The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1900-12-13
A City Of Five Thousand Souls in
Another Year Is
Predicted.
increase OF SHOP and MILL FORCES
Superintendent Greig's Plans for Beauty
flying the Place and Placing 1t in
the Front Rank of New
Mexico Cities.

The directors OF the El Paso & Rock
Island Railway company, which was or
ganized here yesterday, to construct and
operate line of railway from Carrisoza
to Santa Rosalie, N. Mex, have outlined
their plans and started the preliminary
work. The company will work in con-
junction with the FL Paso & Northeast
ern railway and the capacity of the
railway shops here will be doubled at
once and will be made the general re-
pair shops for the new system as well as
for the El Paso e. Northeastern railway.
Round houses and small shops will also
be located at Carrisoza and Santa Ro-
sale. Thirty Of the most modern en-
gines obtainabe will be ordered for the
El Paso & Rock Island railway at once,
and the rolling stock of the E PaSo &
Northeastern railway will be increased
to meet the demands of the additional
through Rock Island traffic. Seventy
pound rails will be used on both tie
new road and on the Ell Paso & North
eastern. This will be heavier steel than
used by any road running into FL Paso
except the Southern Pacific. 1t is
figured that the run will be made from
Alamogordo to El Paso, "a distance of
aighty-six miles, in two hours, schedule
time.
The directors of the Ell Paso & Rock
Island road assert that the new line will
be in operation before this time next
year.
A large force of men will be put to
work at once increasing the size of the
Alamogordo railway yards and ballast
ing and widening the track of the El
Paso & Northeastern railway from here
to FL Paso.
The El Paso & Rock Island railway
has placed an order with the Alamo
gordo Lumber company for 10000 900
feet of railway ties. An equal amount
of bridge timbers aud building material
has been ordered. The work of build
ing the road will keep the mammoth
plants of the Alamogordo Lumber COM
pany running day and night until the
road is completed.
The Importance of the new road to
Alamogordo is beyond computation.
The Lumber company, which has here
tofore experienced some difficulty In
getting into the Texas and California
markets, on account of the competition
of the mills of those states, and the fact
that the mills have been supplying the
market for years, will have a splendid
outlet for their product in Northern
New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas and
Oklahoma, and the market will consume
all the lumber that can be cut here by
the two mills.
The heavy investment In 'cimate'
made by the railway company and the
Alamogordo Improvement company will
be realized on, for 1t is the intention OF
she E. p. & N. 4. and the new road to
Join with the Rock Island In advertising
AlamOgordo as winter resort and
Cloudcroft as summer resort. large
sanitarium and hotel will be constructed
here for the comfort of invalids, and 1t
Is believed that when they ascertain
that they can reach this salubrious eli
mate without going over the cold passes
of the north a great many will avail
themselves of the opportunity.
One of the first things that the rail-
way company will do Is to beautIty Ala
mogordo, and IN this move the company
desires the cooperation of all the bust
ness men In the town. In Alameda
park lake will be made, and rustic
bridges, seats, grass plots and flower
beds will be arranged, A band stand
and other perqulsites of first class
park will be constructed. In the depot
square another grass plot will be made
and the center will contain public
fountain, The object OF beautlfying the
front door yard Of the town is to pro-
vide beautiful spot for recreation and
evening and Sunday amusement for the
residents Of the city, as well as to canse
through passengers TO remark that
Alamogordo was the prettIest place that
thew saw IN tho trim