Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-11-07
COMING UP FROM THE GJIIF,

A few hundred miles more of railroads
will work great change in New Mexico,
and it is gratifying to note the probabili-
ties OF early and active work in this direc
ton. For the reason that it will provide
an almost direct line to gulf tidewater; no
enterprise is fraught with more import
ance to all the people OF New Mexico than
that which is now creeping steadily north
westward through the Pecos valley and
known as the Pecos Valley Railroad COM
pany. This line is designed to open up
new region, now wholly without railway
facilities, which is truly remarkable in
point OF natural resources. AS to farming
and fruit growing it is surpassed by no
locality in the west; lands are cheap /;
water is abundant. Its timber and coal
areas are great; mineral abounds, both
precious and useful; the grazing fields
cover many hundreds OF thousands OF
acres, where all classes OF live stock re-
quire the minimum of care throughout the
year, and the climate is all that any man
in search of health and home can hope
for. There is every sound reason
to believe, therefore, that when this
region is penetrated by its first line of
railway there will follow in its wake a
live and thrifty population that will aid
very materially in building up the for
tunes of the future great commonwealth
of New Mexico. And what are the pros
poets for this railroad enterprise? Many
will be interested in the answer to this
query, They could scarcely be more flat
tering. The promoters, among whom are
j. j. Hagerman and Louis H. Jackson,
OF Colorado, and c. B. Eddy, of New
Mexico, and their associates are men
who know not the existence of the word
fail. They have asked for no aid, and
their work of the past is guarantee Of
the future. The plans Of this corporation
contemplate the construction..of broad
gauge road that will penetrate the central
part of the Paron valley AMI iink tne
Texas & Pacific on the south with the A.,
L. u S. F. on the northwest. At present
the line is finished to point sixty odd
miles north of Pecos City, Texas,
and the town of Eddy will be
reached by November Is. During
the past week the first train was
put on and regular trips are now being
made as far north as Hagerstown, forty
miles from the Texas & Pacific junction.
Track-laying is now progressing at the
rate of one and half pailes per day,
some 500 men and teams being employed.
The management announces that the
northern terminus OF the line will be al
lowed to halt at Eddy only short time,
as it is the intention to push right for
ward to Roswell, and thence northwest
to connection with the A., T. & s. F.
This northwestern junction is not vet
definitely located, but it will probably be
somewhere between Cerrillos and Albu-
querque. The officers of the company
say "By the first of next March we
expect to have 23O miles of track down
and regular trains running over it,"
This is the way they talk, and judging of
what they have already accomplished
the New MEXICAN has no doubt that the
expectations Of the energetic men back
of this enterprise will be realized to the
fullest. All New Mexico has much to
look forward to in this direction during
the coming year.