Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-05-05

y N'E"r W N'N'WeutN uutlnk tut teet trW
weeks whch point very rlainly 10 an s.-
tension ~ the nirr'w gauge line from NJ.
rannla down the river to C"chiti, anil
thnH" who arr familiar with the si,ustiop---
who have visi,-d the new camp aud have
seen the vas, bodies II nr, tina, have been
discovered there aud which will begin
,o move a. market Ivy train loads ~ roon
~ the means II transportation shall lie
turuishesl--hayr never believed for =
Wnu"ut that the santa fc system, undrr
the control - the ssgaci"us railr'ah men
VII" arr NV managing It's affairs. would
neglect ~ Il All opportunity NJ this ~ 10
adj an important item 10 i,s pr,ti, y,"ld.
INK 'rHihr " the company by the outlay
It ru rinn Sum ~ would l,c necessary
Ia build q spur FROM III" main lin" ~ Ia
the mines IT Cuchiti
This has always been considered n
matter uf course. aud the only question
has h"rn ou" Il time whether the work
w.uh he dome At nbr-. ur not I'LL ancr
the Denver line Shuuld have bull, down
to the camp Hu, circumstances now
Transporting serve Ia give satisfactory
answer tn this question, anil the prrlim.
nary work It building mp Ia the mines
has alr,'A IS commenced. Mr. u. u. Rob-
iusnu, the general manager nf the syH.
TEN. will ~ over the grpund between
Albuquerque And Crhi,i and make
Reconnaissance tnr the purI-se uf sal
~fN ,ug himself vt the feasibility nf th-
runi" ami the probable volume 1T freight
will he satisfactorily determined cannot
hr duuht'd 10y any on. who has b""n
over the gr,und The branch can I've
! htnli q, little rplr'np". and the lrad- are
IT such size ani character that with very
m,sl-raic degree - development III" out.
! pu, uf nr" " ~ l,e ~ y volume NOT s''cuad
I" that pr.lucrl hy any camp ia III" ter.
| ritury 1, irA very mulernt. statement
1T ia. cRs. Ia say tina, within one year
/ from the time track shall b. laid into
! the CAM, the or- that will lie hauled out
nf the Cuchni district will he recognized
10y the company M one of the most i'm.
por,an, single items of traffic gathered by
it, r,,ad between Chicago AMI san deg"
There IL n general disposition on the
part of the public, aud even among rail.
road men. Ia rrgari the urr traffic. from
this section ufthr country. asa very in-
Significant matter But that IL n mistak-
en- notion. Mr. the hgurcs will show. Mr.
Robinson says that without stopping u
rys.kun IL up h. has always taken II fnr
granted tina, the grain business of han
sas was worth vastly more Ia his r"a'i
than III. ore business uf New Mexico aud
Arizona in the absence uf statistics
any one would naturally tale thst view 81
II M u matter " course. because the San
Ia Fe has always been considered pre-
emin.ntiy u grain road hut having occa.
sion. not long ago. Ia determine the point
accurately he went through ia. books q,
the rad. taking the figures for the yea,
isn3, and the result, show.,i tina, the com.
pany's receipts during the year had At,
ually been more from the traffic furnish
irhr,i by the mines II these two terri.
tories than irom that furnished by ia.
farms of Kansas This fact will Ice mat
ter Of surprise to the public, as II NJ
doub, IL to tn. railroad people them
selves. and II makes revelation that vii
. ~ 90. '-.rsSl, A.'t s...Sa Re,
resHu IN gtl,sps,Sh- hrtae way Of pro
noting the development of this country
The railroads as well aS ia. public hav'
= been too much in the habit Of regarding
this southwestern country as n part a
Nazareth, from which no good could h
expected, aud the presentation Of figure
> ~ this character will tend Ia cause n gen
eral awakening n tn fact that the grea
mineral Lodges Of this region need onl,
proper facilities for encouraging thei
development Ia cause them Ia pu, forth
traffic tina, will lin the railroads out d
- bankruptcy and bring prosperity I" ov