Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-07-20
RAILROAD BUILDING.
indications Point to a Large Amount
Of Construction in New Mexico.
ROADS HEADING THIS WAY.

IN lnl5 DItL " 1ll1hHNAAaA hNNtNNh
The Denver q Rio Grande II gong TO
build south into n Juan county. The
White Oaks road - TO build northeast
via Puerto de Luna to a connection
with the Rock Island at Clayton. A
corporation very closely identified with
the Atchison. Topeka a Santa Fe will
build from Magdaiena through the
Black Range. The Hagerman road II
to build to 81 Paso. The Cochiti North
western will be well along toward
Bland and Jemez Hot Springs before
midwinter. The Memphis Choctaw line
is heading this way. and the De1ning- |
Columbus and Las Cruces-San Andres
projects are possibilities of the near fu-
ture. All this porteuds 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 and Pacific corps Of surveyors
started west from Liberal, Kan, to be-
gil the preliminary survey on the pro-
posed extension of the Rock Island
south and west into New Mexico. with
n connection 10 white oalus or Carizozo.
close to White Oaks. whore the Eel Paao
Il Northeastern railway In now CON-
pleted. This outfit consists OF Chief nm
gineer w. ID. worral. sixteen nan and
Ave wagons. Engineer Worral says that
he has orders to begin work 100 miles
west of Liberal. at the end OF the old
survey, and run a line to Clayton. N.
NJ. 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 AZ o as
the first survey is made the grade
stakes will be set n the grade work
vigorously pushed. He anticipates a
stay in the southwest of about ten
months. While h chief engineer was
unable to tell anything official, he
agrees with the public sentiment that
the prospective extension is now as
sured. Color OF truth rs given these
statements by the act that the d Paso
& Northeastern company now hes a
surveying corps on the field running
lines toward Puerto de Luna and cay
ton.
THE CHoCTAw- MEMPHIS ROUTE.
on Wednesday 81 last week F. NJ.
Ramsdell. locaung engineer for ne
Memphis -Choctaw road. reached ANA
rillo with his surveyors and drove the
last stakes on the line there for the pro-
posed new road to run west from
Weatherford. Tex, a distance OF 202h
miles. Orders nave been issued TO push
tho construction of the road, for at the
meeting of the directors. held last week
in Philadelphia, II was resolved to com
plete the line to Amarillo al once, and
the statement was made that there was
now enough money on hand from the
sale of bonds To complete the road TO
Amarillo. The directors also ordered
the survey of the road to be made from
Amarillo through New Mexico as far as
the Rio Grande. probably to Albuquer-
que or Isleta junction.
THE SAN JUAN EXTENSION.
A Rio Grande railroad sub-company
capitalized at $1,000. 900, incorporated al
Denver day before yesterday. and vii
construct six branch lines. eventually
70 be operated as part of the Denver q
Rio Grande system. One provision o.
the charter reads: Beginning at Du'
range, running along Rio Las Anlmas
southwesterly To Pennington. in san
Juan county, N. NJ, thence crossing this
southwesterly portion of Montezuma
county, extending into San Juan our
". in rhe s~outheasterly portion OF Utah
and tuhence westerly along h Rio SaI
Juan, with pun and branches al
7 needed"
! The first extension OF twenty sever
! miles OF mad. which will be at ono
, built. is described as beginning a
TEXAS Creek station, ON the Denver 4
Rio Grande railroad. in Fremont coun
. ~, thence up Texas creek or It's tribu
aries In a southerly direction into tn
\ Wet mountain valley. and 10 or nea
4 the county seat of Custer county
thence s-outheasterly through the We
mountain valley and into the Huerfan
4 river district, to a connection with IN
4 Iona branch of the Denver g. ri
Grande railroad at or lear Pictou sta
ton, in Huer1ano county. with
4 branch from the most feasible point o
Z the main line. as Just described. acros
the Sangre de Cristo range by San
u l Hun, AlN-ltIhD vi OiA ~
. pass into the san Luis valley, and wfe
branches to present or future minin
Industries adjacent 10 said routes.
OTHER BRANCHES IN VIEW.
The new roads which are provided fc
T. but which will not be constructed unit
~ that Just described Is finished are a
te follows; The san Juan line, above 81
:. forth; also a branch beginning at Mo-
" fat station. on the Denver a Rio Grand
railroad in S~aguaohe county, easterl
,so extending southeasteriy to and rhroug
Of the lands Of Baoa grant No. 4 to a col
> nection with the branch from the W.
mountain valley road.
beginning at Delta, on the Denver
. Rio Grande railroad. running up n
valley of the Gunnison river To u
mt source OF the north fork OF the Gum
son. with branches and spurs as needle
d. Beginning an Wason station, in Mi
eral county. on h Denver * X