Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1896-11-28
BIG IMPROVEMENTS.
santa re Company will Espeni 81. 500 =
900 on the Road
so SAYS PRESIDENT RIPLEY

between THIS time and urtt Jul, n.
santa r" company viii rNprul a nj llcu
tui n halt iullar- fur Improvements
hl- statement wa. made tuA Ipp-kn
Ioutral r"pottrr recent, b, President r.
J., RIPLEY ~ III" santa ~, Whp hti been
~ That ciN attending the hrarluy Il the
~anth r" frc"Nrt-hlp rA-r r,uu u,uins
Nlr. Ripple, sad
II" t"ai ht- h""u gfratly Improved
'urinH the past three or four years, hut
nor" ESPECIALLY during the past year III
h" past year nearly million doIlar.
Nr been expended Tor improvements.
We are prac,lcally putting the money
INTO the roai alone, replacing wssirn
hH ig"" b! substantial iron structure
ana laying new steel Ahuut }ltgupN
worth ot new steel has been contracted for
which Will b" laid Ia the spring. IN. ma
I"rlt> "f thu rail will h- lali un the Chl
gag" division. hut ~nrnr viii hr laii ia
NalIsd~ AMI Iulu.ain
liut lltll" II III" improvements tn l-
nad" IN n" -ptlng viii hr III the way ~
I"" hnllilng-. What hullilng, al. put
~ viii i" uGl! II minor Importance,
lat i, with "a" exception ~ the new lie
rt at Galveston. Gtnuni Tor that pur.
l"r'" has l"rn pl"curei, and u HANDSOME
r"w halIdlng viii h" erect~i."
VIII the improvements b- the result
"' III" returning 'gDl times, was asked.
Not altogether, W. ARE now In n pn.
-'tl"n I" Improve the read, ani intend t.
10 w. Although II IL unwl-' fnt al,
man I" take upon himself the role oi
prophet, | believe that W. should nov
htN" several PROSPEROUS wears. Confidence
T. returning. ani even AT this early date
the effect II H. l~ s-eu to sOIur extent In
freight traIiic, Merchants appear tn l..
i"klng up we'll for the winter. and
nl"rrlandl-r l. moving ftr-ly
What ahout the condition II the
road
Ih" read l. ~ n fairly PHOSPHORUS con
iItioh -aii Mr, Ripley I f,"l satisfied
aver the years mana cement, and | trust
the public does NJ railroad In the stat.
oi Kansas is AT present paying interest
IN the amount II 's-t tO build II. or ON
IN" amount II would cost a. rebuild II
now ~" Tact II. there are too man,
railroads ia Kansas Any one who ha-
ever given this matter any attention
whatever ran readily -,I this. lh"rr are
hundreds u miles 0i branch lines IN
hah]aS which are to-day not paying the
operating rAl%n-,'-, and | am -ntfy g. "a,
that many ~ the santa fs branch linru
are included IN this list, They simply
serve ~ n draln on the main line. Hut
still almost every branch line II All nc.
Ia the p,oplr living la that
part of the state, and the communities
iTe largely dependent upun them. ndrr
such circumstances II would be almost
lmIH'--lbl" Ia craa" Operating them
lake fuf instance the l.eavrn worth
Topeka n southwestern railway. which
II nnw IN the hands II receiver, twill
i~ imPpsSiblr Tor Mf. MrCIellan. the ~.
r"lNrt, t0 Operate the rad much longer.
aud unless the bonihplders come ~ his
AID, the iine will have tO be- cluStd up.
~ course the bOndhOlders will hat. 10
+'e this don" and may supply the def.
cheney In operating EXPENSES for Hmr
time IN the hops that the business Of the
line Will Increase. Bul Il probably never
Will"
"lIO you think the business this winter
will be- sufficient ~ warrant All inrrea..
Ia either time or forcs at the shop-r"
~ Tar ~ ! know row there will prob
ably he no Increase until spring
When askri concerning the prop, -ad |
steamship line u operate between San |
I'lego aRd Japan and connect with the
santa fe, Mr., Ripley said that such a
line VIA Ia contemplation AMI that an
tttempt wAs being made tO rai.- the ~.
Iulr~i capital. lie said. however, that
HE scheme might drag along for sOule
time,
Charles Ia, lor, the popular nj lsisr me.
rhanicat kAton. Il the winner Of ten hats
Dn Mckinlry's election.
Conductor Richley brought In the flyer
Io-dAy with forty-sevsn pas.sngsrs for
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