Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-03-17
THE BOARD OF TRADE.
Prompt Action Taken Toward Build
ing the New Short Road to
COchiti.

@aiA <ANo1 CSS Wy SoPe' AWNING, VI IlA0
D. & R. G. Road-Will Work
to Build Up the Great
Camp.
The Board of Trade held largely at
tended adjourned meeting yesterday after
noon in the Office of Secretary Xnaebel to
listen to the report of the committee ap-
pointed to solicit subscriptions for the
building of the proposed short road be-
tween this city and the Cochiti camps.
Gen. E. L. Bartlett occupied the chair in
the absence of President Prince. The
following committee report was read:
To the President and Members of the Santa
Fe Board of Trade &
Santa Fe, N. M, March 1G, '94.-Gen-
tlemen: Your committee appointed to
raise funds by subscription for the pur-
pose of building road from Santa Fe to
'Cochiti mining district, has the honor
to report that they have so raised the
sum of $1,230.50. Your committee further
reports that it has received an offer from
reputable parties to take such subscrip-
ton list and build said road in q work
man-like manner, to the satisfaction of
committee to be appointed BY your
board. Although under ordinary
work by contract yet, taking into con-
sideration the fact it would cost fifty to
one hundred dollars to survey the route
and draw specifications, besides consum-
ing much valuable time, we would
respectfully recommend that either the
aforesaid proposition be accepted or
that the Santa Fe Board of Trade employ
some suitable man as superintendent
and do the work by "day's work."
Respectfully submitted.
Fl. B. CARTWRIGHT,
E. I. WEBER,
GRANT RIvENBURa,
Committee.
Immediately after the report of the
committee, proposition was read from
Messrs. Chas. Dudrow and Grant Riven-
burg, agreeing to build the road for
81 200, one-half to be paid when ten days
work is done and the other half when the
road is completed. The gentlemen agreed
to construct the road under the supervis-
ion of superintendent appointed by the
Board of Trade. Some of the members
present wanted to make the contractors
take the subscription paper. and let them
collect the money. Messrs. Dudrow aud
Rivenburg both oh jected to this. 1t was
finally agreed that it would be more bust
| ness like to award the contract to the bid
ders and let the board pay them and
this was consequently done. The con-
tractors agree to finish the road in twenty
| five days.
The board selected as committe to
supervise the construction and to accept
the road when constructed, Messrs. H. b.
Cartwright, E. T. Webber and DR.. An
drews.
The chair announced that Surveyor
White is preparing map of convenient
size of the Cochiti district to be used in
railroad folders. The board decided to
take hold of the matter and see that the
camp is properly advertised.
| Mr.. E. T. Weber offered a resolution
reciting that whereas the A., T. & s. F.
road was advertising Cochiti, and that
the distance from Santa Fe to Cochiti, as
advertised, is fixed at thirty five miles, it
was the sense of this board that the error
be rectified, and that the company be re-
quested to change the distance to twenty
five miles, the distance over the new road
between this city and Allerton. The reso-
ton was adopted. The secretary was in
structed to correspond with the officials
of the A., 7. & S. F. railroad on this sub
ject.
| Capt. W. F. Tibbite, travelling passen-
ger agent of the D. & R. G. road, who was
present on invitation of the board, was
at this iuncture invited 10 speak. He
said; II will circulate with pleasure any
literature this board may give me con-
corning Cochiti. Our road will put on
through tickets from any point on our
system to Cochiti tomorrow, if you citi-
zens will designate stage line. We in
tend to help the camp for all it is worth,
for in SO doing we aid our railroad We
will try and make it second Creede, and
think we shall succeed.
| thousands of people are just greedy
to rush into camp such as + believe you
have right at the gates Of your city. The
interests of Santa Fe are the interests of
the D. q R. G.. While the road has man.
sged to pay its floating indebtedness and
the interest on it's bonds, it nevertheless
needs all the money it can get. The road
will cooperate with Santa Fe citizens in
whatever they undertake to place the new
district before the people,"
At the conclusion of Capt. Tibbits
remarks, during the course of which he
was frequently applauaed, a vote of
thanks was extended him, and commit
tee consisting of Allan Kelly and j. H.
Crist was appointed to confer with him
upon the best literature to be published
and circulated. The board then ad iourned.
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