Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-05-28
Tidings
PECOS VALLEY RAILROAD.
A Thorough Organization and Prompt
Purchase of All Steel, Roll
ing Stock and Other
Supplies.
The Contract Let and the Road to be
Completed in Five Months-Suc-
cess that Succeeds.

"The steel is all bought and now on its
way, all cars and rolling stock have been
purchased, and now we are ready to
build the line Of the Pecos Valley rail
read," was the announcement made by
the special committee Of the directors Of
the Peccs Valley Railroad company at q
meeting held by that body in FL Pasc
day before yesterday, and before the day
had passed
THE CONTRACT WAS LET
to responsible contractors, who by the
terms of the same are to have the road
built and completed to Eddy, N. NJ.
within five months from date. Such an
announcement, made within so short 8
time since the organization OF this enter.
prise, causes the thinking public to de.
sire the names of the men who have laid
hold so resolutely to develop with such
vigor the great interests OF
TIE MAGNIFICENT SECTION
of our territory from which this road takes
its name and they are discovered in the
names of the officers and directors of the
road, and here they are:
J. j. Hagerman, president; G. B. Eddy,
vice president; H. G. Lowe, secretary and
treasurer; 5. F. Judy, general manager.
Directors-Sidney Dillon, New York !;
j. j. Hagerman, II. G. Lowe, W. A. Otis,
Colorado Sp ings; G.. B. Eddy, w. A.
Hawkins, 9. G. Blodgett, Eddy, N NJ.
Upon the Pecos valley and the town of
Eddy first, the building Of this road has,
of course, the greatest and most direct
present result, for the Pecos valley has
been for ye%rs past rich in the finest soil
and climate our territory can boast and
with abundant water in strong streams,
and coursing down its full length, and with
its beautiful soil and wealth of resources,
beckoned to capital which came so eagerly
that in years time We have seen
THE WHOLE FACE OF NATURE CHANGED
there; great canals traversing the coun-
try for miles upon miles and throwing out
their laterals far as eye can see and further ;
towns springing like magic where the "old
timers" saw but the buffalo herd or the
antelope retreat; settlers dotting the
prairie and valley with pleasant homes
where but yesterday, almost, only the
rolling undulations and gentle slopes OF
smiling mother earth met the eye. Al
ready every feature of the plans of the
men who conceived and developed this
magnificent enterprise was and is an as
sured success, even with a railroad 100
miles away, but now that these people are
to have their own railroad built by the
men who are most interested there,
PROSPERITY HAS COME
and settled down in that favored valley to
stay as the neighbor of every resident
thereof, and the man who owns land
there is fortunate indeed. The town Of
Eddy has already, by its costly buildings
and the enterprise of its citizens and its
favorable location right in the heart Of
all the irrigated lands, and swift progress
toward young city, challenged the notice
of the public; but now, as the terminus vi
this road, which will draw the trade OF
an area of well settled country vast as an
empire, the Young giant will stride mag.
nificently forward and take its place, be-
fore We begin to comprehend what it
means, with the foremost cities OF the ter
ritory, and some keen observers predict
will distance all competition within three
years.
But to this territory and to the arid
country at large the now assured and re-
allied success of the enterprises above
mentioned means much, and while the
Pecos valley and the fourishing town Of
Eddy may claim the most direct benefit
yet for all sections there is now assured
FUTURE GREAT AND PROSPEROUS.
1t means that eastern judgment and east.
ern capital have now agreed to follow the
lead of western men in developing oul
great arid regions, and that means pros
perity unbounded and wealth untold to oui
whole territory aud to other arid sections
The Eddy canals were conceived and
completed entirely by western men
and western money, and when
the immense system was per
fected and there before the eye was
demonstrated it's grand success, 10, ere
two months have hardly rolled around,
eastern capital comes in hundreds oi
thousands OF dollars to build its railroad.
and reach its people.
The line Of the railroad has been located
and is as near an air line as is possible
There is no curvature of over four degrees
nor grades OF over forty feet per mile. Il
runs through the very heart of all the
irrigated lands of the company, havin.
one terminus at Eddy and the other OF
the Texas & Pacific railroad in Texas
With the steel and rolling stock all bought
and the rights of way all secured and tht
contract let for completion within five
months, the New MEXICAN can afford tt
congratulate our territory upon this as
sured success. ~ ~