Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-02-07
PEC0S VALLEY EXTENSION COMPLETED
The Last Rail Has Been Laid Connecting
Eddy and Roswell Directly with Kan
sas Oitv and Denver,

Friday, February 3, 1899, will always
be a great day in southeastern New
Mexico memory, for it was on that day
that the last rail was laid. in the north
eastern extension of the Pecos Valley
railroad, giving it direct connection with
Amarillo junction of the Colorado &
& Southern, and Denver & Fort
| Worth, the Pecos Valley, the Santa
Fe, and what will come in the near
| future the eXtnesion from Liberal Kas.
of the Rock Island railroad. This
achievement will prove d most marked
factor in the rapid growth of the south
eastern part of the territory: in fact
that section is now taking ra pid strides
forward as the direct and healthful re-
suit of the construction of this line, and
| the building northward of the Ell Paso &
Northeastern road. The Pecos Valley
road has for some years been operating
| between Pecos City, Texas, and Roswell
| in Chavez county, n NJ, distance of
| 1854 miles, and as the extension is POS
miles, the entire length of the consold-
ated road is 372 miles. 1t has been
noted that the Rock Island people are
after joint trackage arrangement with
the Pecos Valley, between Amarillo and
Roswell, as they are proposing to build
from Roswell to White Oaks or NogaI,
to effect junction with the El Paso &
Northeastern road. This will give peo-
pie living at Roswell and points north
much easier and quicker route to Ell
Paso than around by Pecos City and the
Texas & Pacific; and as the Santa Fe
has already made trackage arrangements
with the Pecos Valley road for joint use
of the line from Amarilloto Fort Sumner
Junction on the Now Mexico Central
cutoff to Ysleta Junction, Pecos Valley
people will be able ere long to come
straight through to Albuquerque, Santa
Fe and Las Vegas, without making that
long, circuitous and tiresome trip via FL
Paso Then Denver will be brought 36
hours nearer the Pecos Vale, than be-
fore
A new and more speedy northern
route is opened to cattlemen herding on
the great plains south of Pecos City
through Brewster county. Texas. on the
Rio Grande river, distance of 200
miles. Heretofore these cattle have
D0Gii olllppCu "lUIl CdpulN lloH SouuHClD
New Mexico and Arizona to Fort Worth,
615 miles from Ell Paso, and thence
northwest to Amarillo, 800 miles further,
for shipment to the feeding ranges in
southern Kansas. BY shipment over
the Pecos extension the travel will be
over the short leg of the triangle instead
of over two long ones. The completion
of this new line will not only bring more
people into the valley to occupy vacant
lands, give the stockmcn and farmers
quicker markets for their products, and
no doubt guarantee the southern extern
sion from Pecos City to Boquillas on the
Rio Grande to connect with the Mexican
Northern road
From points west of the quarantine
line, there We're shipped last year over
the Texas & Pacific to market, IT'S, 900
head of cattle, and over the Southern
Pacific, 100, 900. Besides these, there
were driven to Amarillo, 152, 600; to Pam
handle City, $4,000, and the Giles and
other points, 10000 head of cattle, to be
be sent north to market or to feeding
pens, making a grand total of 1000
head. All these great shipments the
Pecos Valley will hereafter receive.