The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1890-07-24
Railroad Racket.

with racket about the plans and in
t%entions Of railway companies in the
San Juan region, and it does seem
that at least one railway into and
through San Juan county. New Mex
leo, will matcrialize from all the vari-
Gus promises now made.
The Intention Of the Rio Grande &
Utah railway to complete within two
years q line between Albuquerque
and Durango has been frequently
declared. Preliminary work seems
we'll under way. active operation Of
construction is promised to commence
Immediately, and THE INDEX has every
reason to believe that the expressed
intention will be carried out to the
letter, and that the line will pass
through this county.
From Denver now comes the hope
Of yet another line. Ia the Denver
Republican of a recent date there
was published a statement that Mr..
J w Gilluly, treasurer Of the Den
yer & Rio Grande railway company,
has but recently asserted that it is
the intention Of that company to con-
struct a line from Durango to a con-
nection with the Atlantic & Pacific
railway at or near Gallup, and that
its construction would be shortly
commenced and pushed to a speedy
completion. 1t is hardly probable
that Mr.. Gilluly would have made the
statement asserted by the Republican
unless the plans of mis- company were
so far advanced that the promise will
materialize in fact. Such q road.
whether it comes down the Animas
or the La Plata, will surely traverse
San Juan county in such a way as to
be of vast benefit to the development
of its material resources.
Beside the two foregoing mentioned
lines the Montezuma journal prom
ises still another. A recent number
of that paper states that Major james
W Hanna of Cortez, had jus, re-
turned from New York, where he
had succesded IN sfocuuk orgEniza
ton of a company to construct a rail
way from the Atlantic & Pacific at
Coolidge, to Cortez, via Pennington
and Durango. The preliminary sur
vey will be begun Immediately, and
the Journal states that the money
for construction of the line will be
advanced by New York capitalists.
who look for immediate profit in the
enterprise from opening to the mark
cts Of the Pacific coast of the immense
coal deposits Of Southwest Colorado
and Northwest New Mexico. Major
Hanna will have the management Of
the enterprise, and in company with
the New York capitalists who are
backing the undertaking, says the
Journal, will shortly make an Inspec-
ton Of the country through which
the road is to be constructed, and a
tour OF the Pacific coast as we'll, TO
inform themselves as to the extent OF
the coal markets which il will be the
purpose of this projected line of rail-
road to supply.
TIE INDEX learns by the Durango
Tribune that surveys would begin
upon the Cortez-C Coolidge railway
| on Monday. The survey will be run
from Cortez, around Mesa Verde to
Clio and Pennington, thence south
east and along the Bic line of the
Navajo reservation 10 Coolidge. A
line will also be run between Farm
ington and Durango. Distances are
given as 140 miles between Durango
and Coolidge and 100 between Cortez
and Coolidge. When completed traf-
fc over the road between Cortez and
Durango will be via Pennington, q
distance Of ITO miles.
With all three of these roads trav-
ersing her territory San Juan county
would enjoy q tremendous boom. All
residents herein viii devoutly pray
that all these splendid promises may
speedily materialize in railroads.
Mr.. e F Spinner Of Largo, was at
Aztec Friday night and Saturday
morning on his way home from Du-
range. He was very much elated
over the advent Of a boy in the Spin
ner family, born at Durango on the
11th inst.
Reverend and Mrs. ] A Allison,
until recently residing at Farming.
ton, have taken up their residence at
Durango, and are keeping house on
Second street. north Of the Leland
Hotel.
Mr.. Frank Hsathsrs says he 'has
just learned that the wardrobe OF no
young gentleman is complete with
ont On umbrella. IL needn't be very
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