The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-04-09
FROM DEMING TO THE GULF.
A Projected Line Through Old Mexico
Which IS Likely to BE Built.

Special 10 the Gazette
Albuquerque, n. NJ. April 3-The
projected road from Deming in this terri
tory through Mexico TO the gulf of
California, which has been in doubtful
condition for some two years past, has now
got its affairs upon reliable and practical
basis, and there IS no longer any doubt OF
the fact that ii viii he cult. The corpora
tinn has the finest concession ever made TO
any railway BY the government Of
Mexico but the trouble with it up to recent
date has been the fact that the company
which had the franchise had no capital.
But IN option was given some time ago to
Mr.. John ". Young of Utah. well known
railroad builder, under which. by comply
ing with certain terms agreed upon the
franchise was 10 pass into his hands.
What the terms of the deal were has not
been made known TO the public, but the
conditions We're carried out TO the satisfac-
ton OF the company some weeks ago, the
transfer waS duly made, arrangements
have been perfected by Young and his asso-
ciates Tor placing their bonds to
the amount Of S5O,0O0,0 900 with an English
syndicate, and active preparations are now
going on for beginning the work of con-
StruCuon at the earliest practicable day.
Immense quantities OF material are being
received and stored at Deming. The su-
peTintendent of construction has his head
quarters at that place, and is confident that
he will have the work Of grading under way
within the next ten DAYS
This road when completed will form one
of the most important of our international
lines. Though at present projected it only
comes into the United States as far as
Deming, about forty miles from the inter-
national line, but the plan of the present
management cOntemplates the extension of
the line to Salt Lake City, Utah. by way
of Albuquerque, and this part of the road |
VIII be commenced as soon as the Mexican |
division is fairly under way. This part of |
the enterprise has for its primary object |
the opening Of direct line of communica- |
ton between the headquarters of the Nor |
mon church in Utah and the several extern |
Sive colonies which that church is now |
planting in Mexico, but rs its course from |
Deming TO the gulf will lie through one OF |
the richest and most productive portions Of |
our sister republic, it will readily |
be seen that the religious zeal |
which lies at the bottom of the en-
terpliSe will result in building an inter
national thoroughfare not second in i'm
portance to any on the continent. The
statement in regard TO the extension of the
line from Deming to Salt Lake by way of
comes to your correspondent
direct from headquarters and may be ac-
cepted us reliable. That is d part of the
plan of the present management, and there
IS money enough behind them to carry it
out. If there were not already sufficient
to warrant the building OF
direct line between your city and this place,
the advantage Of connection here with such
a road as the one referred TO, enabling your
merchants and manufacturers to tap the |
best trade of Mexico at Albuquerque, |
would certainly be sufficient to remove
whatever doubts there may have been in
he