Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-05-01
PRESS COMMENTS.
Cultivation VS.! AScigatiOn.

the growth of the orchard of A. D. Coon,
Just below this city; this orchard has not
had one drop of water but the rainfall
since it was planted several years ago. Il
has been cultivated two or three times
each year, and has fruited, producing ap.
pies, peaches, pears ana plums of the
best quality, in fact far superior to the
irrigated fruit of the same variety grown
near it. And to-day it is loaded with
fruit to such an extent that fully one
third will have to be picked off to save
the trees. -Socorro Chieftain.
Xxx
Re Consistent.
x* u The recent rise in the price
of silver was directly attributable to this
expected indemnity, (the Chinese) and
is another illustration of the Records
oft repeated declaration that supply and
demand control prices, even of money
And still the Record has said that nc
one country can legislate intrinsic value
into any commodity. If the mere prob
ability of the use of 300 millions by
China gives silver such an upward start
how much more firmly would its value be
established by the demand" created by
free coinage by even the United States
Springer Stockman.
XIX
The ID. Il IL. q. i'll New Mexico.
The sale of the little road which con
meets Espanola with the city of Santa Fe
will give the Rio Grande an opportunity
to establish itself IN New Mexico OF
which it may take advantage. Denver
hopes that this will be done.
New Mexico is a territory of great re-
sources which have been but slowly
developed. Its slow progress is due ii
part to lack of rail facilities. 1t is true
it has the Atchison, Topeka & Santa FL
and the Atlantic e. Pacific, but neither O
those lines reaches many mining camps
They are trunk lines with but few
branches. New Mexico has no system
like what the Rio Grande is tx
Colorado. A Colorado man who
might be tempted to boast of the
progress of his state should put {
curb upon himself in the presence of
Mexican. He would not be able to deny
that much of what Colorado has achieved
is due to the facilities of transportation
which have been afforded by thu
Denver e. Rio Grande. New Mexico
might rival Colorado if it had such I
road.
The Rio Grande stands in position t.
take possession of much of the bes
traffic New Mexico now has a
we'll as of what it could gain through
development of its mining re
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gauge roads could be built from Espan oil
or from Santa Fe which would tap al
the principal towns in the territory ex
cept Las Vegas and places north of tina
town. From Espanola to Albuquerque
the chief town in the territory, it i
eighty miles. A short branch woul'
reach Cochiti. Paralleling the Santa F.
in the valley of the Rio Grande and thu
striking many good towns, the Ri
Grande could build branches at small
cost 30 as to tap the White Oaks countr
on the east and all the numerous mining
camps in Grant county on the west.
| There seems to be no reason why tn
Rio Grande should not do this If it eve
is to be done by any company. Until
is done New Mexico will not have it
| proper development. AS soon as 1t !
done that territory will advance rapid
in both population and wealth.
1t is needless to say that the traffi
thus secured would come over a part O
the system already constructed. Fror
Espanola to Denver the earnings woul
enhance the value of line already bull
This is an important consideration.
is not as though the company would hav
to build an original line to New Mexic
with the exception that the New Mexic
traffic would justify the construction bt
tween Denver and Espanola, Such a
enterprise might not pay. But the roa'
to Espanola is built, and the desire
make it earn more money suggest an al
gument in favor of reaching farther Int
New Mexico for traffc.-Denver II
publican.