The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-07-19
The Surveyors IN Sight
Route for the DuranaOr rcIifton Road
Being Surveyed Through the
Valley.

Being Surveyed Through the
Valley.
Surveyors are at work on the route Of
the proposed Durango Clifton railway.
Engineer Thomas II Wigglesworth, one
Of the best known railroad engineers in
the West, is 10 charge Of operations and
is working from the Durango end Of the
line with large force Of men. Twenty
thousand dollars to pay for the survey
has been raised through O. p, McCon-
nell, Esq., Of Durango, and others inter.
ested. The survey will it is estimated
take four months to complete.
The route from Durango to Clifton.
which it is probable will be via the
towns Of Aztec, Farmingtor and Gallup.
is an open and very desirable one, pre-
senting no great obstacles either enei
neeriDg or financial.
Concerning the survey, the Durango
Democrat says
Engineer Thomas III. Wi0gleawortb
starts out his surveying crew on tbisend
Of the Durango, Clifton Arizona. rail
road survey this morning, and the
other crews will be scattered along the
line as rapidly as the engineers arc
ready. The cost Of the ourvey Is, or will
be, S2O,OOO. all of which is guaranteed
by men who pay their subscriptions
when called upon. Mr.. Wigglesworth
will have exclusive charge and will be
kept busy looking after the work of the
various corps that will be in the Geld
and scattered along the line of the route
between Durango and Clifton, some
tour hundred miles, With the route
completed to Clifton we will have an
outlet for coal that will include the Pa
elhc coast and Gulf coast states and
that alone will keep the road humping.
as we have the coal and they the buy
ers The route will be run as nearly on
an air line as possible. Durango has the
largest area Of cOking coal west Of Trini.
dad on the western slope Of the CONT
nent, and the smeltera and mining and
manufacturing enterprises Of California.
Texas, Arizona and New Mexico offer
an inviting field for coal, coke, lumber
and ranch products. We must build
the road,
An article from the Denver Times OF
last Saturday Is as follows;
A corps Of engineers will begin work
at once on a survey by which the Clark
railroad eKpecte to reach tideWater on
the Gulf OF Mexico. The first direct
connection for through business in COM
petition with the transcontinental lines
between the Atlantic and the Pacific ie
to be by line through Colorado to the
gulf.
The engineer who is to have charge Of
the survey visited Denver this week 10
engage engineefs to assist In the sur.
vey, which will he run for the hrst time
and will renuird fai- rrantt i ,rri
years ago d SURVEY was run from Sontb-
ern California aeross Southern Utah To
Durango to connect with a proposed limo
to Denver with the object Of gaining q
more direct line to Denver than those
already built The profile, maps and
blue prints showing the elevation.
grades and character of the whole route
ls now IN possession Of the Clark euQi-
neers. The corps organized in Denver
wall take up the work at Durango and
run line through to the Gulf Of Mex
leo. by this tide water connection the
Clark road will at once become the dc
tator Of rates from the Atlantic sea
board cities to the Pacific coast and
intermountain region.
To a former Colorado railroad enei.
aeer was entrusted the work Of forming
a competent corps to run the prelimi-
nary survey. he came to Denver Wed.
nesdaY and IN two days had completed
his party. The actual work of running
the line will occupy four months, but Il
is proposed that the construction work
will be accomplished quickly enough to
connect with toe San Pedro, Los Ap-
geles q Salt Lake when that road Is
completed to Southern Utah, and there
by Will be forged another line for COM
mercei shorter between Atlantic and
Pacific tidewater than any other ard
which will at once place the Clark com
oany in control Of the western railroad
g.tlation.