, 1881-03-31
Tho Santa Fe'a New Limo to the
Pacific Btope via Aibu-
tiucr4i1c.
Another Branch to Be Built
to Overcome the Ration
Grades.
The Denver l. Bio grauda Road Only
Some Twenty Miles from
Santa Fa.

flr lines Il, tho Pacific Const, Or tiluy would no
ttpuht have bsnnuhcd OF Mt sotnr paint further
cnst and avoided tho steep Hr1lstes aoross the
}tnton md tho CnItstco Mountatns. It was cv-
tentiy their first desire to reAch tho magnificent
c0nl !lelds NJ rrinidad, and thus be enabled tu
supply tho s,neltcrs ut tho principal Colorado
thinning campa With coal and coke, MI article
much nocted ut those poEnta. When thoy nftcr-
wards decided to cross the Hinton Mountains into
New Mexico tboy Ind still nu IIta tint tho
line would ultimately become tue link OF
through route to tho Pacific Coast and to 1exf-
Gu, but 1t WIS chcily their desire to penetrate
tho bcst part Of Now Mexico with Its q,iatnt old
towns and Its tlne grazlng lands. nnl principally
to opon rnilroad communication with Lns Vegas
! mad Snnta re. Then Santa 10 WINS tho objective
point OF tho r'ad. Nut until very recently, and
when 1t was found that tho Southern pnc1o
wns making rapid strides in Its rnnroh to tho
East, wns 1t .ocidcd to push tho rond southwark
to n connection with tho Southern Paclhc. n1ld
Thus form Il second route 10 tho Golden Gate.
Thu extension to 0uayhmas on tho Gulf Of
California. and tho construction Of tho
Atnntic j. Pacific Koai west from Albu-
iuorque to San FrnncIsco, known as
tho htrsy.tft parallel routowere still lator dc.
cttlGl11pon. Tho project 10 btt!ld tho Atlantic &
1'AoiAo from albuquerque to Sun Franclsco was
not nintlircd until about ono year uxJ. 1ly tl,at
time It bud becn.nc appnront to tho gnnnagcrs OF
tho AtchtHon, TopeKn l. Eantn f1 thnt their con-
nccttou with tho 2outiurn racitIc would not
give them such through route to tho sInpo as
would cnaoe thom to conipcte With tho Gnion
Pacific OFT California business, becausc tho
eonthoru Iacl1o Is owned by tho Centrnl Conn.,
AtchIson, Tnppka s. Santa E6 any hetter Or even
as Eoud tGr1lls Ns tn tho Un!on Pncitiu. As thu
AtchIson a,l, Topoka snnta 81 bud previously de.
cols n s MT in1 ~, esssnE ;,x tno sothor rAos
saw satG .at = o neyor Do s
At!,:ntie t!, - raci,ic = ruaie nilcn shorter md
% W." o oshr at HSs M, 1en 10 ao .hefn M aec
tines ana ~ oyer Wu1eh nnud could exert ~ intiu,
ehGc. & ING somtnefn , rao!e nG 5. moro intenIMi
* nG as eeed * IN , r., w1M the sapan re-
M IL was m merely o., occidental , union: wheh could
no. not " arl1i ana wnlen oa VII. III mnt' % n1re IT,
SECOND Faciiie lIns iiat tae 6eucd. the pooplo s :
ssna!l Is & tho y Union 9, y Haeils @ hss sulllcieat
70 p.s,e prevent INC new roate irom n,eeGmln9 ,9
% serons eonne,tor na1t i, Oh c.ofn pus!ness
S aS tsn1 an II s.s e s ~
month. where It %ill connect st with ny 0ouiIs
Ioxas rapinc; aud which VII Il, tso!,tt Tern, tho
~ nt'a e. not tho AtShlsnn. t Toneka santa Fe: Thus
u te n1 eo os r psMGe arrle d 19
6es sss @ I, saa a y s es!;tor"s s
~ c9mn.ety eotltrolna . " moou. Was cyl
aunay .ao ae"t " Gueu ,Totsnanntion E tl.nt de-
1Gcn,ogu I u, m tn ,chs%m Al rGnka ~ santa frn 70 @
pu " uuau ILL "a !nneFGMeut FE l!le trnIn Aiota-
ltinlt'e Wcst, esa and tans Flaov themselves
III pos'tlon 70 braVe Inu!ds nttacka
hnd 1tl, 20 =. enan!ca aaas 70 SHOW him
noa q front i, NJ ni nittcnpts t0 ssec cntrg eon
tFol oi ~ tho tncsto GoNst nusIaoss' WIN the
coiaplotion OF tlo Atlanttq - = raesItr h1ad tho
A!Eaison iopekn ss 4 san.a re VIII havo llno to
CN!iforia t!At Will he annrrlor IN every respect
.'1; n1h l.; the pnlon 5,t a y spnt,s5 uf' rtss
II VAL or as 8noft, u MOI soor1cr tlnc. 10 tho
raetlo Coast than tho Union Pacific. and will
hayo mlich eas1or Rt7ucs aid run through II
,ntlder climate. where thert IS no danger from
snow-seortns % and M snow .hlnekndts 1t runs al!
tho why tTtln A!hl11nhFnlfo fhrntfKh u br0Atl
valley from haff nllc to three tnItra III width.
md tho xrdo 1t no point VII exceed sixty feet
to tho mile LIT fnct, tho Rrlea nn this l1iI0 nru
eu*er thar on my Of thc Limos In iowa nr
Illinois The managers Of tho Atchison, Tnpcka
& SNnta 70 Eeeh to bc fully 'nwarr uf tho
fact TINT It will not do for them to depend too
long upon tho gOnd graees Df tho Central Pacific
penpls;., nn1 nro therefore pslshl'g tue new linz
With nil possible speed, The road Is now c0tu-
p!etc.s anh In running urtirr from Albuquerque
fu Fort Wlnxntc. Il diBtas.cp nf l1u t,ltlGs Tho
Reco,pl tltvIu01l, from Fort WtnEntc to tho Hn,,
Francisco Mountains Ii now beinx gr1,iusi, aud