Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-02-01
|PEC0S VALLEY ROAD
Active Work on Extension from Roswell
East to Commence Immediately
Money Raised by ]. ]. Hager-
man and E. 0. Faulkner.
208 MILES WILL BE BUILT
Connection with U. P. D. & G. and
Kansas Southern -Short Line from
Southern New Mexico to Kan
sas City and Denver.
GREAT ENTERPRISE FOR TERRITORY
Advantages and Resources Of the New Road
-Pecos Valley Industries Will Receive
New Impetus from the Undertake
ing-Personal Sketches of
the Promoters.
GREAT ENTERPRISE FOR TERRITORY

NEW MEXICAN of Yesterday. that Mr..
j. j. Hagerman, of Colorado Springs.
and Mr.. E. o. Faulkner, receiver of the
Pecos Valley Railroad company. had
been successful in securing the neces-
sary funds to extend the Pccos valley
road, now running from Pecos City,
Tex. to Roswell in New Mexico, a dis
lance of about 100 miles. to Washburn
in the Texas Panhandle. is Of the great
est Importance to southern New Mexico
and means much for that region. rich in
cattle, sheep, agricultural products,
coal and minerals. That section now
contains the only beet sugar factory in
Il vast stretch of country. The factory
Is in successful operation and. next
years campaign will turn ont a large
amount of the finest graduated sugar
of such IA quality, that the best ex-
perts cannot distinguish it from cane
sugar.
The route across the plains from RoS-
we'll is easy, there exist no heavy grades
at all and the estimated distance as near
as can now be ascertained, either to
Amarillo or to Washburn, is between
90s to o15 miles. 1t has not been abso-
lutely determined at this writing
whether the connection will be made at
Washburn or at Amarila with the Union
Pacific. Denver 4 Gulf, but it is to be
decided during this week. From Pan
handle. the terminus of the Kansas
Southern. the Santa Fc will build a spur
of about Is miles i'll length as a connect
ing link to either point. The work will
commence at once and from the east
end and it is calculated that it will be
finished in seven months, or by October
j, next.
1t will be one of the cheapest roads to
build in the whole country. Bonds to
the amount of $s, 800 per mile will be- is
sued. these will be secured by the entire
mileage of the road from Pecos City,
Texas, to Roswell, and from there east
IA mileage of about 372 miles. The bond
holders of the part Of the road already
constructed from Pecos City to Roswell
are to surrender their bonds and take
preferred stock under the new arrange
ments so as to give ample security for
the new bonds.
This will give the Pccos valley q
northern outlet to northern New Mexico
and to Colorado. via the Union Pacific,
Denver a. Gulf, and to Denver in "a
hours; and east via. the Kansas South
crn and A.. Il. & s. +. railroad to Kansas
City within 80 hours and less. 1t is ex-
pectcd that the road will be finished and
in working order by October l next.
There is no difficult work along the pro-
posed line, which has been carefully
surveyed and determined and the build
ing of the road, which will be about 21O
miles in length, can proceed with speed
and celebrity. Track on many sections
will be laid down at the rate of a mile
and a half to two miles per day. The
grades are very easy; there is no hilly
country whatever and no rock cutting
along the line. The most difficult por-
ton will be the placing Of a strong and
modern steel bridge at the Pecos river
crossing. Water can be had right
along the line by digging and it is be-
licved that an artesian flow will be
struck in many places.
The new road will open up one of the
finest cattle raising sections on this
continent. 1t is bound to get a great
deal of Mexico and transcontinental
business on account of the great saving
in time and mileage which it will pos
sess Over both the Texas Pacific route
through Texas to Ell Paso and the Atchi-
son. Topeka & Santa Fe railway through
northern and central New Mexico to
the same point.
The road will make the counties of
Lincoln, Chaves and Eddy in the south
part of the territory a very
prosperous section and will make Ros-
well ont of the most important towns in
the southwest.
MIR. }. j. Hagerman. the chief pro-
motcr of this project, is too well known
in New Mexico and Colorado and in
eastern and western business, railroad
and money circles to need much particu-
lar mention at the hands of the New
MEXICAN at this time. Time and time
again and months and months ago the
New MEXICAN asserted that he would
be successful in securing the funds for
this extension which once built will
place the Pecos Valley railroad and the
many enterprises i%naugurated and Ear
ricd through by Mr.. Hagerman in the
Pecos valley since 1889 on a paying and
basis.
The railroad proposition is II Of the
best in the southwest and One that will
pay from the start. The principal bust
ness at first will be chiefly the hauling
Of cattle. The section OF New Mexico
and Texas, through which the road
runs, outside of the irrigated portions
Of the Pecos valley, is one enormous