El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-20
Will Shortly Connect Fl Paso
With Denver By a
Short Line.
ANDREWS
Tells Of His Project To Build
A Line Into the Rich Coal
FisIds East Of
Santa Fe.

w. H. Andrews, of Pittsburg, Pa,
one of the mining magnates of New
Mexico. is stopping at the Sheldon.
Mr.. Andrews IS also one of the direc-
tors of the new railroad company
| which was chartered last week to run
and to connect with Ell Paso and
Northeastern extension north of Cap
itan. He states that he has the best
| railroad proposition in the west con-
sidering the length of the road and
when it is completed will be of inesti-
mable worth to FL Paso and both San
ia Fe and Albuquerque.
Our road will traverse the best
country in New Mexico" he said to a
Herald reporter this morning. "and
can be called another Ell Paso road.
We have everything ready to begin
| building and the road will be complet-
ed wI,nin few months. 1t will run
through a practically level country
and the task of building will be much
less than any other road in the coun-
try. OF course the Santa Fe will fight
! us some but they are too late as we
are now ready to begin business
THE finest coal in the west lies on
our line just east of Santa Fe." con-
tinued Mr.. Andrews. "and when our
road is completed we will be able to
supply the markets of the west with
as good coal as can be found in Penn
syivania and at a much less cost than
it is being furnished now The coal
is near the top of the ground and can
be mined cheaply and with so much
railroad competition we can reach this
market more easily than any other
mines in the territory. Our road con-
meets with both the Santa Fe and the
FL Paso and Rock Island. which as
sures us of good traffic rates into Ell
Paso and Mexico. the business we are
looking most anxiously for. We also
connect with the Denver and Rio
Grande at Santa Fe which practically
assures Ell Paso another road to Den
yer. or course We will have to handle
the ID. & r. G.. business for that COM
pany is tied up in an agreement with
|
them out of New Mexico We have no
connections with the Denver ad Rio
Grande road except to handle their
business but of course under the
agreement we have we are the connec-
ting link that furnishes another
through line from Denver to Ell Paso.
| THE new road will not belong to
any of the larger companies for we
have good thing as it is. We shall
give the Rock Island a chance at the
Albuquerque and Santa Fe business as
well as connecting the Denver and Rio
Grande with Ell Paso and the through
business alone will make the road a
paying institution"
| Mr.. Andrews is delighted with the
proposition and says that there can
be no trouble or delay in constructing
the line. He assers that his company
has no connection with the Denver and
Rio Grande except a traffic ARRANGE
ment. The new road will mean much
for Ell Paso and as the road will con-
| meet this city with the best coal in the
territory it may mean that cheaper
coal can be had here in the near fu-
ture.
Mr.. Andrews will go to Albuquerque
tomorrow where the directors will hold
melting and arrange for the begin
ming of the work. He has traversed
the section to be covered by the road
and is about the largest mine owner
and operator on the line The road
will go through the rich San Pedro
district where one of the largest smell
ters in the territory is now in operation
and numbers of small mines are being
worked.
MIR. Andrews states that most of the
capital interested is from Colorado.
and from this and the connections to
be made with the Denver and Rio
Grande it Is safe to surmise that the
new road will be merely an extension
of the Denver and Rio Grande road
| to the Ell Paso and Rock Island and in
| to Ell Paso.