Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-19
Indications Point to a Large Amount
Of Railroad Construction in
New Mexico.
ROADS HEADING THIS WAY
A New Move Of the Denver & Rio Grande
Railroad Oompany-The Rock Island
and the Ohoctaw Extensions
Other Projects.

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in this line of Industrial development
The Denver & Rio Grande is going t.
build south into San Juan county. TIL
White Oaks road is to build northeas
via Puerto de Luna to a connectio,
with the Rock Island at Clayton. 4
corporation very closely identified will
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe will
build from Magdalena through thu
| Black Range The Hagerman road |.
to build to Ell Paso The Cochiti North.
western will be we'll along toward
bland and Jemez Hot Springs before
mldwinter. The Memphis Choctaw line
Is heading this way, and the Deming.
columbus and Las Cruces San Andres
| projects are possibilities of the near fu.
ture All this portends good for New
| Mexico, and opens up a vista of early
development that citizens may well af-
ford to dwell upon with reasonable de-
light.
ADVANCE OF THE ROCK ISLAND
A few days ago the Chicago Rock
Island Il Pacific corps of surveyors
started west from Liberal, Kan, to be-
gin the preliminary survey on the pro-
posed extension of the Rock Island
south and west into New Mexico, with
a connection to White Oaks or Carizozo
close to White Oaks, where the El Paso
& Northeastern railway is now COM
pleted The outfit consists of Chief En-
gineer w. D. Worral, sixteen men and
tlve wagons. Engineer Worral saws that
he has orders to begin work 100 miles
west of Liberal at the end of the old
survey, and run line to Clayton, N.
M. Further than this he has no official
word. He expects to receive orders at
Clayton. Mr. Worral believes that the
preliminary survey will be made from
Clayton to White Oaks, and as soon as
the first survey is made the grade
stakes will be set and the grade work
vigorously pushed. He anticipates a
stay In the southwest Of about ten
months. While the chief eng' eer was
unable to tell anything o1cial, he
agrees with the public sentiment that
the prospective extension is now as
sured. Color Of truth Is given these
statements by the fact that the Ell Paso
Northeastern company now has a
corps on the field running
lines toward Puerto de Luna and Clay
ton.
THE CHOCTAW-MEMPHIs ROUTE.
On Wednesday of last week F. M.
locating engineer for the
-Choctaw road, reached Anna
rillo with his surveyors and drove the
asst stakes on the line there for the pro-
posed new road to run west from
Tex, a distance of 2O21s
niles. Orders have been issued to push
he construction Of the road, for at the
meeting of the directors, held last week
n Philadelphia, it was resolved to COM
olete the line to Amarillo at once, and
he statement was made that there was
low enough money on hand from the |
sale of bonds to complete the road to |
Amarillo. The directors also ordered |
he survey Of the road to be made from |
amarillo through New Mexico as far as
he Rio Grande, probably to Albuquer-
lue or Isleta junction.
THE SAN JUAN EXTENSION.
Rio Grande railroad sub-company,
apitalized at $2.00O,O0O, incorporated at
Denver day before yesterday, and will
onstruct six branch lines eventually
0 be operated as part of the Denver &
'io Grande system. One provision of
he charter reads: Beginning at Du-
ango, running along Rio Las Animas,
to Pennington, in San
uan county, N. NJ, thence crossing the
ounty. extending into San Juan coun-
Y, In the sOutheasterly portion Of Utah,
nd thence westerly along the Rio San
uan with spurs and branches as need
d." |,
The first extension Of twenty-seven
lilies Of road, which will at once be
uilt, Is described as beginning at
exas Creek Station, on the Denver &
10 Grande railroad, in Fremont coun-
Y, thence up Texas creek or its tribu-
aries In southerly direction into the
Vet mountain valley. and to or near
ne county seat of Custer county,
lence southeasterly through the Wet t
fountain valley and into the Huerfano 0
yer district, to a connection with the I
oma branch Of the Denver & Rio I
rande railroad at or near Pictou sta
on, In Huerfano county, with a IC
'anch from the most feasible point on I
'e main line. as just described, across G
le Sangre de Cristo range by Sand
Ill, Medeno, or some other favorable
ISIS into the San Luis valley, and with
'anches to present or future mining
dustries adjacent to said routes. Ia
OTHER BRANCHES IN VIEW. IL
The new roads which are provided for Il
1t which will not be constructed until a
at Just described is finished, are as I
flows: The San Juan line, above set ..
rth; also branch beginning at Mof- q
t station, on the Denver & Rio Grande
iIroad In Saguache county, easterly
'tending southeasterly to and through
e lands Of Baca grant No. 4 to con- t
.ction with the branch from the Wet
ountaln valley road. v
Beginning at Delta, on the Denver & | s
10 Grande railroad, running up the "
llley Of the Gunnison river to the e
urce Of the north fork Of the Gunni- a
n, with branches and spurs as needed. 8
Beginning at Wason station. in Min C
al county. on the Denver & Rio h