Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1893-02-04

N-,uraurrsths,t the araarh VII -een
w, toustVuTtrd

/ late ,,.',. 10, h,etuuuu. little Gt
ahead ~ tune. ',.. i,ilow.nR party u
distinguished olhr,a - the Atchlson.
Topeka a Santa T." Earltuad company.
arrived At the depot :, n 'br north ou ~
special train ami ~ 'hr private car ~
the president % the company
Allen Marvel, president, \ \ Robin.
son, second vice president nud general
manager, j, A. lian'~y, it"ght traffic
manager, James Damn, chl"t eng u"-r,
and Charles Dyer. DIVISION supeuu,rud
On, at Las Vegas.
! In the party there we're sevntal lHdjea,
w: Mrs. Marvel and two .lausrirts,
| Mts, II. l.. CphHm, wife ~ the pte-ldrnt
/ ~ the First National bank oi ~ PAU,
and daughter; Mrs. HARLEY aud Nice
Slaughter. ~ Chicago
/ tn" oil ,iala were met here by Mr.. u.
Is kpbn-un, president oi the Santa Fr
Prescott \ phwniX. now bring built ~
Ar1prn, with whom they talked about
the railroad situation 10 ia" southwest,
brs drs holding several important confer
cuc"s with General Superintendent Ga
b"l, " the AtlautIc 4 Pacific, and /. II.
Sears. th. division superintendent u the
Santa Re road south ~ the city.
Daring h,s BRET stay IN Albuquerque
yrst-tiay evening, President Mauvr,, ~
the Atrht- IA, Topeka n Santa he CON
pany. expressed himself On the subject
IN very encouraging manner lie
sad. The ST LOUIS p~oplr ARE vrry
: unfortunate Ia their demands Tor the eX
, Tension Z ShAt IL commonly called the
FRISCO road To- Albuquerque, THIS IL
the eastern division ~ the Atlantic \
. Paclhr, aud, IA you know, IL now n part
r ~ our system. We are Just ~ ANXIOUS
, To- s"" !, completed ~ the people u st,
, LOUIS are, because II will give tis a line
across the continent that Will be super
I Tor To any other now built. or any that
can hereafter be buiIt, because II will b"
IN exactly the right place, geographically
= II will not be- tar enough south g. bc
}, uncomfortable on account oi the tot
I weather IN ihe summer, and no, far
:. winter II wall come by route ~ di
Il rect that It will be almost All AR lin,
from st. LOUIS to Albuquerque, an,
Il from your town To- the Pacific coast III,
~ Atlantic Il Pacific already runs by "a In,
M straight as It IL practicable 10 make
We would have q little over two hun
dred milcs t. build to complete the hne
ami though ~ miles Of railroad ls u,
: small matter, We expect 10 undertake th,
~ WORK IN tho next few months"
y" THL CITIZEN has always contende,
that Albuquerque didn't need anything
on earth but Que more railroad, becaus
whenever the town should get thtt
avery thing else would come ~ lts uw
accord.
" Now that It IN generally known tha
'd the Albuquerque Il Durango road
'' sure thing, and the preparations IL
the building ~ 1t have actually be
'd guu, other roads are not waiting IL
n' IT TO Ue completed, but are layin
vi their plans to push ahead for AlbuqueI
NJ que At once. 1t Is reported from Kan
vi sas CITY that the DIVISION " the ltocI
NJ Island road which ~ now butt to n pom
No not far from the west line of the India
territory, IL II bs pushed forward rapl,
ly IN this direction next spring, with I'll
intention VI reaching Albuquerque con
ns tune during the next two years.
ri Aud at the same time It 10 we'll know
~ that st. Louis 10 becoming alive 10 Il
lar Importance OF having the FRISCO rou
ar pushed through To connection wit
ny the Atlantic a Pacific, 30 Az to give thj
NJ city u line to the Pacific without golr
Dr. up north through Kansas.
De-. Competition among the transcontln ent
'e' roads 10 already very active, and IL stea
~, ly secoming 10. This makes the Saul
ON Fe company alive TO the Importan,
IN ot dong whatever Il can W shorte
ed strengthen and improve tia line,and Pre-
'et ident Marvel knows and admits th
there IL nothing else his company oou
do that would accomplish as much
that direction as tie completion Of Il
nj. Frisco branch from Its present termln
%. TO Albu querque