El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27
ALL KINDS OF ROADS
Added to the Long List Of Proposed
Roads Comes One to Be Called
1.-The Colorado, Texas & Mex
icO".-COnCerns Ell pdSO.

ico". Ell pdsO
If all the roads are constructed thai
are being talked of at the present the
country will be we'll supplied. Add ed
to the long list of roads to be built is
another one which will be called Tine
Colorado, Texes & Mexico " Regardip 6
this road a special from Abilene, Tex
as, to the Dallas News, says: In ad-
dition to the proposed Circle Belt rail-
road from Gainesville to this place.
Abilene bas other prospects for rail-
road, the proposed line being known as
the Colorado, Texas ano Mexico rail-
road, to extend from some pOirt on the
Fort Worth and Denver to Eagle Pass.
Last year Morris r. Locke, man
of considerable experience in rail- cad
building, was here on business, and
found that the people here desired a
connection with the Santa Fee by build
ing line of road to Coleman, dis
tar ce of about fifty or sixty miles. Mr..
Locke investigated the plan and prom
oupced it feasible, except that he
thought it would be difficult to inter-
est northern capital in so snort Ii ne.
He therefore proposed that it should
be the Immediate intention to build as
far south as Liano, with q view to eX
tending north to the Fort Worth and
Denver, and south to the gulf or into
Mexico. Acting upon his suggestion
the people here raised bonus OF $780,
900 payable when the cars are run
ming from this place to Coleman. A
local company was formed and the
route from this place to Coleman was
surveyed, the survey being made COM
piete and permanent with profles and
estimates of cost of each mile of road.
After the survey from this place to
Coleman had been completed Mr..
Locke took the papers and estim ates
and went north to see what could be
done in the way of soliciting capital in
The interest of the proposed line of
road. He spent several weeks in Pitt
sburR, Baltimore aud Columbus, O.,
and has recently returned, saying that
he has every reasonable assurance that
the needed funds will be available for
building the road, provided &C least
200 miles OF road are to be built, end
the cost OF building does not exceed
that of the fifty or sixty miles already
surveyed. a corps OF surveyors has
been organized and is now in the field
between this place and Arson locating
the permanent survey in that direc-
ton.
Mr.. Locke has the following to say
of his proposed road:
"The Colorado, Texas and Mexican
railroad is projected from Denver, via
thence to Abilene through the rich |
Abilene country to Llano. and from
there to Eagle Pass, the gateway to !
the mining and cattle regions of MeXi |
CO. This line of railroad Will connect |
with The Santa Fe at La Junta, Wash ,
burn and Coleman; with the Fort |
Worth & Denver at Wash burn; with |
the Texas g. Pacific at Abilene: with !
the Austin & rthwestern at Llano:
mi "a a fnrf
with the Southern Pacific at Uvalde !
and Eagle Pass, and with the Mexican |
International at Cuidad de Porfirio |
Dlaz, state of Coahuila, Mex.
"The projected lines of the Rock
Islard and Kansas Central and Okla
homa and South western railroads will
form a junction at or near Haskell. |
The Texas Central will cross north of |
Arson, and the ST. Louis, Fort Smith |
and Texas will form q junction at Abb
leue.
1.-THE Colorado, Texas and Mexico |
railroad skirts the rich grass lands of |
central Texas on the west, and the !
agricultural and fruit lands on the |
east, and gives an outlet by the gulf to !
the markets of the north ana Europe, !
for the immense herds of cattle, sheep !
Texas, and the corn, cotton, wheat, |
oats and fruit of the best lands of the |
Lone Star state. And also giving an !
outlet for the free mining gold and |
silver ores OF Mexico and Colorado and ;
the lead and copper ores Of these Sec
tions. The coal of Colorado and Texas
and the iron ores will be developed and
brought into market, also the marble !
and granite and other building mate |
rial along the route.
1.-THE line of road is the onlv north !
and south line between Fort Worth |
and Ell Paso, covering territory $50 |
miles wide and $50 miles long, in the |
riches, part Of the United States and |
northern Mexico"
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