People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-12-16


Lines on tke Santa Fe System.
Tuesday evenings Topeka jour
nal says LnaU wuru haS Ueen received
ny Santa Fe Uthclals Ii that clLy That
ID Hagel NAH, preslueuJ vi the PecUs
Valley railway, uaS secured tue c1pl-
tai Tor Tile necessary extenslUD OF Tie
rUdd from Roswell, Nm, " Tile TEL
minus UG the Santa Fe line III Pau
uaUdle, Tex, aud JuaG tue cUnstruc-
ton OF The Extension would be Com
nenced III The >pIlng.
Mr.. Hdgermdu II Low in New YOrk
where ne has Oeen for some tlmt eu-
dedvOrlng To raise The required Capt
bal for Lhe extension Ct he road. IL,
1rsL advanced the project several
years ago, and II The extension Is bullt
II will Oe due entirely 10 his persist.
enJ efforts.
The PecoS Valley rold is line run
ming from PecJs, Tex, to Ruswe.i
Nm, distance OF l30 miles, aud at
present is ln the hands OF a receiver
Ii the connecting llu OF road is buill
II will make the PecOs railway d pros.
porous tributary line Of The sreal
Santa Fe system, and will give the
Santa Fe probably The most important
i've STOCK line vi any road in lh,
United states.
The distance between Roswell,
n NJ, and Panhandle, Tex, Is owe!
200 miles, aud in Connecting the two
points a railway would pass thrOugI
some Of the finest grazing lanes OF
iexaS. The Santa Fe nov Snips hun
dreis OF Cars Of cattle every year OveI
he Panhandle branch into the east
rfn markets, but with tue extension
b. Roswell the present business would
4t leaSL be doubled, the Santa +,
nandung all OF The stock from tha
SecLlun hat now cues into The mar
Nets dfl er long d i've, over he Texa-
Pacific.
la the event OF the extension being
quilt, The Panhandle branch and its
extension would be scDtrated from
ne OKlahnml uiyISlOh Il the rOaU
nd new division created with The
division headquarters AZ WcllrnL
ton. THIS Is wUat the people Of Wei
lugCun have been asking for for sew
eral years.
1t is Mr.. Ilagermln's intention
should the connecting line be built,
q eSjapllSh summer re>urt at R0>-
welt. The peculiar cnndrinn Of dif
'erenceS in altitude from a few hun.
hred feet tO several thuuslnd fes'
,bOve the sea level is found there. and
1t i said that the lncalltv ptsSesSe>
al the requirements aud advantages
IT a pleasant resort in summer. Game
Of all kinds is found in the hills in the
vicinity Of Roswell.
While no capital will be furnished
nv The company. the Santa Fe will in
pverv other way aid Mr.. Hagerman in
the construction OF the extension.
The above information contained in
the Topeka Journal is the gen ra
topic OF conversation among The rail
road men here Wednesday. The Pan
handle extension rumOr Is an old one
aud has been discussed 10 all It's phase,
more than once. But the statement
by the Journal To the effect that in
formation had been received by the
Santa Fe officials at Topeka seems au
tnentic and there is little doubt thai
it is true. The extension OF the roaC
has always been considered only ;
question OF time, and in the presen
time Uf prosperity it looks like tn,
long cherished hope was soon TO b
realized.
The building OF the road will plac,
Wellington among the first railroad
towns Of the state. With all tn,
dead freight that will come from th,
west, it would require more thai
double the facilities the Santa F,
now has at this place to handle th,
traffic. The round house will oI
necessity be enlarged and its workin,
force more than doubled, while tn,
present capacity Of the freight yard
will have to be doubled at least. i
will make a wonderful difference il
all the branches Of railrolding on thi
division. Some Of the railroad mel
declare that the extension will trebl,
the railroad population Of Wellington
to say nothing Of the advantage th,
road will be to the commercial inter,
ests OF the city.