Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-11-24
ROCK ISLAND EXTENSION.
To be Built From Albuquerque TO Salt
Lake City, Utah.
SURVEYORS NOW At WORK.
From Pennington Hustler.

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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, be 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 a water grade up the Ami
mas the main line continuing west
olOhS lht Juan ' W a Dolhl
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, ~newspape
clipping of recent date states that SEN
ator w. A. Clark now has a surveying
corps in the field stalking a 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 be
part of a 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 a
household word in this state. Mr..
Mears arrived in Denver a few days
ago on m 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 his residence
here. He said he intended to enter
upon the construction of another rail
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 it
is understood to be the building of the
long-talked of railroad from Durango
to the SOUTH vest. Mr.. Mears was .Ae
builder of the Silverton railroad, long
looked upon as the most remarkable
piece of r~ailroading in the country and
the road which made the prosperity OF
the San Juan country certain, years
before it would have been opened VI
otherwise. Half a dozen years ago he
went to Washington and entered upor
the construction of the Chesapeake,
Beach railway, a line running from the
city of Washington down to Chesa
| pNohS CAV "a lNoOlt oh n bas ~
the capital city. The line has been il
successful operation for a number o.
years and yearly Mr.. Mears has re
membered his friends in this city will
handsome engraved ANNALS which
have shown that his heart was still IL
Colorado. The return of Mr.. Meari
will be a matter of congratulation botf
for 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 is
to enter upon railroad construction il
the country where he won his frs
honors as a builder, is a matter of con
siderable interest.
We all know Otto Mears is a rustler
and is renowned for doing things. The
survey of this proposed line runs di
rectly through Pennington, much OF
the right of way and depot site having
already been secured.