Bisbee daily review., 1911-08-11
2,5OO MEN WILL
 BE EMPLOYED
2. c. Hitchcock of McArthur Brothers Leaves Fl PaSo for Tucson to Start
 Things
OVER A THOUSAND TEAMS

FL PASo. Texas. Aug. 1o.-Approx- imately 25OO men, 1000 to l,500 teams and three steam shovels. be- sides a varied equipment of concrete mixers and grading tools. will be Oc- cupied in the construction of the Fl | Paso < Southwestern railroad from Fairbanks to Tucson, according 70 : F C. Hitchcock, vice president and ! general manager of the MacAr.hur Brothers company, the contractors whose bid for the entire extension was accepted by the board of directors Of the Southwestern.
 Mr. Hitchcock is at the Sheldon ho- tel. where he arrived yesterday from New York. He left for Tucson this af- ternoon to establish the principal of fee of his company there for the pres ent contract. From Tucson hs will go to Benson. He will spend the balance Of this month directing the are'imln- ary work of assembling men and ma chinery.
 The Grade Work.
 Mir. HitcNccck said there are 3,000, r GOO cubic yards of earth and stone 10 be moved in grading the road. and that there are 50.0OG cubic yards of concrete masonry to be erected. There will be no timber bridges Steel structures with concrete piers will span all streams. Mr. Hitch cock said that the new line. like all those of the Southwestern, will be of fhe best permanent character. It will run three to five miles south Of the track of the Southern Pacific be- tween Benson and Tucson, parallelling the Hartman line into Tucson, un- til it reaches the point where the Southwestern survey runs to the south eside of the city.
 Denver Contractors.
 Crook, Allen & company, contractors of Denver, have received from the MacArthur company the sub-contract for grading thirty-three miles Of the line eastward from Tucson. While amounting Co almost half Of the en- tire line in length, that section rep reseEts only about 25 per cent of the whole. on account of the lghtuess of the work projected, as compared with that from Fairbank westward MT. Crook was one of the builders Of the Southwestern from IT Paso 10 Doug las. Other sub-contraCts will be let, but the Macarthur company will do the major portion of the grading for it's own account.
 The steam shovel outfits will come from Chicago. Other grading equip ment and teams will be sent from Iowa and Nebraska. The different camps will be established by outfits that will unload at various South western and Southern Pacific stations and move across country to the sur vey Of the extension.
 Other Big Contracts.
 The MacArthur company is building the Kansas City shortiine of the Rock Island railroad from Ellerton to Car lyle. Iowa, q distance of sixty-sevep miles. Also the concern is engaged on a contract for ten miles of tunneling in connection with the New York City acqueduct that will convey water from the Caskill mountains to that metrop- oils. The MacArJhurs are also con tractors on the main reservoir walls at Ashokan, Y. r.
 TinSIer Superintendent.
 Charles C. Thinker, an experienced railroad builder and an associate of Mr. Hitchcock for many years, will be the superintendent in charge of the Fairbanks-Tucson grading. Mr Tinker will meet Mr. Hitchcock in Tucson.
 Mir. Hitchcock was formerly a mem Der Of the construction firm of George $. Good & company, who built a large part of the Southwestern system noth- east from Fl Paso. Mir. Good recently retired from active business.