Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-07-11
POSTPONED


~ this mouth. las been pos,puncd tilI
the 2lst - September, aud enlarged 10
It's scope 80 ~ 80 iuclude delegations
from Santa Ir, D'u,cr aud AlOuquer
que and thls means that the conven.
tlon ~ iu ho NOR" general IN ita Charac
ter than Was at iirst proposed. Instead
of coniiulng ~ deliberations TO the pro
posed road from Trinidad 10 ~ paso, 10y
way ~ Lls Vegas. It will take up Hlan
the consideration I tho extension ~ the
lmnN"r \ RIO Grtndr from its preaen I
terminus nj Espnola. t. Albuquerque,
aud ultimately a. III paso Ths change
WIS made a. tho Instance II the Denver
r-"rt' "hu s"eu ,u tmnN that holding
n Colorado aud N"N Mexico railroad con.
\"utluu without considering the eNten.
SION ~ th" Denver 4 RIO Graudp. would
h" llk" gl'ue ,Nr play - liamlc, with
the pat II llaml,' lett out
That the u,Ad r,'crr,i iu ls g. Gc one
~ tho 'irrt lines from Denver INTO and
through New M"Nro, D., gcucrnl! con.
cu,l"d IN 'act rt a already %, we'll uu.
der way that 10, extension NI,l be u
small uul,r'nk,u. us rompatri With tho
building - - road through uu the pro
posed lIu" from trinidad to f. paso.
A. VT tavr -1ld before on more than
one uccas,Du. both these enterprises are
deslrablr, aud both will undoubtedly bc
built N the cuut." ~ time, but We ought I
10 give our first attention 10 the more
feIslhlc ~ the no, the one Tor which
there II the greater prcs"ut demand. aud
th" accomplishment Of which II already
within our power. For this reason We
think the moyerT IA the proposed con.
vcn,Ion matter II ,rd wisely IN eularging
It's scope re- Hs tu make II general IN its
character, aud also ~ pustppning the
time ~ meeting 50 Gs 10 give Denver,
Santa f'r and Albuquerque time to mako
preparations Tor Icing represented
In the uenntlu," It would be advisable
for Albuquerque and Santa Fc To have a
prrlimlnar! meeting, or caucus, 10 see II
any plan can be hit upon whereby the
extension Of the Denver 4 Rio Grunde
10y way Of Santa Ia aud Cerrllos 10 Al.
buquetqur can be- made practicable II
will be t. the advantage ot both towns
10 have the extension ma,.e by that
route, and will also prevent any conflict
OF interest between the two places, but
We have been unnhle 10 discover, as yet, q,
any way hy which this can be done, and
we would refer the matter To oar Santa
Fa neighbors Tor their consideration.
W" have trird. u Number ~ times, by
cnrtcspond.nc" with the owners and
mauagcrs u the Texas. Santa fe Il
Northern to find out what they were
willing H. do toward the contamination
Ot such an enterprises, but the cOmmun.
cations have been either not answered at
all or answered IN such "a manner as to
convey no information ON the subject
whatever, And the Denver a Rio Grande
people seem to have Lad about the same
measure of success in that line. They
have been enable to come 10 any under
standing with the other company, and
when they proposed to buy the road they
were asked Ia pay more Tor the little sec.
tlon OF twenty three miles from Santa
Fe 10 E.panula thRn Il would cost them
To build the entire lin" down the valley
from Espan"la 10 Albuquerque. We
call thu attention ~ tho Santa Fe people
u these farts Tor the purpues OF showing
them the lmpor,aLce ~ getting some
sort OF ~ practical proposition from the
T.xas, Santa Fc X Northern company
before the time Tor the convention 10
meet IN September AZ We have said, Il
II to the interest u both townp, and IN.
pecially ~ Santa Re, to have the exten.
sion come 10 Albuquerqu" by way u
C.rrIllos. but Il will readily be- seen that
the Denver a Riu Grande could not az
ford Ia come that way II II had to paral.
lel another road rom Espanola to Santa
Fc, or Il 1t had To- buy that section aud
pay n sum ior It that would be greater
than the estimated cos' % the entire llue
down the valley 10 Albuquerque.
We have tried Ia do something Ia the
matter referred 81 I'LL We are tired oi Il,
and We refer the case to tho Santa Fe
people. We are IN favor OF bringing the
road by way q! that town II We can, but
Il Santa Fe enterprise placcn itself
across the track, aud will neither build
the road i,seIf nor let anybody slse
build It, then our support shall be gwen
To the proposition to build from Espan.
ola down the valley.