Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1900-07-21
RAILROAD BUILDING.
Indications Point to a Large Amount
Of Construction In New Mexico.
ROADS HEADING THIS WAY.

strike Ncw Mexico Tho very air "
charged Win many important pfoieras
ia this uua 90 industrial Development
Tho Denver a ltio Grbu,io ls going 70
buld south into san Juan county The
! White oaks rupd ia t1 build northeast
wa fucfyo DO Luna tu c0nneoison
with thn Rock lsiaui Ht clayton. A
corporation very CLOSELY identified Nith
the Atuhiaon. Topeka a santa BE- wili
build fr1m MaEiaiena through t,a
BACK itange. The Hagcrman rad ia
Co build D. El Pas1. The Cochlu North
western Wall bo we'll along toward
Bland and Jcmea ii0t springs bcf0na
mldwintvr. Tho Mcmphia- Choutaw hno
Is heading tha way. and the Deming
Columbus and is,a Cruces san Andres
projoCts are possibilities of the neaf fu-
iur All tirn pomtudn good fog NDw
MeNicU, and opvns gp vista of early
deNclopmofs that oiuzena may we'll a.
ford to dwell .sp1n with reasJnabie de-
hght
ADVANCE Oh THE ROCK ISLAND.
A sew days ago tho chicago, Rock
Island and paClnc corps OF surveyors
started west trum L.boual. Kan. to be-
gil "a. preliminary survey un tha pro,
/ pgscd extensaun 0r the itock Island
south and west lutu Sew Mexico. With
"a connection % white oaks or Casz0zo.
clusc to WhIto oaks. wherc the l5l PaaD
a Northeastern valway IL now com.
piotei. The outnt consists OF chic i.n-
gincor W. -. Worrai. axtecn man ana
| nVu wagons EuE.uecr Worrtl says tnat
he hts oriera To begin work 100 miles
west of Liberal. at the end Of tho old
survey. and run ben. t0 clayton. n.
~ Further than thln he has no Official
word. Hu expects 90 receive orders az
Clayton. M. Worutl believes that tho
preliminary survey vail bo made from
Clayton 20 Wbltc oaks. aud a. Soon a.
the first survey s made the grade
stakoa viii be- sot and the grade work
vigorously pushed. lie anticipates "a
stay in uhe southwest Uf about ten
months. While the chief engineer was
unable TO tell anything official. hs
agrooa with the public sentiment that
ths prospective extension - nov aa-
aured Color of truth - given thcea
statements by the fact that The E Paso
A Northeastern company now has g
aurvcying corps On the field running
lines toward Puerto de Luna and { ~.
ton.
THE CHOCrAw MEMPHIS ROUTE
ON Wednesday OF last week n. A.
ltamp,i.l. hDctung engineer Tor tho
Memphis -ChocuNw rustd, rcachcd ANA
rllIo with his surveyors and drove tho
last stakes on the line there Tor the pro
pos.sl new rOad 10 run vest from
WcatiScrford. Tex. a distance OF 2O2h
miles. Orders have BEEN issued to push
thu construction 0f tho road. Tor at thn
meeting VI the directors. held iast week
n Philadelphia. 81 was resolved 10 oom-
plotc thr iue 90 Amarillo a. once and
the stStomeut WAS uEi,io that there Waa
now enough mOney On hand from ths
s.ilo Of bonds to complete uhn rad %
Amarillo. The directors aIso ordered
the survey Of ule ruad 10 be- made from
Amarillo through New Mczioo as Gar ss
the Ito Grando, probably 10 Albuquer.
que or lsieta punCtion
THE sAN JUAN EXTENSION
A Rio Grando railrls,d sub company.
capitalized st 1900 900. Incorporated a.
Denver dag before yonetriay. and wlll
cOnafruet ala branch lines. eventually
t1 BE- oporsted a. part of the Denver a
faO urnu,ie system ono provision Ok
the charter roads beginning at Du-
range. running along RIO Las AnlmaA
sOuthwcatsrly 30 FarmnEtou. ln as,u
Juan oouuty. n g.. thence crossing thr
southwoaseriy I.ort,or OF MOutezuma
county, extending into san Juan c0un-
~. u rhe isouthosisteriy portion VI Utah.
and thence westerly along tha flo saa
Juan, HNh spurs and branches an
u.eded
The nrst cNtrusiun 0f tweut seven
miles Or roal, win,A wsu b. AZ once
bulk. ~ isasonboi aa beginning az
~ vts cN--k station, on tho nenyer a.
RIO Gu,n,ic raalrpad. Ia Fremont c0un
tY. thence up Texas crceh car lta tribu-
taries in a vyuthefly direction into ne
Wet mountain valley. ana 10 oT near
the county s.stt of Custer county.
thenuo soutlssssatorly through the Wei
WJuntaiu valley and lmll rla figsrfsfsl
river district 20 a oonrncuon wlth the
isIua branch ~ uIe Denver a Hlo
GraiHio rillrusid at or near Pictou sta
uon in Huerfttno county. with a
branch frlm the mon feasible p0lnt on
The mann hue as just described. across
thr sanEro d. Crlsio range by sand
Hill. Medsuo or some other favorable
puss into the san f.lls valley. and wtth
branches 30 prssssut or future mining
industries adjacent % said routes.
OTHER BRANCHES IN VIEW
The neW rnadH Alloh are provided for
Dnt which viii not b. constructed unul
that JUST described To- finished. ars as
follows. The aan Juan tine. ahoyo So
forth also braneh beginning az Mof-
a. station. 81 the Denver a Hio Qrande
railroaa IA sagiaohe county. eastory
80 ending southeastery 20 ana through
the lands of Isloa grant no. % a con-
necti0n with uhe branuh from the Wot
mountain valley road.
Beginning at Delta. on the Denver q
hio drtude railroad. running up rhs
yailoy AZ ths Quuuls0u river 10 the
source or the north fork % The Gunn-
sou. wita branches ana spurs as nesdei.
Beginning AZ Wasou station, in ain.
erai county on the Denver a Rio
Grando railroad. and running up the
valley of the Rso drandc dol Norte 10
me most feaa bic point near tas souros
Of that stFoan. thence over WeL.lnacne
pslss. 10 thc elty Of Durango, with
branches a. nesdod.
beginning a. aargsmtn station, Ia
Gunnison county, GA thc Denver a Rlo
Grande railroad. running themes north
eriy along me Lattl6 T0mlohi creek b
IS source.
rhe inoorpolat0Ts of this new enter
price. of % great tmpDrt 90 southern
Colorado aud northern New Mexico, are
q 2. jeffrey. , W. 0lliuiy. }. p vaiie.
g. vs. Waterman and D. ~ AudreWa
Thsac men and Oeorge Coppei. G. e.
ntaunn and a. r. WILSON, All % Naw
York are tae diroctous.