Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-07-12
A RICH COUNTRY.
Charles B. Eddy Was in Denver and
Talked About His Railroad.
PENETRATES NEW MEXICO.

Charles B. Eddy, president of the
Ell Paso & Northeastern railway, ac-
compauied by President Simpson OF
the New Mexico Railway g. Coal COM
pany, which controls all the enter
prises connected with the railroad,
General Manager Thompson of the
coal properties, and Mr.. Brady of
Scranton, Pa, capitalist, and E. l..
Fox. New York, spent yesterday in
Denver, leaving this morning for the
south over the Santa Fe in President
Eddy's private car.
The railroad will cut an important
figure in Denver and Colorado business
and members of the party make the
trip principally to familiarize them
selves with conditions in this state
and to arrange for through service to
Mexico in connection with the Colo
rado & Southern.
Last February" said Mr. Eddy, 1--WE
arranged connections with the Rock
Island, furnishing a short line from
Kansas City to El Paso, and thence to
Mexico and southern California by con-
Meeting with the Southern Pacific and
Mexican National We have been do
ing important construction work. and
cent, and we have reduced the curves.
having none in excess of three de-
grees. We opened a rich mineral ter
ritory, and three mountain ranges are
now being prospected. for copper, gold,
silver and lead. The mining section is
forty-five miles out of FL Paso, and eX-
tends all the way to Santa Rosa, our
point of connection with the Rock ISL
and. 1t is also a splendid cattle coun-
try, and the best fruit country | know
of. The lack of water we hope will be
obviated in great measure by the irri-
cation projects to be undertaken by
the government.
We have opened a twenty y-siX-mile
branch road to the Sacramento noun
tains. IL climbs to an elevation of
1000 feet in a great timber country.
where the famous resort of Cloudcroft
is situated. A peculiar feature of
Cloudcroft is that from one point you
look out upon an awful desert, from
the other to country where the rain
! fall is II inches a year.
by connection with the Rock Island
| 22O miles is saved in the journey from
( Kansas City to FL Paso. We are now
| building an extension from TuCumcari
| to Dawson. y. NJ, 1875 miles, which
/ viii be completed November /, and
will open up the Dawson coal fields,
supplying all the southern section of
Mexico. Arizona, west Texas and north
on the Rock Island. At Delhart, Texas,
we have made connection with the
/ Colorado & Southern, which gives
| Denver good connection and another
! competing line to Mexico. We are now
making connection Ly regular train,
/ but will put in service through Pull
man sleepers from Denver to Mexico
very shortly.
We Cffer a great opening for the
mineral prOspectoT and have old and
good mines. free gold properties. | be,
lieve Old Mexico is the greatest min
. ing country i'm the world and this di
rect line is opening a great field foI
/ Denver mining machinery and sup
/ plies, and Denver ought 10 have the
monopoly by a little hard work"
Tie party will spend today in Colo
RADIO Springs. and will go over the
/ Cripple Creek short line, leaving to
I night for the Dawson coal fields, and
the City of Mexico. Mr.. Eddy's head
quarters are at AlamogOrdo, n. NJ.
which he describes as a wonderful lit
tie city. 1t is but four years old and
has a population of 3,5O0.-Denver Re
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