Bisbee daily review., 1911-03-16
HOWFIGHTING AFFECT
 MINES


 l BosToN-A Boston News Bureau representative in New York has made inquiry regarding conditions at or near various properties in Mexico, in which local capital is ! heavily interested and the state ment can be made that notwilhstaud ] ing reports oi dis;urlssaees anu i hindrance to operation of raiiro ads vested rights have not tesn in. terfered with in any way. Minins properties have not been affected to any great extemt-some not at aIl-but railroad operations have , been somewhat hampered.
 A man just returned from Mex leo City says that he saw Presi- dent Diaz and he looked perfectly well. Business in the city, he adds has not been affected by outside troubles Owing to the fact that many of the government troops were drawn from the ranks of ex conyicts fear has been expressed that should Diaz die there would he a wholesale desertion to the rebels
 One very significant thing is tha. practically none of the companies with offices in New York had re eeivea advices either by mail or telegram from their respective properties for a week or more an3 this has been taken as indicating that the trouble has been conVan- ,rated aud that no American-3wned property has been destroyed.
 Dr. F. s. Pearson, who has ex- ,ensive interests in Mexico. many Of which are owned b. the Mexico Northwestern Railroad Co. has just arrived from Europe and left last night for Chicago His railroad has been hampered in operating by reason Of fact that insurrectos have at different times either held up trains for their own use or de stroyed bridges in order to prevent advance of the regular troops A most extraordinary incident in this connection has been that whenever it was proposed to remove or burn bridge the railroad has frs been notified. The company, which owns some 100000 acres of timber isnd acquired from the Greene Copper Co. and Development Co.,. of Amer ica, has been cutting timber at the rate of 100000 feet a day.
 The Madero mill. with capacity of I25. 100000 feet of lumber year has been completed and is in full operation; this handles the cut from southern part of tract At Pear son a mill with 175,000,000 feet capacity is under construction; this will handle timber GU: from the former Murphy tract A ready market has been found for this output
 President Thornton, of the Greene Consolidated Copper Co. has. been at Cananea for several weeks. but in none Of his adyices to the New York officials has there been any indication of trouble a. that prop erty. As a matter of fact, Cananea and the seat of trouble are sep
 arated by Slree hieh mountain ranges.
 General Manager Dickinson of She Kansas City. Mexico and Orient railway co. says. Our road has been operating as usual. although f has nov Teen Zen days since l we have had advfces. A short time ago one of our trains was held l 1p by insurgents and taken some 1 dis;sncc and held for two days
 nhile Che captors locked for ra crHits in the mountain regions. l. 7as retarned to the place where arst boarded and full round fare
 fer the s men plrticipatiag in the trip were paid Q the con pany7
 Since Januarv there has tee.l la regiment e federal troops at Bat opilas bnt the most recent advices
 t.eHe Fsat there has been no trouble there since just after .tha new year Operations have been kept up 10 normal. and the troops have been held al that point as reserves. Batopiias is some miles from the scene of trouble.
 Both the National Railways ol ! Mexico and the Mexican Central have been tied up considerably. An
 official Of the former says tha, February operations resulted in poor earnings. but it should De
 taken into consideration in this connection that the correspondinc
 month Of last year was better than usual. A part of the Mex. can Central is understood to have been completely out of commission for several months. e
 Phelps. Dodge & Co, have re ceiyed no word of trouble in the vicinity of the Moctezuma Copper Cn s- r---