El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-09

TWO LINES SURVEYED
FOR ROAD TO MINES
Calumet e Arizona Has 20 Men on
Work Preliminary to Building
Ore Road to AjO District.


Work Preliminary to Building
Ore Road to AjO District.
Tucson, Ariz-. Sept. 9--Three-fourths
Of the distance from Tucson to the Ajo
district, so miles southwest Of Tue
son, has been covered by the prelimi-
nary survey for the railroad of the
Calumet & Arizona, which is intended
for the transportation Of ores from
the Cornelia property in the Ajo dis
trict, which the c. & a. recently pur-
chased
Two lines are being run on this
survey. One is 80 miles from the city,
and the other 60. Twenty men are
engaged in the survey, R h Jones,
chief engineer of location, said that
more rapid progress could be made
were il not for the difficulty IN get
ting supplies and drinking water 1t
is expected that the survey Will be
completed by the latter part of the
month. 1t is stated that no very great
engineering problems have been en-
coUntered, although much of the IN
tervening country between Tucson and
the Ajos is rough and mountainous.
Paving Talk Revived.
The proposal to pave the streets Of
Tucson in the business district viii be
given renewed attention at an early
date The council will first pass an
ordinance requiring the placing OF
telephone and telegraph wires under
ground in certain sections of the city.
The city attorney is now at work on
that ordinance. As soon as II IS COM
piled with the order for paving viii
be given. Ornamental street lights
will be considered at the same time
Building permits for the year, up to
September, total about 100000 Resi-
dences predominant, most of them be-
ing for moderate priced houses cost
ing from $500 to $4,000.
Irrigation Company Formed,
The Three Rivers Irrigation COM
pany has been organized for the pur-
pose of bringing under cultivation a
raw tract comprising 1850 acres north
west of the junction of the Santa Cruz
and RillitO rivers and the Canada del
Orc, according to H A Smith, a land
broker. He says he sold the stock in
Los Angeles and the bonds in Salt
Lake City. He asserts that three en-
gineers of national reputation have as
sured the bond holders that the water
supply is sufficient to irrigate at least
10000 acres.
Five wells, sunk to a depth Of I2O
feet at the junction of the three riv-
ers above named, have given results
entirely satisfactory, Smith asserts At
this junction only S41 acres are com
prised in the project. The water will
then be conveyed by a ditch nine miles
in length. to the second unit which
comprises 1850 acres Both flood and
pumped water VIII be used. The head
of the ditch will be tunneled 500 feet
to the head Of the underground water
gallery, The wells that feed the water
gallery Will be from 125 to 800 feet
deep
Five hundred acres Of unit No. l are
to be planted TO alfalfa this fall. The
project will cost $4,000, and con-
tracts, Smith says, are to be let in a
few days. He promises that water
will be on the land by January l, and
that 200 families will be here by that
time to COLOMBO it. Families will be
limited to 40 acres.
No Fund for Slaughter House.
Despite the fact that a law passed by
the last legislature provides that mu-
inequalities shall levy special taxes for
the construction OF municipal siaugh-
ter houses, the city administration of
Tucson failed to include such a levy is
the tax budget approved by the coun-
Gil 1t is estimated that a municipal
abattoir. would cost from $4,000 to
10000.