Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-27
ON TO new MEXICO.
Western Texas and Eastern New Mex
leo as a Field for Railroad
Enterprise.
New Mexico Looking 10 Fort Worth
rs the Chicago OF the
Southwest.
EAnta Fs's Invitation 20 the Fort Worth
Western for Main lane
or branch.

TO tho Editor OF the Gazette.
SANTA FE, N, M Nov. ~ Every sug-
geetlon made by THE GAZETTE relative 10
Fort Worth's railway interests meets
with such cordial Endorsement by the peo-
pie OF your phcnomInally entcrpflsing city,
that venture 10 lay before them, through
the medium Of your "yaluabie paper" ~
the correspondents say, something from
this section OF the West am student
Of THE GAzKTTE'B most excellent rail-
road department, aud Ind that Western
Texas and Eastern New Mexico
are attracting much attention as a
field for railroad construction.
You said In recent issue that
maps OF Southern Kansas and Western
Texas were In great demand. Up here In
Santa Fo the greatest demand now Is for
maps OF Western Texas and Eastern New
Mexico. AS you probably don't know,
tho Texas, Santa Fc u Northern railroad
Is now about flushed, giving direct con-
Deoion at this point between the Atchi-
son, Topeka s. Santa 10 In New Mexico
and tho Denver Rio Grand in Colorado
and Utah. Now the Texas,
Santa Ne & Northern has Just
decided 10 extend Us line forthwith 70
Cerrillos, rich mining town forty miles
south and a station on the AtchisoD, To
peka a. Santa Re. Thence II proposes
pushing south TO El Paso, there 10 con.
meet with the Mexican National narrow
gauge which proposes building north
from Laredo. But what our people want
most IL Central Texas connection with
gulf tide-water, and since the Fort
Worth Western N about 20 throw its
Lee az In
hopes are Expressed by the business
men here that LIS promoters may zee
their way clear 10 push directly for this
city, or, at least, give ua a branch at Cor.
rillOs on IT, westward march. The wis-
dom OF such route, or nearly such, Is
admitted by the Gulf, Colorado g. Santa
Fe line, which has already chartered
northwestern branch extending from
BrownwOod 20 Sautl Re; but slnca this
road has fallen inro the hands Of the
Atchlson, Topeka & Santa 10 company,
which has rs hands 70 inll protecting
Kansas and other New Mexico territory,
y is nOt 90 an likely that tho BrOwuWoOd.
Santa be extension Will demand atten-
ton Tor long period Of time. az com
prchend n, thn Fort worth Western pur.
poses a Inc 70 J0CkaDnro, Gr1ham, Sey-
mour, thence bearing q littll north u
west strikes New Mexico near the north
boundary Oi Lincoln county, N. ~ ~ little
below where the Rock Islands surveyors
are now az work running lho from To.
peka, Kan, 10 NJ Paso. II this Is cor
rect, then the Fort Worth Western could
easily push up along the rich PecoA val.
ley across fertile plain now being rap.
idly developed by settlers and make cou-
noctlons here thai would give II dis.
trlbuting territory covering New Mexico,
Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Montana
What would be the probable result2 Tide
water would thus be brought from 900 to
1000 nearer these growing points Of
consumption, and that business which
New York city now almost monopoIzos
would fall TO Fort Worth. Certainly,
there must ba some great distributing
trade center Ia the Southwest, as there Is
la the NOTWITHSTANDING Chicago. The
railway builders SC m to have settled on
Fort Worth 10 supply this natural de-
mand OF commerce. and since your city IN
80 fAyorably located az regards railway
connections and rs ready access 90 the
gull, our people are naturally hopeful Of
securing direct communication with you
by rail-. Respectfully submitted,
pECOg