Arizona republican., 1912-02-13
WILL
MOVE TO AR|z.
F. N. Lewis of Kansas City
Structural Steel Co., Wis
iting Hayden, Has Decid-
ed to Establish Business
Headquarters and Home
Here.

HAYDEN. Feb l2.-F y. Lewis.
engineer of mill building for the
Kansas City Structural Steel Co. left
town aturdav after n brief tour Of
inspection Of the work recently done
by his company for the Ray Con-
solidated At Ray and Hayden and
the work now being done for the
y :. * r Co. here. In the past
Mr. Lewis has had his headquarters
in Kansas City where his family also
resides but says that there is so
much activity i'll his particular line
here in Arizona and his company
has SO many contracts ahead in these
parts that he has decided To estab-
lish headquarters and move his fam
lily To- one of our Arizona towns. Ac-
Ccrding to statements of Mr. Lewis
the future Of Arizona is quite roseate.
particularly in the mining and mill
ing field To substantiate this view
he mentioned particularly the huge
smeltcr of the copper interests now
being erected at Douglas. the con-
templated smelter of the United
Verde at Jerome, large mill Of the
Inspiration Consolidated soon To be
erected at Miami and also smaller
contracts Of the same nature at
Clifton. With the present firmness
of the copper market and the Ger
tainty Of the early admission of Ari-
iona TO statehood the outlook for
this section could hardly be brighter
George y Selleck until recently
chief clerk OF the \. \. x r. here
left Saturday for Colorado. He has
been transferred to the plant OF the
same company at Durango. Colo.
Frank Lumley has entered the en-
ploy Of the John MacIntyre co. Mr.
Lumley is an old-timer in this sec
tion having recently been with the
Consolidated Commercial Co. Of Ray
until that firm closed out its stock
To retire from business. For a long
period h. was with the firm Of
Henness. Giffin x Leonard at Kelvin.
Henry Murray IS in Kelvin for 2
few da.s on business.
After several weeks delay Construc-
ton has been resumed on the new
Gcpot Of the \. T. 4. r. here Delay
has been caused through shortage
of material but several ears OF this
have Just arrived and Hayden peo-
PIE are rejoicing at the prospect Of
an carly completion of the building
In addition To- this modern depot and
passenger station there will also be
erected an up-to-date cottage for
the use Of the agent. Three dilapi-
dated box ears comprise the present
depot ana when they are removed IT
will make wonderful Improvement
ia the general appearance Of the
station grounds
W. L. Hunt. scale inspector for the
4. :. & r Co has just completed
the installation OF the railroad track
scales for that company at the
smelter and the smeIter COMPANY win
now begin the taking Of concen-
tratcS from the Ray Consolidated |
here instead of shipping them to
other points for smelling. Concen-
I'll such time as the smelter is in !
operation which. it is generally |
thought. will be some time in May |
or early June.
Hayden has Just had its monthly |
pay day and its usual busy time |
Saturday afternoon in front of one /
~ the stores on the main business |
thoroughfarc there was the usual |
crowd when someone care
.essly dropped a pistol which was |
discharged by the fall. There were /
, great many people in range and |
the shot caused some excitement for |
A few minutes until IT was learned /
hat ii was purely accidental Re-
however. no one was hit
Mrs. David Cole and Miss Leila
'"le went TO Ray today and ex-
Dect to be in Phoenix by Mondays
rain
Il. -. Molcs OF tho Kansas City ]
structural Steel Co. has been visit
nE Hayden and Ray. He left at
lrday