Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-04-17
A RAILWAY COMBINE.
The D. & R. G. Extensions into New
Mexioo-The Union Pacific and
the Peoos Road.
Diverging Interests Conferred at San Pc
dro-The Denver Press at Last
Talking Sense.

After great deal of foundering about
on the subject of improving the CONNER
cial relations of Denver with New Mex
leo points, the Colorado press is coming
at last to take sensible view of the situa-
ton. The Denver News, at hand this
morning, prints this as one of its leading
editorials:
WISE SUGGESTION.
at is understood that the Denver and
Rio Grande Railroad company is contem-
plating the building Of several branches
during the present year. Among these
lines it is to he hoped that the one from
Espanola to Albuquerque will not be
overlooked. Or, that the company will
buy Mr.. Brice's road between Espanola
and Santa Fe and continue the line via
Cerrilos and San Pedro to Albuquerque.
Either line would develop a trade viii, h
could but rebound to the benefit OF the
Rio Grande road and to the city of Den
yer. Perhaps the line from Santa Fe
southwark via the points stated to Albu-
querque would develop greater trade
than that from Espanola to Albuquerque.
The former would penetrate some OF the
richest mining camps IN New Mexico.
The only trouble in the way of construct
ing this line is the road of MIR. Brice
from Espanola to Santa Fe. The
road is thirty-eight miles in
length. 1t is an entirely distinct and
separate corporation from the Denver &
Rio Grande, and is owned by Senator
Brice, of Ohio, Gen. Thomas and other
associates. While it is understood they
have been and are willing to sell, the two
corporations have never been able to
agree upon the terms of sale. The con-
sequence has been that both roads have
been operated at cross purposes ever
since the Santa Fe branch was opened
for business. The truth is that this
branch road ought to belong to the Den
yer & Rio Grande system and it ought to
be extended via the points named above,
with branch extending from San PEDRO
to Roswell or Eddy, on the Pecos river,
forming junction with the road just COM
pleted to the latter place from Pecos sta
ton on the line of the Texas Pacific road
in Texas. With the building of these
two roads and the construction of road
from Trinidad via Las Vegas and White
Oaks to Ell Paso the entire trade of New
Mexico AID Arizona will be tributary ia
Denver. These are matters TO which the
chamber of commerce of Denver might
we'll lend its assistance"
A COMBINE ON SAN PEDRO.
This is certainly the most sensible view
to take of the situation, but the News
might have gone little farther and made
its suggested system Of new lines much
more simple. To reach all the points
named in southern and central New
Mexico an arrangement could be made
that would necessitate not near 80 much
of burden for any one railroad company.
The Pecos valley road, a Colorado enter
prise in southeastern New Mexico backed
by the Hagerman-Eddy syndicate, has
planned to build from it's present termi
nus in the Pecos valley, via Roswell and
White Oaks, to San Pedro, thence through
Tijeras pass to Albuquerque. The D.
r. 6. wants an outlet from Denver into
central and southern New Mexico, Wis
Espanola, Santa Fe, Cerrillos and San
Pedro.
The Union Pacific likewise has a road
projected, and partly built, through the
Maxwell land grant, to the Mora copper
fields to Las Vegas, thence on to White
Oaks and Ell Paso. Now. why could not
these companies formulate an agreement
that would bring their diverging interests
all together at San Pedro? Take a map
of the Rocky mountain region and note
what wonderfully productive country
such new system of roads would open
up. The b. & R. &. could absorb the
Santa Fe Southern and fulfill its share oil
the agreement by building forty miles OF
new road to reach San Pedro. The Union
Pacific could extend it's line from Trini-
dad and Catskill, via Las Vegas to San
Pedro, and the Pecos line from White
Oaks to Albuquerque would be met by
both these roads from the northwest and
east at San Pedro, from that point diverg-
ing toward the four quarters of the COM
pass in such manner as to form strong
combination mutually beneficial to all in
terested. The suggestion is submitted for
the consideration of the press of Colo
RADIO and New Mexico, and if the press
can be united upon this pan the railroads
will be forced in very short time to show
their respective hands.