Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1893-03-11
TuUOIIu TO TmE .ILE
I'll" f"co- hoAd 20 UrrnaI nnd the Al.
buuu"THur HoAd to Durango

ih' F""o- hoAd TO UrruaI nnd the ~.
hnpn"'Hur HORd to Durango
"I'athhnd"r,' writing Tor ,hr Durnngo
hf""l SouthNcet uu the railroad aitua
iou, has thc following II intcrcst to our
pcopc.
It, the sprlLg u l~1r the A,chiaon. 10.
lekh santa fc railway was cumpl,l.d
/" Pueblo. At tUal tune south Pueblo
wac Il tnhl, piass ~ iug cub,us and
puhfd Hhhntios, with but few raIIrund
connections. The Denver a RIO Cirands
h"'hg constfuctcd t. LA Nctn, and had
| ureh bbilt 10 i.hOr.u uh the WtHt aud III
Moro un the south. Pueblo had To draw
"lI Ter cuHl, Hs shr dvrp uuN. more than
"ight! mII"t. She had 10 railway com.
u"ciiuuN with tie mining rrgiuns. nhtuh
s'hcs lhhi time have Cuuuuced tu her
| rapid growth
the railroad building Of those DAYS
"hr "a Iehtuf" PROJECT, IT,, lILee brng .x.
tended through aud INTO uudsyelup..d
counties "Ith the expectation that tho
| bc" hhd uLIrNcluprd country would ds.
| ."'oP ava furnish traHis fur the road,
| Al th" t'lh" meuilrLvd above all south.
western Eu'1radp nti N"s Mexico we're
Hhd"'"'uiri countries, nrarly devoid VI
| ous'hrsr aud unt,t.cd population.
ih'ir were 40 mlucs, exploited or ptls.
! I"c'"d, throughout the great Sar J.an
teglou. Duiauel wac MT Thought of.
| " "hs not Thought even pussi blr To- con.
| HNutl " IN" ~ ralH.y INTO tins country,
10" great areas Vt con-. had to. been dis.
covered, th" pprt.ulil'y ut the country ia
"Sficu!1urr aui ftut growing were not
hh""h Ia short, bat very little WAS
hhp" "' the couutr! except that It was
wa f"S'oi' r"ird over T.! savage aud
frmurseI"ss trlOcs ~ Indiana
How dIiictrnt Il IN 10 day, Her. nr,
Flch valleys teemiug with the pruduu,s
VI we'll Tilted tntmr, frWL .uudp uruItc.
Ihs hhundnurr II rare truIt, cattle upon
Thousand hi!r, sjrat mines II tnest
Inhllty ~ coal, having an enormous nm.
h"hI output aud steadily increasing, III.
'"H great Wihihg CAMPS WhuHe wealth
o' i"houtc" lhs teen rcaTvc.y touched
towns and villages scattered throughout
'he great region, gmclters, quart mills
ahd Iumber manufacturers, "a ulty--ths
metropolis ~ the region ON the banks
ul lhe auinIas, naNiug u population uf
',"D souls and filled with all the busl.
h"ss indnsttles aud advantages that ciyl.
IIIatluu Affords.
III any one could lind n reason for the
santa Fe rOnd building 10 Pueblo IN
.''''f '''N H'l'Il Hl'Tf ~ tlitTt TnlHtn Tor
building from Algudon"r ar Albuauer
que To Durango IA lS,nt 80 one dts.
putee that such line vii be amply rs-
munern,,vr t. is owners. The santa Fs
pc"pl" themselves admit II would baR
prohtablo undertaking for tErm. n
po true as reported that the P.cos Val.
icy ROAD ID about 10 cUuuect with the
santa +" ht jeruHl station, the Utah
| rn-sl1kA~.l lulld Bll .GranR start from
a hIRodon-t, Tor iueu Durango would have
i'rect connection with the sulf ns well
IN east from Algodones, snd would hive
M good conu"Ctlun with Albuquerque
~ " the line were built directly there.
u ~ unnecessary "a give any r,asons for
ne construction ~ such line, for the in.
Iucements To- investors IN the projsct
Are Of most liberal KIND. IL would be
me of tho Dest paying roads of equal
.hgth ever built IN the w-st. lts coming
YOU'D increnae the population ot Du.
hngo IN one year 10 9,tsh, II will build
~ town on the San j uan river IN New
heSlcO IN three years ~ large as Du.
an9o ~ now. IL would compel the build.
ng OF the two proJsc,ed lines from
ID" east inside Of two years, and Il may
~ that one of them would be here con.
1m poraneously with II. Once here these
nee can push on g. the west, 10 Nevada
nj California, for there Is no obstacle to
sllroad cJbstructlOu west Uf hero
Paaosa Springs would become at once
b" greatest health resort west Oi the
ange IN Colorado. Glenwood Springs
Duld not compare with IT. The build.
" os tue line should interest every olti.
On ~ the south Sont, and the people
hould be unit ia an effort to secure its
Well informed persona agree IN tho
reelection that Durango would Immedl
IeIy become the Rrea,eet smelling and
city IA Colorado.