Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-07-28
RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.
The Invasion of New Mexico Begun in
Earnest several Enterprises
OF Moment,

The railway mileage Of New Mexico
will he very materially increased this
iall, Active operations have already com
menced toward this end, and develop
mems OF the past lew days relating tc
the several enterprises under headway
and those in prospect are very encourag-
ing.
As to the A., T. & :. L. extension to
san Pedro nothing is to be done until the
last Of September, by which time it ia
said the details OF the pending big coal
land deal at Cerrllos will be closed up.
The santa Fe Southern still adheres to
its intention to build south from this city
via Cerrillos to San Pedro, the survey for
which is completed. Chief Engineer
Clarence Coleman has gone to New
York to confer with the hackers of the
road toward this end, and if q traffic
agreement can be perfected with the D.
4 Il. g., negotiations for which are now
in progress, this road will be built south
from Santa Fe during the fall.
Toward the northwest there was never
so much activity in railroad building as
now. On the Rio Grande Southern g.
900 men are now at work and northern
New Mexico is still being secured for
laborers. Another shipment of sixty-five
men left here this morning over the
narrow gauge bound for Durango to 60 to
work on that line. Otto Mears, the head
and front OF the Rio Grande Southern,
says the line is to be built to connection
with the A., 7. & S. f. Arrangements
are being made to start q surveying corps
south into New Mexico, from Durango.
1t is not improbable that such survey will
come through canon Largo and down the
Chama valley to Santa Fe, as this is by
far the nearest point at which the A, I.
K S. +. can be tapped.
OF the Algodones- Durango road, of
which company w. B. Strong is presi-
dent, Ben. l.. Cook writes from Chicago
that the contract for building the same
has been let to Price 4 Gavitt, OF Denver,
and work will begin at Durango August
LIST. 1t is said to be the intention to be-
gin work also at AlgOdones, in the Rio
Grande valley, a few days later and build
both ways. Sec. Geo. Cook expects to
make Santa Fe his headquarters after the
middle of next month.
Toward the southeast, on the Pecos
valley road, 200 men are now at work and
800 more are to be put on as fast as they
can be secured. Twenty-Five miles of
road have been graded and steel laid for
half this distance. A station on the new
road will be established twenty-five miles
from Pecos by about August |. From it
freight will be delivered to Eddy.
At Silver City all plans are perfected
and the money raised for building the
railroad.
Again in the northeast part OF New
Mexico, the Maxwell grant branch of the
Union Pacific Fort Worth & Denver has
been completed nine miles southwest
from the end OF the old track. The
grade is nearly finished over the
Ration range to Red river and by
August 10 the line will be in complete
working order to the river. 1t will be
about twenty-six miles long and opens up
vast timber tracts as we'll as fine agri-
cultural country. Manager Pels, OF the
grant, writes that the line
will be extended to Las Vegas at no dis
tant day.
At Las Vegas hot springs surveys are
in progress to build the Azul cutoff,
the hot springs will be brought
on the main line of travel, and construc-
ton will begin next month. When this
is done all passenger trains will be run
via the springs, and the dining station
will be located there.
Thus it appears that an unusual activi-
ty in the line of railroad building Is as
sured to New Mexico during the remain
der Of the year.