El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-29
NEW RAILROAD

Be One of the Best And Finest
Equipped Roads In Texds-lt
penetrates a Territory Rich In
Coal And Iron Ore-Abilene the
Headquarters.
Special Correspondence of the Herald.
ABn ENE, Tex, Nov. 2S.-Morris
r. Locke, general manager
of the Color ado, Texas and Mexico
Railway company, has just returned
from a trip over the line of the propos-
ed road from this place to Llano, dis
lance of 100 miles. The return trip
from Llauo was made In the face OF a
cold rain and norther, from which Mr..
Locke suffered much Inconvenience.
He N ade the following statements to
the HERALD correspondent:
s'The line is located from Haskell by
way OF Arson, Abilene, Coleman,
Brady ADD Baco to Llano, distance of
ZIG miles. The engineering: corps OF
fourteen men in charge of Chief En-
.gineer Blackburn is now doing the
final location between Pontotoc, aud
d
SIT is the purpose of the company to
make first class standard gauge road.
aud they will accordingly use a seven
ty pound steel rail, 5000 ties to the
mile, gravel and rock ballast, and
there will be steel bridges across the
San 8 al a and Lauo rivers. The coal
south of Coleman to the Cow Gap OF
Brady Noun talns, a distance of 40
miles, has been prospected by Col.
Harris of St. Louis, a coal expert, aud
has proved zen tirely satisfactory both as
to qua lily and quantity for domestic
and stsa Ming purpos IS, and the man
ganes- and iron ore south of the San
Saba river to Llano, a distance of for
ty-ive miles, shows surface metal suf-
6cieDt ID promise large and profit.
ab lie traffic to the road.
s'The construction company is ready
to commence work at Abilene north
authorization of bonds can be obtained
from sh 3 railroad commission.
"Tie most prominent features of
this r DAD are: 1t is the only north and
sou tn road, through the state between
Fort Worth and Ell Paso, a distance of
$50 miles, aud at its nearest point is
16l miles distant from Fort Worth. It
is the only road in the state that has a
maximum grade not exceeding one per
cont, aud curves not exceeding three
degrees. It will form junction with
the Fort Worth and Denver at Wash
bur n on the Denver branch; aud at
Qua nah on the Oklahoms; with the
Texas Central at Stamford; with the
Texas aud Pacific at Abilene; with the
San Ia Fe at Coleman: with the Fort
Worth and Rio Grsnde at Waldrip;
with the Northwestern at Llano; with
the Arsn.as Pass at Comfort and with
the Sou hern Pacific at Uvalde and
Eagle Pass. The line as projected ia
from Eagle Pass to Quanah in Texas,
with a Colorado line from Abilene to
Denver. There are now under con-
tract for construction and equipment
ZIG miIes from Haskell to Llano in this
state.
SIT is the intention of the company,
not only to have first cl,s standard
gauge road, but to have the finest and
the best equipment in the state, 80 that
its passenger trains can be operated at
a opee1 of forty miles an hour, aud the
freight trains at twenty miles an hour.
The final papers, together with maps,
profilss, plans. specifications and esti-
mates, are now being made up, and
vii, be pres ented by Hon. Fred Cock
rell. attorney for the company, to the
railroad commission for the authoriza-
ton of bonds.
1.-THE CHARTER has already been au-
thOrized by the attorney general, and
the general Offices are located by the
charter at Abilene
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