Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-11-14
PROPOSED RAILROAD.
Il Inducements are offered BY the Mine
Owners Bland viii Get a Railroad.

II Inducements are offered BY the Mine
Owners Bland Will Get a Railroad.
II. Claussen, OF this place, during the
past week received a letter from Judge
Iohn 8. Thompson, who Is now In Call
%tornls, from which Nc. Claussen has
Kindly permitted US to publish q few ok
tracts, says the Bland Herald. Judge
Thompson, In connection with Mr.. Claus
sen and others, are the incOrporators Of
the White Rock Canyon Electric Power
and Irrigation company. aud also OF the
Rio GraDde aud COchiti Railroad com.
pany, the former company having for Its
object ths building OF a dam across the
Rio Grands ut White Rock canyon and
the erection Of n large electrical plant
for the transmission Of power to all part
Of the Cochiti district, and also TO fur
ni4h power for running extensive reduc
tion works which the company contem
plates building at the river, while the
object OF the latter company is the build
ing OF a railroad from Bland TO con
n,ct with the Atehisjn. Topeka &
Santa Fe, at a point south Of
Thornton. neal the Indian town OF San
Domingo. 1, will be seen by the OK
tracts from Judge ThompSOn's letter that
IN effort is being made TO push these two
great enterprises to completion at once
and as this would insure entire success
for Bland and the COchiti mining dis
trict, we hope TO see hearty co operation
on the part OF the mine owners all over
the district. Mr.. Claussen suggests and
requests that all who my be interested
In this project meet at the herald Office
at 7:3) o'clock next Monday evening, No
yember II, fpr the purpose OF discussing
the matter, Below are given the extracts
mentioned:
Los Angeles, Cal Nov. 3, 1898.
II. Claussen, Esq, Bland, ~. NJ
Dear SiT-I have steadily pursued ef-
forts TO get one or both II our New Mex
leo enterprises On foot, but enc difficulty
after another has arisen TO dslay definite
results. The Hay den negotiation AMOUNTS
10 nothing Some New York parties are
a,hing a little for the railway. A party
here talks fAy0fably bat deIaya coming
In the line. shall ke . pegging away
az Icing rs there seems 10 be n chance for
success.
Yesterday n man said TO me, get
the CO'hiti mine OWNERS 10 agree in
writing to ship a sufficient amount Of
ore daily at 81 80 q per ton 10 Thornton,
or 81 80 TO the river. aud within one
hour after you show this In writing, and
also show that their mines are sufficient
In number aud development to enable
them to get out this amount daily, | will
show you In bank the money TO com
mence active work on the road and re-
ductiOn works. and convince you OF our
ability 10 put them la operation as sOOn
"a men and money can do It,"
This does not seem TO be an unreason
able demand. The object Of this letter il
u ascertain through you whether such
an agreement al DO had. You are in
terested and on the ground aud can
readily verify what w understand can
90 done.
II, with your knowledge Of the situa
ton, YOU are satisfied " can make such
a showing, | wish you would 90 to work
at II AT once and get mine owners 10
sign something like what | outline with
this and send you Yours truly,
JOHN s. THOMSON.