Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-10-01
ACCEPTED TINE.
The Railroad Meeting
Last Night.
Half a Dozen Good Addresses
Made to the People.
Don't Let This Golden Opportunity
Slip by This Time.
STRONG RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.


A big railroad demonstration tool
place last night at the corner of Rail
road avenue and Second street. and
although number of merchants were
noticed absent. those present made ur
for the absentees by the greatest kind
of enthusiasm and by generous and
hearty applause accorded to the speak.
ers of the occasion.
AT $40 O'Clock n lighted match was
touched to a pile OF boxes prepared
beforehand for a bonfire, and soon
thereafter the heavens In that partic.
ular neighborhood was lit up by a
| lively fire.
At that time Judge l.. 3. Trimble,
u. =. Rodey, II. B. Ferguson, Il. y.
Stover and o. N. Marion mounted one
| OF Trimble's huge drays, which served
as first class rostrum. and the pro-
ceedings OF the meeting commenced.
Mayor Marion presiding. He opened
the meeting by stating the objects for
which II was called, and briefly related
the proposition OF Senator Andrews
| and others interested to build the Al.
buquerque Eastern railroad to con
nection with the great Rock Island sys-
TEN at or near Pinos Wells In Valencia
county.
Judge l.. s. Trimble. the old war.
horse, who has favored the building of
railroads, doomed statehood for New
Mexico and all other good things ever
since he came to this city from his old
Kentucky home at Paducah. was then
introduced and stirred up his hearers
by making one of his characteristic
speeches. He told the people that he
had information from Senator An
drews which stated positively that the
Santa Fe Central would soon be con-
structed from Santa Fe to Pinos Wells
and that Albuquerque must not set
Idly by and allow such favorable, fair
proposition to connect this city with
the network or the great eastern
roads pass by without some effort to
secure the connection. His remarks
were so consistent with the subject
matter and his appeals to the people
to bestir themselves In thi sall-impor-
tant matter so honest that he was
greeted with hearty applause, showing
| the approval OF his hearers.
Hon. II. B. Ferguson then followed
with n most eloquent address, review
ing the history of railroads in New
| Mexico and especially up to the time
that the Atlantic & Pacific, then an in.
dependent line, was absorbed by the
| Santa Fe system. He cited some
mighty interesting facts and made
the point in strong English that now
Albuquerque has the opportunity to
get better freight facilities and cheap
er freight rates than at any other time
in the history OF the city. He hoped
the people would give Senator An
drews and others who are at the back
of this enterprise full assurance that
the $l5O.000 asked would be forth
coming as soon as the road Is built
| and in operation.
Delegate B. s. Rodey was then in.
| troduced and touched up the people in
| a lively manner for subscribing to
| every Tom, Dick and Harry" enter
prise that comes along by strangers
and nov the people were asked to in.
vest in something that would pay,
something that would double the i'm.
portance of every interest in the city,
| something that would bring down
freight rates and put Albuquerque In
a position to compete with lei Paso
and other cities of the west and south.
west, and would Albuquerque neglect
the supreme opportunity
Governor Il. S. Stover submitted
the following resolutions:
Resolved. That 1t is the sense OF
| this meeting that the action OF the
| Commercial club in appointing a com
mittee to solicit subscriptions in aid
of the proposed railroad from Albu-
querque to San Pedro, to connect with
a line running from Santa Fe to n
connection with the Rock Island or El
Paso q Northeastern, is hereby ap-
proved.
Resolved Further, That this meet.
ing respectfully requests said commit
tee to proceed at once and secure by
subscription as much of the fund as
Is practicable from the citizens OF Al
| buquerque and vicinity and tender the
same to the Albuquerque Eastern rail
way upon the terms proposed by the
projectors of the Santa Fe, Albuquer-
que q Pacific Railroad company, the
said Albuquerque Eastern being a part
OF the original project for the construc
tion of a road from Albuquerque by
way of San Pedro and from San Pedro
to a connection with the Rock Island
| Resolved Further, That we recog
nize that the construction OF the said
Albuquerque Eastern railway, In con
nection with the Santa Fe Central
railway, would greatly promote the
growth of the city of Albuquerque and
enable us to secure cheap fuel and also
give us an additional outlet to tSe east
over the Rock Island and at Santa FL
over the Denver & Rio Grande, with
Denver and northern New Mexico
and open for trade and traffic all th'
country lying east OF the Sandia noun
| tains and north Of Santa Fe, now prac
tically inaccessible to the merchants
and business men of Albuquerque.
Judge Trimble moved the adoption
OF the resolutions. which were adopted
with hearty cheers.
The open air meeting then ad
journed.
This evening at o'clock the di
rectors of the Commercial club viii
meet and begin the important duty o
calling upon the people for their sig
natures to contributions.
Senator Andrews, in a dispatch L
Secretary Saint, states that he an
other capitalists from Pennsylvani
will undoubtedly reach this city SAT
urday night,