The old Abe eagle. (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 189?-189?, 1892-03-17
WILL BE BUILT


Enthusiastic Meeting at Denver-The ID. g.
L. r. Ry. Co. Organized incorporated
This Week.
Tie great railroad mass meeting, held
at the Denver Chamber of Commerce
last Thursday night, has brought the
Denver & Ell Paso Short line pre-em-
inently before the public apd awakened
Denver to realization of the great i'm
portance and value Of this road.
Or eight proposed new railroads to
Denver, discussed at the meeting, the
Short line project was given the prefer
ence and considered vastly superior, from
every stand point, to any railroad propo-
sition yet presented to them.
With Denver's endorsement and assis-
tance, which is now assured, it is only
a question of a short time until work is
actually begun on the construction Of
the line to White Oaks
The following extracts from speeches
delivered by Gov Evans, Col. o. L.
Houghton and Jefferson Reynolds, relat-
ing to the Short line, are interesting as
we'll as encouraging:
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While speaking of the El Paso line
Gov. Evans incidentally referred to his
reception by General Strong of the San
ia Fe, when he was building the New
Orleans line. He called upon Strong to
make traffic agreement by which the |
Santa Fe line could be used between
Pueblo and Denver. The Santa Fe presi-
dent refused with the remark, I'VE can
not afford to let Denver into New Mex |
ico." The Santa Fe wanted long haul
and by q circuitous route was handling |
the traffic OF Old and New Mexico to Kan
sas City and Chicago. Therefore he ad-
vised the people Of Denver to encourage
other railways and bring the independent
railroads into line with the wants of the
people.
In referring TO new lines to be built,
Gov Evans said:
ut will be important, to accomplish
these ends, that we foster and omote
the construction Of the following lines
First-The Denver and Ell Paso Inde-
pendent Air Line railroad, the direct line
from Denver by way of Trinidad, Las
Vegas and White Oaks to Ell Paso.
This is n line OF great Importance, going
through country all the way of great
have the effect upon the A. T. & S. F. of
inducing it to open its New Mexican re
gions to Denver trade and travel on more
equitable terms and to give us direct ac-
cess to the trade OF the Republic of Mex
Ico y This is 30 desirable an en-
terprise that it is sure to be built with
the proper encouragement. Parties
ready to put their money into it are only
waiting the opportunity to be heard
Col. Houghton, of Las Vegas, who has
labored hard in the interests OF the Short
line had the following to say:
New Mexico was greater than they
realized from looking on the map. This
line would not be parallel Of the Santa
Fe, except from Trinidad to Las Vegas,
which was all the worse for the Santa Fe.
as it was not in a productive country.
Then at Las Vegas that road turned off
into the mountains, abandoning the fer
tile valleys and boundless timber lands
to furnish business for the new line.
Mr. Houghton traced the courses OF the
Atchison and the FL Paso lines on the
map accompanying the description with
an explanation Of the faults Of early con
biuStious Int Chnid To Noht oNSI huo
Ration mountains through long tunnel
and the engineers took the worst OF the
three passes. The Union Pacific crossed
on 80 percent grade and the III Paso
line had surveyed percent grade. For
distance OF 800 miles they had mag
uifcent country that abounded in coal
and mineral that could not ship their
products by the AtcLison. The mount
aims we're too precipitous for teaming
and the people who lived in the country
hauled their supplies 100 miles from
White Oaks. The road could be built
for $4,000 mile with full equipment,
including the cost OF crossing the range.
A locomotive Of forty five tons which
would haul ten cars over the range
could haul fourteen over the III Paso
survey. Cost OF material would be less
and the freight would be incomparably
superior. In addition they had the assur.
ance Of the Maxwell Land Grant com.
pany that they would get all the timber
for fences,ties ana buildings free Of cost,
because the company wanted to open mp
their coal fields, which are the greatest
in the world. The country clear to the
sea would build mp a fuel traffic that
would be remunerative, but they do not