Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-10-13

Lordsburg and Hachita. Another line
tapping Clifton is now under construc-
ton from Durango. Colo, and will pen
citrate the western part of the terri
tory. This line, to be known as the
Colorado q Gulf, will be of ~incalcula-
BILE value to New Mexico, as it Will
open up a country hitherto remote
from transportation facilities and will
put the big copper properties of the
southwest in direct communication
with the collieries at Durango, where
an excellent grade of coking coal is
mined. 1t will also lead to the devel-
opment of similar deposits to the south
of the border, in New Mexico.
The Chicago, Rock Islandd & Ell
Paso & Northeastern railways, known
as the Ell Paso-Rock Island route, have
nearly 400 miles of track in the terri
tory, extending from the eastern
boundary. near the northeastern cor
ner, to Ell Paso, south of the southern
boundary ear its central point. This
line has reauced the distance from Ell
Paso to Chicago by several hundred
miles. The Alamogordo & Sacramento
Mountain railway, twenty-nine miles
in length, extends from Alamogordo
to the beautiful summer resort, Cloud
croft, On the crest of the Sacramento
mountains, and taps the pine forest
that covers that range. The Santa Fe
Central will be built from Santa Fe to
tap the Rock Island in the northern
part of Lincoln county. and WI. form
an extension Of the Denver & Rio
railways, which connect Santa Fe with
Colorado points due north. The Rock
Island has a new branch from Liberty
to Dawson, to tap the coal fields, the
Colorado & Southern clips off the
northeastern corne of the territory,
the Pecos Valley & Northeastern pene-
trates the rich Pecos river country, in
the southeastern section of the terri
tory, the Denver & Rio Grande dips
into the lumber districts of Rio Arriba
county, and the TERRA Amarillo South
ern railway, the shortest road in the
territory, completes the list.
Manufacture and Commerce.
The growth and development of the
territory during the past decade may
be very accurately judged by the in
crease in manufacturing concerns
during that period. and the future may
be foreseen by the same token. In
1Q00 NAxr AGAD kAI OF vaaNo1
turing establishments, representing a
total investment of less than $1,000
900. Only about 800 people were en-
ployed by manufacturers, and less
than half a million dollars was paid
out in wage during the year. The
value of raw materials consumed was
less than 500, 900, and the value of
manufactured products was only about
81. 500 900. Today there are not less
than 500 manufacturing concerns in
the territory, representing IN invest
ment of upward of $4,000, 900; fully
5000 people are employed; a million
and a half dollars are paid out annu-
ally in wages; nearly three million are
paid each year for raw materials, and
the finished products are valued at be-
tween 5000, 900 and $1,000, 900.
The principal manufacturing indus
tries of New Mexico are smelling, -four
milling, wool securing, tanning and
wool pulling, sugar manufacture, fruit
canning distilling, brewing, numbering,
wagon building, iron casting, etc. The
copper and lead ores smelted will net
the shippers a 1000. 900 a year; the
-four product is valued at $500, 900 a
year; fully $50, 900 a year is paid to
wool securing mills, and other enter
prises contribute to run the total into
the millions. Wooden mills will soon
be added to the list.
Commercially, New Mexico is one of
the most prosperous sections Of the
west. So large a proportion of its pop
ulation is engaged either in stock rails
ing or mining that the mercantile pur-
suits are not overrun, and the mer-
chant who has a sufficient capital and
an ordinary business ability has no ex-
cuse for failure in any part of the ter
ritory. The country is growing rap
idly, and there are very many oppor-
tunities for big successes. There are
countless instances that might be cited
where conscientious and industrious
young men who came to New Mexico
without a dollar a few years ago have,
after a brief employment, established
businesses of their own, paid of their
Indebtedness on stock, and taken their
places among the prominent and pros
porous merchants of the territory. 1t
is the old idea, gone out of practice
in the east, where the confidential
clerk or the able young man either
earns a partnership or a private bust
ness within the space of a few years.
Education.
nliteracy has been urged as n of
the objections TO New Mexico's admis-
sion to statehood. Ten years ago the
nb{aotion rniabt baya bod soma maiOhf