Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-10-14
THE RAILROADS.
Construction Work Commenced Oh til,
Deming- Mexico Line-A., 7. &
S. f. Train Service-Rail
News Notes.

According to all reports the Demlng-
Mexico railroad project has reached
position now that gives every reasonable
promise of success. The details of the
deal whereby a Scotch syndicate secures
control of all concessions from the Mex
lean government were closed up in Lon
don last week, and on yesterday, Huss,
Townsend g. Co., the Chicago contractors
of construction work telegraphed their
representative at Deming to resume work
at once. In pursuance thereof, Chief of
Corps 7. H. Booz has men at work run
ming final lines, while teams and shovel
ers will go on the grade tomorrow to
put it in condition for the immediate
laying of ties and track. Col. A. L. Will
! cox, engineer of construction, has been
ordered from West Virginia to Demlng
by telegraph and will arrive and assume
charge in few days. By the time the
' grade is in condition, which work it is
thought will not occupy more than thirty
days at the most, the construction equip
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road will be Immediately constructed
across the line and into Mexico, as re-
qured by the terms of the concession.
This actual resumption of operations is
the best news which has reached the resi-
dents of Deming for years. 1t will help
all southern New Mexico, and particularly
Grant county.
The Biggs Lumber company is running
a regular daily train from their Brazos
mill to Chama. Six to eight cars of
lumber are taken up daily.
The report of the establishment of
offices at Deming by the Southern Pacific
company and the appointment of local
agent has been confirmed, and prepare
lions are rapidly going forward to that
! end
The Santa Fe, Prescott d. Phoenix rail
way company has filed trust deed secur-
, ing its first mortgage bonds in favor OF
the Mercantile Trust company of New
York. The mortgage bonds are issued in
the sum of $1,550,000, payable in gold
fifty years from Sept. l, 1892, and bear
per cent interest. The president of the
! company was authorized by the board o.
directors to issue bonds in the sum Of
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T necessary to complete the construction
! and equipment of the railroad from Ash
Fork to Phoenix, about 200 miles.
) Some sort of change of no incon
r siderable import will take place in the
, train schedule of the A., T. g. S. f. at al
early day. There is talk of consolidating
n trains and running a through vestibul'
train but the local agent says nothing
n definite is known on this point.
4 Parties up from Cerrillos say that thu
a A., T. & S. T. and the Coal company hav'
n now about $50 men on their pay rol
s there and work is progressing nicely OIL
the railway extensions. With the Lincoln
4 Lucky and San Pedro and MADEIRA camp
). to rely on for traffic, it is now mos
likely that the building of extensions il
C south Santa Fe county will be in progress
all winter Indeed, many well-informe'
business men down there assert that TIN
road will reach San Pedro before mex
spring.
The south bound train over the narroN
t gauge failed to arrive before II o'cloc
< last night, and then no mail from Denve
. was brought in, a storm of snow and slice
having delayed the northern colnectio
over the mountains north of Alamosa.