Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-11-29
ROCK ISLAND EXTENSION.
viii Be Built From Albuquerque to
Salt Lake, Utah--surveyors Now
A. Mail

SAT- Lake, Utah--Surveyors Now
at Work.
From Pennington Hustler
The all-absorbing topic going the
rounds in San Juan county these days,
is railroad From every source comes
rumors of assurance that this line or
that line will be built: however. the
greatest encouragement comes from
the survey now being made by parties
connected indirectly with the great
Rock Island system. From reliable in
formation We may say the plan Is a
trans-continental line from the Mis-
souri, river to the coast via Salt Lake
City, with a feeder from the San Juan
river to Durango; this branch to leave
the main line near Bloomfield provid-
ing the survey as now made down
Largo canyon, he the accepted route
However. this is still in doubt as an
other survey Is proposed to follow a
course down Canon Gallegos, In which
case the junction would be located be-
tween the two rivers, just to the east
of Pennington. The Durango terminal
following water grade up the Ami
mas the main line continuing west
along the San Juan river to a point
which would enable them to avoid
crossing the mountains, and from
where an easy roadway could be sur.
veyed from the river through Utah to
Salt Lake City.
A Great Falls. Mont. newspaper
clipping of recent date states that Sen
ator w. A. Clark now has a surveying
corps in the field stalking prelim-
mary line from Albuquerque to Salt
Lake, where the proposed road Is to
connect with his new coast line.
The building Of the proposed rail-
road from Torrance to Roswell, to he
part Of main line from Durango,
Colo. to the gulf.
The Durango and Clifton project Is
still also very much alive, as the fol-
lowing article. taken from the Denver
Times, will attest:
otto Mears, the pathfinder of the
San Juan. will return to Colorado and
take up again the work of railroad
building. which made his name q
household word In this state. Mr..
Mears arrived In Denver few days
ago on one of his periodical trips, and
is stopping at the Brown Palace hotel
To friends Mr. Mears said he intended
to return to Colorado within the next
sixty days and take up has residence
here. He said he intended to enter
kha ne ~ hos -asl
road in the San Juan country, where
his name is synonymous with railroad
building. Mr.. Mears does not reveal
the route OF the proposed line, but 1t
is understood to be the building of the
of railroad from Durango
to the southwest. Mr.. Mears was .Ae
builder OF the Silverton railroad, long |
looked upon az the most remarkable |
piece OF railr0ading In the country and |
the read which made the prosperity Of |
the San Juan country certain, years |
before 1t would have been opened up |
Half . dozen years ago he |
went to Washington and entered upon |
the construction of the Chesapeake
Beach railway, q line running from the |
city OF Washington down to Chesa-
peake beach a resort on the bay below |
The capital city. The line has been in
successful operation for a number OF
years and yearly Mr.. Mears has re-
membered his friends in this city with |
engraved ANIMALS which
have shown that his heart was still in
Colorado. The return of Mr.. Mears
will be matter df congratulation both |
Tor the state and for Mr.. Mears. He |
has been so inseparably linked with |
The advancement of the state that his |
return Is but natural. and that he Ii |
10 enter upon railroad construction In |
the country where he won his frst
honors as builder, is q matter of con-
siderable interest.
We all know Otto Mears In a rustler.
and is renowned for doing things The |
survey Of this proposed line runs d.
rectly through Pennington, much of
the right OF way and depot site having
already been secured.
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