in FL Paso Wednesday afternoon from
New York and left on the train of the
National Railways of Mexico at 6:35
o'clock. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Ferris. He was met at the union sta
ton by George Rutledge, superintend-
ent of the Ell Paso division of the
co-NOrthwestern-
Mr.. Ferris was seen between trains
in the lobby Of the Sheldon hotel and
asked If the Observation-Disclosures had
purchased terminal or depot sites in
FL PasO, or intended purchasing such
property.
The MeXlcO-N northwestern mas all the
property that it wants in Ell Paso, and
it will not purchase any terminal sites
IN the city" he replied.
Mr.. Ferris stated that he knew moth
ing about the proposed purchase of
sites for the building of any of the
Pearson plants in Ell Paso. A recent
dispatch from Chicago stated that the
z. S. Pearson interests. which owns the
Mexico -Northwestern, would almost i'm
mediately undertake TO carry out plans
for the requirement Of mill, factory, de-
pot and terminal sites in Ell Paso.
idle Conversation"
Somebody has been talking through
their hat, said Mr.. Ferris, speaking of
the report that depot and terminal sites
would be acquired by the MexicO-North-
western in El Paso-
When will the trains of the Mexico
Northwestern run into the union station
at Ell PasO?" Mr.. Ferris was asked.
Probably not before the gap between
Pearson and MADEIRA is completed" he
replied.
When asked when the gap would be
completed, he replied that it would prob
ably not be completed until after the
first of 1911. The building operations,
he said, were being pushed as fast as
possible