Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-03-02
THE PEC0S ROAD.
1t Will Be Extended North to q juno
ton with the A., T. & S. r. Line
at Bernal Station.
First Authentic News Of q Big Deal
Opening Rich Regional New
Route to the Pacific.

company, bonds to the amount of $5,-
100000 have recently been placed in New
York and London for the extension of
the Pecos Valley railroad northward from
Eddy.
THIS GRATIFYING NEWS
the New MEXICAN is pleased to have tho
exclusive privilege of laying before its
readers to-day.
Al at present agreed upon, tho work of
constructing the new line will begin at
Eddy within tho next two months, and
the fret oil the new divisions will bring
the road to the new town Of Hagerrnan,
on the Rio Feliz, in Chaves county, sixty
miles north of Eddy. Thence north the
road may take
ONE OF THREE DIFFERENT ROUTES
to reach connection with the A., T. & s.
F. main line in San Miguel county, not
far from where the Santa Fe crosses the
Rio Pecos. The junction will be at Ber-
nal station, some thirty miles south of
Las Vegas. Bernal is from 225 to 26O
miles north of Eddy, dependent upon the
route which the new road adopts. It will
have choice of three good routes in reaching
this northern connection, one up the Rio
Pecos, another via White Oaks and an.
other taking a medium course between
the two.
At all events, it is the intention to have
the line finished and in operation
WITHIN E1aHrEEN MONTHS
to Bernal station. A feature of the deal
contemplates even a much larger enter
prise, as under the agreement with the
Pecos Valley road the A., T. & s. F. pro
poses to extend its Gulf, Colorado & Santa
Fe line from San Angelo, Texas, 100 miles
southern terminus of the Pecos line, this
extension to be finished by the time
THE JUNCTION At BERNAL
il made. Under this arrangement and BY
this new construction the Santa Fe will
give Galveston and southern Texas
strange as it may seem, a new route tc
California and the Pacific coast that vii
be nearly 300 miles shorter than any exist
ing line.
This announcement of the plans and
purposes Of the Pecos Valley and SAINTS
Fe roads may be
RELIED ON AZ AUTHENTIC.
For some months past thefs has been
rumor that the Pecos road would extend
northward to tap the A., T. & s. F. at or
near Albuquerque, but euch is net the
case; it is not the northwest traffic that is
sought for in this instance, as many have
been led to believe, but the northeast and
southeast traffic, the ioea beirg to con-
centrate the same over the
MAIN LINE OF THE A., t. &s.1.
and A. q P. routes, while at the Same
time providing the Pecos country with a
through line and giving the south and
gulf country nearer route to the Rocky
mountains and the Pacific coast. as,a
In this connection it is but fair to state
that from Bernal the Pecos road will
reach Las Vegas, and the Meadow city
will really be the northern terminus of
the new line. .t
In concluding its article the New MEX
loan can not refrain from saying that to
the energy, the pluck and foresight of
Mr.. j. j. Hagerman and Hon. Chas. B.
Eddy all honor and credit is due for
bringing to New Mexico this
sPLxND1D IMPROVEMENT.
Five years ago these two men found tho
lower Pecos country barren waste. Pro-
ceeding upon the principle that ''water il
king" they have since converted Eddy
into semi-tropic garden, and have ex
pended $3,O0O,OOO in water, farm and
railroad undertakings. How successful
they have been is indicated by the fact
that farm and fruit lands worthless when,
they took hold at Eddy are to-day eager
ly sought for at
$50 TO $50 PEE ACRE. 8:
Within year they have extended their
operations up the river toward Roswell,
in Chaves county, and are now investing
100000 in water storage and canals
there while their realty purchases amount
also to fully as much more. Their pushing
of the Pecos road north means much
toward the
PERMANENT PROSPERITY
of all New Mexico. The line they con-
template will open country wonderfully
rich in all the precious and useful metals,
coal, iron, onyx, gypsum and building
stone, while the lumber, live stock and
fruit and farm resources are second TO no
region in the west.