Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-04-01
new ROADS FOR new MEXICO.
Significance of the Great Amount Of
Attention this Territory is At
tracting Just Now.

In connection with the report that Jay
Gould is about to buy the Pecos Valley
Dad and extend it northwest from Eddy,
via White Oaks, it is interesting to note
what people and the newspapers are jnst
now saying about New Mexico as field
for extenslve railway building this year.
s. H. II. Clark, general manager Of the
Union Pacific system, has just made trip
through New Mexico, going as far as Ell
Paso, where he conferred with Mr.. Gould.
Speaking Of the latter, Mr.. Clark says:
II would not say that his trip is ex-
clusively for his health. M. Gould al
WAYS has nis eyes open on such occasions,
and while he is recuperating his health
he Is never losing business opportunity.
AS to his purchase of the Denver & FL
Paso short line, know nothing of it, but
for all that, he may be contemplating
such move. While have not investi.
gated thoroughly with reference to the
resources of the country which the new
line proposes to penetrate, think that
section about White Oaks is quite rich.
Aside from the mineral wealth, however, |
notice thst the Texas & Pacific touches
section leading up to White Oaks
which is capable of wonderful develop
ment as an agricultural district (the Pecos
valley. They have plenty of water, and
think they can make great country Of
it,"
Scott Morris brings the cheering inior-
nation that Otto Mears has secured the
money with which to build his road south
from Durango, and will start work as soon
AZ right of way is granted through the
Indian country, which will be done dur
ing the present session of congress. The
road will come down the La Plata, pass
through Pennington and Junction City
and pass on through Gallegos canon.
This is indeed welcome news.-Junction
City Times.
Ma n Llewellyn tells the Denver Re-
publican this respecting railroads in New
Mexico:
Il an inclined to think that when the
Denver & ri Faso and the buluefque
& Durango companies begin building
operations there will be railroad dirt fly
ing all over New Mexico. The Santa Fe
will not allow these people to do all the
building. They will get into the White
Oaks country with an extension from
their main line, aud also run over from
Las Vegas east to the Texas Panhandle
country; also from Ell Paso up to Eddy
to open up the agricultural country. l
understand the Denver & Ell Paso is
backed or controlled by financially sub
stantial men, and when they get to build
ing railroad into southern New Mexico
they will stir up the Santa Fe to a des re
TO secure part OF the benefits to be found
in railway connections with the rich
country both east and west of their main
line and tributary to Albuquerque, Du-
rango, Trinidad and Denver"
While all this is going on around US the
New MEXICAN still con6dentially believes
that the very first shovel full of dirt
thrown on any new railroad in New Mex
leo will be in Santa Fe county, and that
both the Santa Fe and the narrow gauge
will he moving quietly toward San Pedro
inside the next sixty days. An ominous
silence prevails now relative to this
project, yet those who are posted are ex-
pecting daily the word Of command from
the east to begin construction.