The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-05-12
AN INDICATION.
From the New Mexican.

way of the use of the railroad spir-
it as an adjunct to the rapid in
crease of values, and the demand
for lands in the path of railway
progress. FL Paso is projecting a
railroad to White Oaks, 1t is a
wise move and will doubtless pay a
fair dividend over running expen
SEES and interest on the investment.
But its chief significance will be
felt in the vast increase in values
consequent upon its completion.
The county Of Lincoln is almost ap
in and of itself, not only in extent
but in the yastness of its stock
growing, farming and mining in
%terests. 1t must inevitably grow
to be very rich, in a few years any
way but, with this railroad com
pleted and in active operation, the
Lincoln county now known by its
citizens will be a vastly changed
country. We understand that the
citizens of Lincoln have invested
largely in this road themselves. If
this is so they are likely to be re-
.warded for their public spirit in
two ways. They will, as we said
before, be paid interest on the di-
rect investment, and the increase
of values will also enrich the hold
ers of property there.
A new impetus will be given to
all business enterprises, but the
chief and most promptly affected
business will be that of mining. A
new interest will be felt in the
great deposits known to exist in
that region. Ingress and egress
will be supplemented and increased
when the Frisco line breaks ground
on the Pecos. Lincoln and the en-
tire White Oaks region will push
to the front as rapidly as any part
of the territory has yet done under
the stimulus of railroae enterprise.
Now would be a good time to buy
Lincoln grazing, as well as mineral
lands. There are vast expanses Of
rich grazing country all over the
county, and especially on the Pecos
These can now be bought at a very
reasonable figure. A few years
will put them up in value to where
POGO men, or men in moderate cir
cumstances can not hope to reach
them.
No circumstance which has ever
occurred in this territory more
clearly and surely indicates the
value Of the railroad spirit, than
that attending the suggestion of
this route. 1t is more than equal
to those which have accompanied
the southwestern march of the
great Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe. Every old citizen who has OBJ
served these things understands
how vastly values sprang up when
the idea that this road was feasible
took root, even before a foot of
earth had been shoveled on the
line in the territory And there
has been no single day since which
has not exhibited a moderate.
steady and healthy advance in this
way.
These good effects have not been
confined to the country immediate
ly on the line or in It's vicinity, as
many seem to think. Remote re-
gions have felt the quickening in.
huences Of the masterful railroad
spirit, and this news from Lincoln
is an evidence of it. Taos county
is also an evidence of the far-reach.
ing influence Of the Atchison, To
peka & Santa Fe railroad. She
has felt it in the hope with which
it has inspired her miners. Hel
farmers and ranchmen have haC
provided at their very doors, as il
were, a market for all their produc
tons which may be relied upon foI
both price and steady demand
These are only some of the gooC