Bisbee daily review., 1915-03-06
ID START WORK ON RAILROAD
 FROM AJO
Discovery of Water Supply
 And Decision as to Pro-
 ~ess For Reducing Low Grade Ores Solves Problem

TUCSON Mar 5.-Tha construc tion work ou .thc railroad Co the Ajo mines of the Calumet and Arizona company would begin within a short time but that s1 present he was not at>iberty to state whether Tue son or Gila Bend would be Che fer minll of the new railroad. were state ments of John C. Greenway general manager for the C. and company who was in the city yesterday.
 While ] can sy positively that work on the new railroad win com menee mmediately" Captain Green way said last evening "I am sorry to say bat ] cannot ot this time stare definitely Whether the railroad will be built from Tucson or Gila Bend. but think that the announcement of the route Go be used will be made within two weeks
 "A year ago the citizens of Tucson were told that We would build the railroad to Ajo just as soon as we had definitely obtained a satisfactory water supply and settled upon a satis- factory process for reducing tbe low grade ores at the properties Our exploration work which stopped more than year ago definitely settled the fact that We had large ore bodies in sight sufficient to warrant us u, building the road but we had to be satisfied first about She water supply and the special process for the rec ducti1u of the ore
 I ann glad to say that we have been successful in securing a sudi- cient water supply and that wc have fixed on a process for the reduction of the low grade copper ores at the property and we are now going Co build the road just as we promised
 -The building of the railroad aRl the development of the property win mean much to Pima county can say that there will be approximately 500 men employed at the mne and the presence Of large copper prop erty in the county will be source Of increased revenue to the people
 MT Greenway stated that the wa. ter supply had been obtained by sinking a large shaft to a deptH of zoo feet where a sufcient supply of water had been obtained. He statar that a general description of the spe .ial process for the reduction 9f the oes would be published in the coming report Of the C. and A. com- panv
 Mr. Greenway is very hopeful over the copper situation at present
 "The copper market is holding up well in spite of the war" be said, "and the price Is very good at present. lt looks as though the allies were tr.- ing to bunny the copper to keep it from going to Germany and we hope that thehy will keep right ou."
 Notwithstanding theh rosy predic- tions of some that copper will reach am unheard of price following the close of thhe war Captain Greenway does not share this opinion
 While Of course there is almost certain to be a boom for certain time ] do not look for it to continue for any length of time lt costs money to buy copper and after the close Of the war the nations that have been fighting will be hard mp and will have to borrow large sums of money For this reason ! do moi look for contia- ued abnormal demand"
 Mr. Greenway praised very highly the new improvements in the city, particularly the paving and took oc casion Co compliment the El Paso and SouthWestefp depot plot, which he char'"rerized as one of the most beau. uiul spots he had ever seen