Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-03-04
PUSHING FORWARD TO NEW MEXICO.

PUSHING FORWARD TO NEW MEXICO.
Indications That the Denver q Rio Grande
Intends to Build to cocbit.
From the Denver Times.
From certain Developments that have
come to light recently. II Is stated on
what appears to be the best of authority
that the Denver & Rio Grande railroad ia
seriously contemplating an extension Of
its line into New Mexico as Ear as Coch-
III anyway, and possibly further. Some
time ago 1t wal rumored that such a
move was being considered, but the Rio
Grande officials denied the story.
A local railroad nan returned this
morning from the southern part Of the
state. where he had spent several days on
business, bringing back with him intor-
nation which leads TO the belief that
work On the grade OF the proposed new
line will be commenced very shortly, and
that It Is the intention OF the
Denver & Rio Grande TO have
tins road open in time TO handle mex fall
the ore output Of the Cochiti and adioin-
ing districts that will be taken out Of the
mines during the summer months. He
says that representatives OF the road have
visited the settlements along the pro-
posed route within the past few days for
the purpose Of gathering information TO.
garding the probable cost Of the enter.
prise and the results that will follow it's
completion.
Local officials Of the road are reticent
on the subject Of the extension. They do
not deny, however. that the line is a pos
sibilityf for the near future, but say they
do not care to discuss the matter.
In support of the above statements. the
Mexican Herald, published In the City OF
Mexico. has this to say:
There are very strong indications OBJ
seryable thai the Denver Il Rio Grande
railway company Ia preparing TO extend
Its line into New Mexico, or, at least
giving serious attention 10 the Rdyisa-
billty OF such q movement.
special agents Of that corporation
have for some time past given particu-
lar attention to railroad business In this
section Of the territory, and carefully
gathering statistics In every line OF
traffic. And now the superintendent OF
the southern division is here, going oyer
the same ground and evidently verifying
the figures obtained by his agents. Why
all this information should be desired at
this time unless the company contem
plates building cannot be conjectured,
since as long as the road stops
where II now does, II matters nothing 10
the company whether the business OF New
Mexico is much or little. for IL has all 10
go over other lines anyhow. But they are
evidently figuring on getting into Co
chiti. The developments now In progress
all over that district clearly designate IL
as a point which the Denver Il Rio
Grande cannot afford longer TO neglect
II has been known for q long time that
the company contemplated building
down the river TO that point as soon as
the money market should get easier, and
as things are now shaping themselves, IL
IL dangerous to defer the work any long
or, for II the Denver u Rio Grande doesn't
build down during the present year. a
branch may be run up from San Domingo
Or Thornton.
"The Denver g. Rio Grande line has
long been surveyed and located, all the
way from EspanOla TO Cochiti. and o sec
tlon ten or twelve miles long down the
canyon vas graded In 1879. From the
end Of that grade down TO COchiti IL is
not over twenty miles. aud that section
covers all the heavy work TO be encoun-
tered south Of EsDanOla. From COchiti
TO Albuquerque II Is all the way down
the smooth river bottom, and the grading
would amount TO little more than a ditch
on either side Of the track. The ore out
put Of the COchitl district from this time
forward will amount to an item that the
Denver Il Rio Grande cannot afford TO
miss; even II the cost of reaching II
should be twice or three times as great AZ
Is now necessary, when once at Cochiti
the road would have plain sailing to Al
buquerque, where II would tap the gen
eral commercial business OF the territory
and II is just a. idle for any road TO
hope for a fair share Of the business la
New Mexico without coming 10 Albu.
querque as II would be for a line 70 ex-
pect TO compete for the business OF Colo
RADIO without going to Denver. The Den
YER & Rio Grande people have probably
learned this fact, as we'll as any other
road in the country, and are still paying
roundly for the information.
"The people OF New Mexico prefer 10
10 business with Denver, but the railway
system of the territory in its present
shape forces them to Kansas City. An
extension OF the Denver Il Rio GrandP,
however, to Albuquerque, would give
them their choice of two outlets, and
much the larger part of their business
would by preference go to Denver. Their
i"nclinations are all toward the Colorado
city because they regard the people there
as "our folks" and when the Denver &
Rio Grande gives them a chance to go
there to do their trading they Will surely
gO-and this will cOnstitu to an item Of
no small impor lance In the business Of
Denver"
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