Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-24
FORT WORTH AND ALBUQUERQUE.
1t VIII Tap the Trate of the Entire Northwest,
Clear Up Into Montana.

clear up Into hontana
ALBUQUERQUE, n. NJ, Oct. 81. 1890.
Ed itor Gazette.
The completion of the Fort Worth and
Albuquerque road will make continue
GUS line Of railway from Fort Worth to
Salt Lake City, passing through the
heart of the greatest mineral producing
regions of the Rocky mountain country,
as well as the rich agricultural valleys
and plains of New Mexico, and turning
toward Fort Worth q volume OF trade
which it would be impossible at present to
estimate.
There is already a railroad built and
trains running regularly from Salt Lake
southeast TO Green River, Utah, from
which point there Is road located and
now in course of construction southeast
to Durango, on the southern border of
Colorado. The gap between Durango
and Albuquerque will be closed by the
Albuquerque and Durango road, which
has already been surveyed and upon
which construction work is about to COM
mence. Both the sections uamed-from
Green River to Durango and from Du-
range to Albuquerque-wIll be COM
pleted by the time the Fort Worth and
Albuquerque can get TO the Rio Grande
under the most enterprising manage
ment, so you will see by looking at the
map and taking account of the railway
construction now going on, that when
the Fort Worth road reaches Albu-
querque it will tap the trade of the en-
tire Northwest clear Up into Montana,
and bring to the doors of the Fort Worth
merchants the business and wealth of an
empire. Isn't the prize worth striving
for?
The people of this section look to the
Fort Worth and Albuquerque as the line
that is to furnish them their first and
best outlet to the coast, and as soon as it
is ready to run trains into this city the
greater portion of all the trade of this
section, which centers at Albuquerque,
will seek an outlet to the East over that
line. This is trade which has already
sufficient proportions to guarantee the
line profitable traffic, and which is in
creasing at very rapid rate every year
and every month.
The railway situation of the southwest
has already shaped itself far enough to
show that Albuquerque is to be the next
general railway center in the Rocky
mountain country south of Denver; the
cheapness of fuel, and the abundance of
all kinds of raw material will make it
beyond any doubt the great manufacture
ing center Of the southwest, while the
great mining, cattle, sheep and agricul-
tural interests of the surrounding
country, which all center here, already
mark it as the most important CONNER
cial point between Denver ami the re-
public of Mexico. Capitalists, business
men and home seekers in other por-
tions of the country realize these
facts, and see that here are grand OPEN
ings for those who desire to go into man
ufacturing or other business enterprises,
for those who desire to invest their cap
ital and for those who want to make new
homes in q growing and prosperous coun-
try. And these facts being known and
recognized by persons abroad, the inev-
liable result Is already apparent. The
census shows that the per cent of in
crease in population at Albuquerque has
not been exceeded by any point in the
United Statesmen even by any of the
noted "boom'' towns, like Los Angeles
or Wichita-and what is more important
from business point of view is the fact
that this growth mas not been unhealthy,
but has been steady and permanent.
There has been no hating nor dropping
back and the same steady and rapid
growth still continues, promising to be
far more important in the future than it
has been in the past.
Attention is called to these facts for
the purpose of showing you that the Fort
Worth and Albuquerque enterprise is no
ephemeral scheme, but is based on sub
stantial business arguments-that it will
be profitable enterprise to those who
put their capital into it, and one that
will be of inestimable value to the city
of Fort Worth. But 1t can't afford to
stop short of Albuquerque.