Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-10-24
FROM THE PECOS
TO Ell PASO
Incorporation Papers Filed This
Forenoon for a New Railroad
in New Mexico.
THEROCK lSLANDCOMING TOO
An Extension Of the Pecos Valley & North
eastern Railway from Lake Arthur in
Ohaves County to Ell Paso-A
Vanderbilt Deal.

The Ell Paso, Pecos Valley & Eastern
Railway Company this noon filed incor-
poration papers in the Office of Terrific
rial Secretary Wallace. The company
is capitalized at $7,S11 500, with 81 $40, 800
preferred stock. A mortgage of Sc, 6,312,-
OOc OF per cent fifty-year gold bonds Is
all the incumbrance which the new
railroad will have. The line has been
surveyed, and is to be built from near
Lake Arthur, on the Pecos Valley &
Northeastern railway, twenty-three
miles south of Roswell, to Ell Paso, the
New Mexico Incorporation covering
only the line to the Texas boundary in
Otero county, between range lines and
I. The line will traverse part of Chaves.
Eddy and Otero counties. 1t will be 155
miles long in New Mexico, and con-
struction on it is to commence soon
The 1ncorporators are James J. Hager-
man, Colorado Springs; Charles A.
Otis, New York City; Percy Hagerman,
Colorado Springs; Danton H. Nichols,
Amarillo; William A. Otis, Colorado
Springs; Antony C. Campbell, Roswell;
William F. Greenwood, Colorado
Springs; Don D. Donahoe Roswell; Ad-
olson r. Teeple, Roswell, or practically
the same capitalists interested in the
Pecos Valley & Northeastern railway.
The headquarters of the new railroad
are at Roswell. 1t will be a connecting
link Of a new route between Chicago,
Kansas City and Ell Paso and Mexico.
A SURE GO.
The filing of articles of incorporation
OF the FL Paso, Pecos Valley & Eastern
Railway Company, to build line of |
road connecting Roswell by an almost |
air line with Ell Paso, is in the New
Mexicans opinion, the first CLEAN of |
certainty which has appeared in all the
talk about building railroads in south
eastern New Mexico, which has been in !
the papers for the last year.
ALMOST AN AIR LINE.
This road with it's connections will |
form line of easy grades about two
hundred miles shorter than any exist
ing line from FL Paso to Kansas City,
Chicago and other cities in the east and
northeast.
The New Mexican takes it for granted
that it means that the Oklahoma, Choc-
taw & Gulf road will be extended to
Amarillo. Does it also mean that the
Rock Island will extend it's line from
Liberty to Amarillo, distance of only
100 miles, over fiat country? The New
Mexican awaits developments with in
terest.
THE ROCK ISLAND COMING.
Chicago, October 24.-The Tribune
says: 1t is stated by a prominent off,
cial of the Rock Island railroad that
work will begin shortly on the extension
Of the Rock Islands Liberal branch
from that place through the Texas Pan
handle and northeastern New Mexico to
White Oaks, N. M. At this point con-
nection will be made with the El Paso
& Northeastern railroad extending to
Ell Paso. The latter road Is to be ac-
quired by the Rock Island either by
lease or by the purchase of it's stock
and bonds, thus securing a continuous
line from Chicago via either Omaha or
Kansas City to Ell Paso. At this point
il will connect with the Mexican Gen.
trail for the City of Mexico, and with
the Southern Pacific for southern Cali
fornia.
A BIG DEAL.
New York, October 24.-The Times
says: The Central Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company has changed hands. E.
H. Hartman succeeds Coils P. Hunt
ington. Hartman and colleagues have
taken over the majority of the Pacific
Mail capital stock. Identified with Har-
riman in the deal-one of international
signif1cance-is William K. Vanderbilt.
The New York Central system, linked
to the Union Pacific by the Chicago &
Northwestern, with natural auxiliaries
already possessed, will now connect
with the Pacific Mail steamships for
continuous transportation service to
China, Japan and the Philippines. New
steamships will be forthwith added to
the company's service for the Asiatic
trade. 1t may be disclosed that James
J. Hill, of the Great Northern railway,
is also In nterestad in. TIa rri,,o NJ nroioct |