Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-03-23
TIE AND TRACK,
Signs Of the Times In os-Southwsst-
ern Newspaper Comment.

Capt. Smith H. Simpson is in the city
from Taos valley and states that there are
visible in that section unfaiIing signs that
the valley is soon to be invaded by the
Rock Islands Pacific coast line. The
preliminary survey has been already
made from Trinidad to point south OF
Fernandez de Taos, and the line chartered
Capt. Simpson states that in thirty days
past the valley has been swarning with
Kansas aud Colorado land boomers, who
are trying to get options OIL all the avail
able land in the valley. While the COM
ing of such men is a good sign, still, he
says, they all belong to the ground floor
crowd that appear to want something for
very little or nothing. Capt. Simpson
thinks the Rock Island will reach the Rio
Grande at Chamita via Taos during the
present year.
In the course OF an editorial article on
the plans of the Forth Worth & Denver
road, the Denver Republican says: at
may be counted upon rs a thing OF the
future that the Panhandle will build
branches into the mountains both of New
Mexico and Colorado. Possibly at Trim
idad n large smelter will be built at day
not distant, and its ore supply would to a
great extent be drawn from the San Juan
and from New Mexico. The Panhandle
has also New Mexico as a possible terri
tory to be utilized by branch lines. In
Colfax county, with the development OF
the resources OF the Maxwell land grant,
there are opportunities offered to its en-
terprise. But it need not be confined to
them. 1t may also extend its feeders to
Las Vegas, to Santa Fe and to Albuquer-
que. All OF those places would give it
traffic with the gulf, and the system
would not be complete without some such
connections as these"
w. f. Sommerville, vice president OF
the Fort Worth & albuquerque, says that
Engineer Lynch is making fine progress
on the line to Sprngtown. In ten days
some 200teams will be put to work. between
Fort Worth and Sprinstown. 1t has not
been decided whether the company will
build to Graham or Jacksboro. The road
is to be first class in every respect, the rails
to be sixty pounds. The company con-
siders that first class road is tile only
kind to build. Fort Worth Gazette.
Chief Engineer II. A. Wood, of the
Fort Worth road, was in Pueblo u few
days ago. on his way to Longs canon to
join the surveying corps on the company's
extensions from Maxwell toward Las
Vegas. He says that the reports that the
contract for grading has been let on this
extension is untrue, and that Messrs. Bis
sell and DeRemer were not in any way
connected with the new line, at least so
far as the grading went. Mr.. Woois, who
is apparently posted upon the matter says
the contract for grading will not be let for
two weeks yet. Thirty miles of the new
line, he reports will be pushed forward
without delay. Ration Range.
Mr.. +. S. Turner, general manager of
the Colorado Water Supply company,
owning large canal into whirh water is
conducted from Dolores river through a
tunnel one mile IN length, was seen by a
reporter Of the Denver News, at the Al.
bany hotel day or two ago and said
''The broad gauge railroad from Algodone,,
thirty miles from Albuquerque, to Duran
go, has been surveyed and cross-sectioned d
and is ready to begin construction. The
bonds arc being negotiated in London,
and AM reliably informed that constru :.
ton will begin early the coming sunIua.. )"