Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-09-27
SOME NEW RAILWAYS
Nearly Three Hundred Miles of New
Lines Lately Constructed in
the Territory.
AND MORE YET TO COME
Mileage of the Different Companies and
General Statement of the Character
of the Country That They
Traverse.

During the past fiscal year New Mex
leo has kept pace with other states and
territories in the construction of new
railroads and railroad improvements, in
fact, it is far ahead, in that respect, of
the majority Of the states. No less than
200 miles of railroad is newly construct
ed. The Ell Paso & Northeastern has
constructed 152 miles of this, the Pecos
Valley & Northeastern 100 miles, the
Alamogordo & Sacramento Mountain
railroad 90 miles and the Atchison, To
peka & Santa Fe branch 10 miles to
Hanover, Grant county. A number OF
new lines have been projected and while
only railroads in prospect thus far, they
| will sooner or later assume tangible
shape. For instance, itseemS altogether
probable that a new road will be con
structed within the next 12 months from
| Las Vegas through the Mora valley to
| Taos, a distance of 100 miles. A com
pany has been incorporated for the pur-
pose of constructing this road, the line
surveyed and some preliminary work
done upon the road. If constructed 1t
will open a most fertile portion of the
territory as we'll as large mining and
timber industries.
Among the possibilities, nay probabili-
ties, will be a line from Thornton or
Santa Fe to Bland and another line
from the main line of the Santa Fe rail
| road to Golden or San Pedro.
A company has been organized also
| for the purpose of constructing a new
line from the city of Durango. Colo,
through San Juan county, New Mexico,
to Gallup or the city Of Albuquerque.
Among other lines spoken of is an ok
tension of the Denver & Rio Grande to
White Oaks, the extension of the Rock
Island from Liberal, Kas., to Gray,
Lincoln county, a line from Columbus
to Deming, Durango and Salt Lake
| City, not to speak of spurs from main
lines of railroads to camps, among the
most important of which are a projected
road to the Organ mountains from Las
| Cruces and a road from Magdalena, So
| zorro county, to Chloride, Sierra county.
But few of the towns and cities of the
, territory are row without railroad and
telegraph facilities and the railroad in
terests are a most important factor in
the development of the resources of the
territory. There is at present 1893
miles of railroad actually constructed
| within the territory, owned and operat-
ed by II different corporations. The
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
company operates 692 miles, the Pecos
! Valley & Northeastern Railroad com
pany 1872, the Denver Il Rio Grande Rail
road company 166, the Southern Pacific
| Railroad company 1866, the Ell Paso &
| Northeastern Railroad company 152, the
Santa Fe Pacific Railroad company 157,
the New Mexico & Arizona Railroad
company rs, the Arizona & New Mexico
company 80, the Alamogordo & Sacra.
mento Mountain Railroad company &c
the Colorado & Southern Railroad com
pany rs and the TERRA Amarillo South
ern Railroad company II.
Some of the companies operate wholly
within New Mexico, but a majority OF
them have only a portion of their mileage
! within the territory. The A., I. Il ).
F., II of the pioneer railroads of the
west, has by far the largest mileage, as
it enters the territory on the northern
boundary zeal Ration, passes through
the entire territory near the center,
traversing the fertile Rio Grande valley,
and passing out neal Ell Paso, Texas,
Upon the main line of this railroad and
its numerous branches are the three
largest cities of the territory, Las Vegas,
Santa Fe and Albuquerque, and also the
towns of Ration, Springer, Los Lunas,
Socorro, San Marcial, Las Cruces, Dem
ing and Silver City.
The d. g. R. G. railroad enters New
Mexico south of the town of Antonito,
Colo, and passes in a s%outherly direc-
ton to this city, a distance OF ia
miles. 1t also enters west of the town
of Antonito and has SO miles of track In
the territory upon the line from Antoni-
to to Durango. The city of Santa Fe
and the towns of Espanola, Tres Pie
dras, Chama and LumbertOn are upon
this road.
The Pecos Valley & Northeastern rail-
road line traverses the fertile Pecos
valley, passing the towns Of Roswell and
Carlsbad, and many other towns on its
line recently constructed to Amarillo.
Texas.
The Ell Paso e. Northeastern is a new
railroad upon which work has just
ended. Leaving the city of Ri Paso
it passes through Fort Bliss, Jarilla,
Alamogordo, La Luz, Tularosa and
Three Rivers to its present terminus in
the Salado coal fields near the town of
Gray. This line traverses some of the
best mining, timber, stock raising and
farming lands of the territory.
The Santa Fe-Pacitic railroad extends
from Albuquerque to Gallup, where
the road enters the territory of Ari-
ona The towns of Laguna, Grants,
Bluewater, Wingate, Manuelito and
Gallup are situated along this portion
of the road.
The Southern Pacific railroad enters
the territory about four miles from the
city Of Ell Paso; passing through q broad
plain devoted mainly to the stock in
-dustry.
The New Mexico and Arizona rail-
road runs from Deming to Benson, A.
T., a distance of 176 miles. This line
via Lordsburg is a part of the Southern
Pacific system.