Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1893-07-28
RAILROAD BUILDING.

WIS UNIV ENAAAA NINNL
was any railroad building news that
had any particular interest to the res
idents Of Lordsburg. AS residents of
New Mexico, living near the Arizona
line, they have had a neighborly in
terets in the building Of every propo-
sed road in both territories. They
were glad to see the road built to
Eddy and sorry when the El Paso
Short Line, White Oaks, Denver &
Pueblo r. r. came to grief. They
moHrned with their neighbors at Dem
ing every time a new promise was
broken regarding the running Of
trains on the Silver Spike, Demlng,
Equator & Cape Horn railroad. They
have sent messages Of congratulation
to the people Of Phoenix and Prescott
over the fact that active work is being
done on the new road to connect those
two points.
Now all is changed. The time is
not far distant when Lerdsburg will
be the headquarters ofactive work in
railroad building, aud when the work
is commenced on this job it win be
rushed with a celebrity that will open
the eyes Of the Mormon contingent
that has been playing at railroad
building sixty miles east Of here for
these many years.
President Huntington Of the South
ern Pacific, is now negotiating with
the owners of the Arizona 81 New
Mexico railway for the purchase Of the
ss'lraad, the rolling stock, the right
Of way siiS gil the franchises and
charters that go with It. He mas hae
an expert out here looking the ground
over, inspecting the railroad and esti-
mating its probable value. The only
thing that now remains is for Mr..
Huntington and the owners of the
road to agree on a price.
When the road passes into the con-
troll of the Southern Pacific it viii be
changed from a narrow gauge to a.
standard gauge, at least as far as
Sheldon. From theIe an extension
viii be run down the river, taking in
Solomonyile and the many settle
mcnts ia the valley and then extend
ed to Globe, Arizona. The line into
Globe, probably, will be a spur, and
the main line will be carried west
through Florence and Phoenix, to the
Harqua Hala mines and extended in
to California crossing the river north
Of the Colorado IHdian reservation.
President Huntington has long had
his eye On Globe, recognizing the inn
portance of owning the road that
should be built into the mountains
surrounding this camp, but he has al
ways thought the riches of that
camp, toa railroad company, would
keep. He appreciated that consider
able coke and supplies were teamed
into Globe and copper teamed out, but
he knew that this was nothing eom-
pared with the immense business in
orc, coke, bullion lumber and supplies
that would be done when q road was
built there.
Knowing this would keep he never
bias gone after it. Now that active
preparations are being made to build
aroad from Bowie through the valley
to Globe, Mr.. Huntington sees that it
is time to act. If the Southern Paci-
&c builds into Globe the road from
Bowie would have no show, the
Southern Pacific would command
everything. This being the case the
chances are that Mr.. Garland swill
abandon his Bowie railroad, as it
would be folly to parallel the Southern
Pacific. 1t is more than probable that
Mr.. Garland has received the neces-
sary hint, there being an an item in
the last Solomonyille paper saying that
nc work would be commenced on the
road until the right of way for the
whole road had been secured, at no
expense. While this is being done
Mr.. Garland will have time to decide
whether he had better abandon the
road or not.
The building Of this road will mean
a great deal more to Lordsburg than
the additional railroad facilities. TO
economically handle this division it
will be necessary to move the division
headquarters from Tucson also the
shops. They will have to be at the
junction and the junction will be at
Lordsburg.
There have been many rains all
through southern New Mexico and
Arizona. In fact it has been one of
the finest rainy seasons in years. The
rains have all been local ones, and diff
ferent from those mentioned in Holy
Writ, that fell alike on the just and
unjust. The Just have not been in it,
there having been almost no rain in
Lordsburg. AS no crops are grown in
this immediate vicinity this has made
no particular difference. The coun-
try has baan eoe1ad "a anoIv thoro