Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-08-03
FOURTEEN MEN
ARE KILLED
A Premature Explosion Creates Ter
rible Havoc in Construction
Camp Near Santa Rosa.
The TOWN SITE is CHOSEN
Santa Rosa Is Destined to Be the Largest
and the Most Prosperous City on the
Rock Island Extension in
New Mexico.
Special to the New Mexican.

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Santa Rosa, Aug. /, l9O1.-A prema-
ture explosion caused by a burning
cigarette coming in contact with fuse
killed IA men at the camp Of Mont
gomery & Parker on the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific railway extension, Il
miles from Santa Rosa.
This horrible accident occurred yes
| terday. The news has just reached here
and other particulars are still lacking.
Santa Rosa residents are greatly elat-
ed over their success in securing the
much talied-of town site. The town
site company, having secured 500 acres
OF land in n suitable location, AGO from
Celso Baca, consideration So 900, and 40
from Perry r. Page, have begun to lay
out the town. The contract which was
signed at Las Vegas last week calls for
the erection of all the necessary station
buildings, including hotel to be model
ed after the Hotel Castaneda at Las
Vegas.
This will make Santa Rosa the cen
tral trading point for this section of the
territory and local business men are
looking out with great expectations
towards the prospects of the future.
A severe rainstorm on the 24th caused
considerable damage to the construction
work in radius of about five miles CT
Santa Rosa, also swelling the Pecos river
to such height as to stop freighting from
r ror la tra lyc
are laid to within 140 miles west and
less than 100 miles east of Santa Rosa,
and large force of men is engaged in
completing the work Those who ex-
pected to see the line completed by the
1St of November will be disappointed
If the work continues with the present
force of men the road may be completed
by the 1st of March next year. The
people along the right-of-way of this
road, merchants as well as laborers, are
greatly benefited by the work, us the
different contractors employ over 1000
men in this county, and it is gratifying
to note that our population forms the
greatest percentage of this number.
The laborers originally shipped from
Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska are
leaving in great numbers, the climatic
conditions being unsuitable to them.
The postoffice is to be moved to a
more central location, being at present
nearly one mile from town. BY August
5 Mr.. Marsh, of the firm of Marsh &
Dubois, in whose store the Office is to be
located, will take charge, vice Hon.
Celso Baca, retired. The business men
of Santa Rosa, having already secured
the sheriff's headquarters, are putting
their best efforts forth to see Santa Rosa
elevated to the county seat to succeed
Puerto de Luna, the present county
seat The town is also in possession of
q semiweekly newspaper, La Voz Pu-
blica, published partly in English and
Spanish. The water obtainable in and
around Santa Rosa is not very good, but
pure water can be gotten five miles from
town, and no doubt but what it will be
piped to Santa Rosa at an early date.
The railroad will open one of the best
sections of New Mexico to commerce and
investment. Rich grazing and farming
lands are extending along it's lines. The
mineral belts and coal lands it crosses
can be favorably compared with those
of any other state or territory in the
Union. Capital will come to seek in
vestment, and with the help of an in
dustrious population no doubt Santa
Rosa will before long earn the title of |