Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-05-03
THE RAILWAYS.
Still Slashing the Worlds Fair Rates
improved Mail Facilities-A
handsome New Folder.

Three minute talks about New Mex
leo" is the title of twenty eight page
folder Just issued by the ever enterpris-
ing A., 7. d s. f. railroad company. 1t
stakes the bun" over anything of the sort
yet printed for the purpose of advertising
this territory. There are some thirty
artistic illustrations which, on the char
acter of paper used, look like photo
graphs; these present views of the leading
cities, showing the products of farms,
orchards, mines and stock ranch and
scenes of rural life, public buildings, and
glimpses of irrigation districts that can
not but prove inviting to the home-
seeker and investor. Pyramids Of
| fruit from Santa Fe and Las Cruces are
shown, and there are facts and figures
galore dealing with every industry of
| the territory, all sections receiving
| full and feir attention. In one
part OF the folder appears an excellent
color map of New Mexico on which are
shown the public lands, grants confirmed
and unconhrmed, the U. ,. land Office dis
tricts and location of land offices. The
| the people OF New Mexico under il debt
OF gratitude for this very timely service.
Several hundred thousand copies of tuis
folder will be distributed among visitors
at the Worlds lair.
RAIL NOTES.
Denver ticket brokers say they will
continue as before to sell tickets to Chi
cago and intermediate points at lower
rates than quoted by the railroads.
| All the New Mexico dailies and those at
Ell Paso are running display advertise
ments announcing the d. q Il. G. com
pany's Us rate from Santa Fe to Denver
Three Santa Fe machinists at Ration
ran out u man who, they discovered, had
worked at La Junta during the strike
They We're discharged and their com
rades threaten another strike.
| Circular No. 2. of the Santa Fe, Phoenix
q Prescott railway has been issued an
nounclng the appointment OF X. X. Cole
man as superintendent of the Prescott
division with headq uarters at Prescott.
A Phoenix, A. T., dispatch says the San
Diego ~ Phoenix Railway company has
been organized with Mr.. Reed, of San
Diego, as PRESIDENT and Gen. T.. M. Col
Inns, of Phoenix, as vice. president. The
bonds will be fioated i'll the east.
BY the new fast train arrangement over
the narrow gauge Denver morning papers
are now received here at $40 p. III. Oh the
| day following publication. While in
Denver recently Supt. Helm had talk
with Chief Clerk Putney, of the railway
mai service, and it is possible that the
eastern mail may be routed over this
road, thus bringing mail from all eastern
| points IN here some three hours earlier
| than at present.
| The rate war out of Denver is still on.
| Yesterday all of the roads excepting the
Rock Island posted a rate of $50 to Chi
cago and return. The railroads over
which these rates are good include the
Santa Fe, Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific,
| Chicago 81 Alton, Burlington and u. " X.
g. 1t is understood that reduc-
| ton to $25 t" Chicago and return will be
made by the Rio Grande to-day and the
| prospects are that the other roads will
lose no time in meeting this rate.
Mr.. E. R. Chapman, president of the
Santa Fe Southern Railroad company, ar
rived from New York last evening, com
| ing via Denver. He will be here some
days looking over the affairs of the com
pany, and will probably take steps while
here to adjust the many small CLAIMS out
standing against the road. President
Chapman hnds the little road in first
class condition and its popularity stead
| lily increasing under the excellent man
agement of Supt. L. j. Helm.
That oura of Goo w Turpar Of Col