Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-03-22
A GRAND PROJECT.
~: F'sia.. VI For. Eocta's N3r
hlu7 W ooutIai AaH
Mexico.
A Worthy Enterprise Importance OF its
Effects on Business in
this Region.

According TO the iazctte, the projected
railroad from Fort Worth to connect With
the A., T. & S. +. in the Rio t'rande
valley, NV Mexico, is (or,nG ahead At Il
lively rate. For lUV miles n0rli"e1t OF
Fort Worth right OF way has iiccn secured
and graders are at work on II portion u
the line. Tie citizens OF SPrin&tn"n have
agreed to give the line a bonus nr $l4,nOO
and Jarksboro, Texas, will DO quite as
well. The Gazette sa IS that - ,DJU,0n0
is in the new conpanya treasury; that
rails and rolling stock are being negotiated
for and that $l0,0J0,0JO Of bonds are as
sood s'placel t. carry UIt the project to
invade New Mexico. Tho Gazette Proud
ly names such men rs Maj. X. NJ. Van
Zardt, Col. Z. W. Taylor, Col. William
Harrison, NJ. c. Hurley, Max Elser,
Martin Casey, John Tierney and ". $.
Pendleton, ~ having this work in hand,
and saws they will never cease till the
Fort City OF Texas has direct connection
with central New Mexico.
The charter for the lil,e in this territory
mas not yet been fled hut it Is positively
known by the NEW ME&iCAN through
private sources that the new road will
cross the pecos valley near Sumner and
thence run northwest to the Cerrillos coal
and iron fields, bearing theme west
through Tijeras canon tosAlbuquerque,
where Pacific coast connection with the
A. 4 ?. will be had. No man familiar
with the country will question the wis
dom OF building over such route.
Choicest products of the farm, ranch and
sheep pasture, and the riches Of the coal,
iron, gold, silver, copper and lead mines
OF New Mexiro will thus be contributed
to aid in building UP the Texas metropo-
lis. On the other hand central New
Mexico will get direct communication
with gulf tide water and will secure an
outlet for her multifarious products that
will put different face upon the
whole industrial and commercial interest
OF this region. In fact this enterprise is
fraught with the greatest moment to our
people. No project would so completely
revoutionize business in this territory as
would the carrying out OF this undertake
ing. 1t would make Cerrillos Santa Fe
and Albuquerque common points" rs
far as shipping Interests are concerned,
and this would be mutually beneficial be-
cause it would clearly define the trade ter
ritory for both Santa Fe and Albuquerque,
while making Cerrillos busy industrial
center. In other words, it would secure
to Albuquerque the trade south Of that
city and west along the A. Il L. line,
which is at present divided with Santa
Fe, while for this city it would give rs
control OF our rightiul territory to the
north and northwest, covering the San
Luis and San Juan valleys in Colorado.
which by reason Of the iart that Santa
Fe is not q common point" according to
railway parlance, nov mostly goes to
Pueblo and Denver. 4
Thus it is clear to be seen that nd rail
way enterprise OF recent years is ira'ught
with more general interest to the people
of central New Mexico than this. At
present writing it looks "a though the
new line would be completed through to
Albuquerque within eighteen months.
Well may the Fort Worth people cry
"On to central New Mexico"