Arizona republican., 1911-03-28
PRESIDENT OF NEW
 CUBAN RAILROAD
EASTERN CAPITALIST WITH IN TEREsTs IN ARIZONA, WIS.,
 ITS SALT RIVER VALLEY.
Gives High Praise to Courtesy Shown by Officials of Mexican Government.

| " lutHlllleu "ith the DcNtiopHithl ! Company of America. and the vice president of the Tombstone Consolidat- | ed Mines company. arrived in Phoenix
 last Saturday evening with Frank NJ
 Murphy, president of the Santa Fe.
 Prescott x Phoenix railway. His pur
 pose in coming to the southwest con-
 cerns the examination of certain prop
 critics and enterprises in which he holdi interests.
 On the 25th of last February Mir.
 Huse went to the City of Mexico on
 business connected with securing an
 extension of the time allowed for the
 construction of the projected Port Lo- bos line. Such extension was neces- l sary owing to the delay the officials of the new line had encountered in getting their work under headway, and i the time allowed by the original con-
 cession proved insufficient for the com
 pletion of the construction. While in
 the City of Mexico on this business Mir | Huse had a number of consultations
 with the officials of the present gov | ernment and with the cabinet officers
 of the old DiaZ cabinet, some Of whom
 have recently resigned. and concerning
 their treatment of him. and their
 courtesy in securing the necessary ex- tension for the new railroad. Mir. Huse
 said:
 You may quote me as saying this : That on account of the reports circu-
 lated in this country to the effect that
 Americans have had great difficulty in | securing business concessions from the
 DiaZ administration, I went to the City | of Mexico expecting to have more or less difficulty in accomplishing my purpose. I want to say that these
 reports. judging from the treatment
 accorded me there by the government
 officials with whom I was thrown in
 intimate contact, are untrue. It is
 generally believed that large business
 enterprises are only conducted in Mex
 ico by giving graft to the authorities,
 but during my stay there. although l was treated with the utmost courtesy by every person connected with the government. from the highest to the
 lowest official. there was no hint of | graft l found that things are done l in a prompt and business-like manner,
 and I am inclined to believe that the
 Mexican authorities stand ready to
 meets the foreigner in the spirit in which he comes to them. A man with
 good cause and a courteous manner
 of presenting his request is treated with the utmost consideration by the gov ernment officials, and his affairs are
 handled with all possible despatch Among his. various holdings Mir
 Huse has a large interesting in the Guantanamo & Western railroad of Cuba. of which he is president This road, with a trackage of approximately
 100 miles. runs from deep water on
 Guantanamo bay. Oriente province.
 through the Guantanamo and La Maya
 valleys to a connection point with the Cuba railroad. known as the Van Horn
 system, which junction is made at the
 town of San Luis, located about tWen-
 ty miles out of Santiago de Cuba The valleys upon which the Guantanamo X
 Western draws for traffic are con- sidered among the most fertile and productive of the entire island The sugar crop, the principal crop of the Santiago province. is larger in the Guantanamo and La Maya valleys than in other parts of the province. and with the introduction of more modern meth ods of cultivation the crop is increas- ing in tonnage and value every year The cultivation of coffee. which was formerly the chief industry of this part of Cuba, was discontinued after the late war in the islands. during which the plantations were ravaged and abandoned in many cases. and the mills pCt ha
 ing taken up again. and in short time the production will be as large as it was before the war disrupted and ruined the islands industries.
 The Guantanamo & Western was built in 1902. but during the panic of 1907 the creditors of the road, finding that it was failing under the manage ment of operating it at that time, or ganized committee for the reorgani- zation of the company. of which com mittee B. F.. Cheney of Boston was chairman. MT. Huse spent two years in Cuba experimenting the operations of his company. and took charge of the | line as president on the first of last March. The reorganization of the line | was completed during the year 1910. | and Mir. Huse stated yesterday that un- der the new management it promises l to be successful. He is a firm believ- | CT in the wealth which will ultimately | be produced in the two valleys tribu- | tary to his line, and can see nothing | but success for the venture. Mir. Huse | left Cuba last August. and has ever since been in the United States look | ing after his interests. He has not | given up his practice as an attorney | but devOtes the greater part | of his time to his responsibilities as president of the Cuban railroad, and to | his extensive interests in the south west
 Last Sunday was spent by MT. Huse and MT. Murphy at Castle Hot Springs. and Mir Huse spoke with the utmost of the beauty of the auto mobile drive from Hot Springs Junction to the hotel. Concerning the hotel. the springs and his general impression of the resort, he said: There is nothing better in Europe. Carlsbad is better known, but the water there is no bet Ter than it is at Castle Hot Springs. md the accommodations not at all su- Derior. The people don't seem to tnown very much about the Castle Hot Springs. but it is a wonderful place A ennis court. golf links. swimming pool 'table-in fact everything a man wants ie. l