Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-04-05
RAILROAD SITUATION.
Interesting Facts About Santa Fe
Central and albuquerque Eastern.
IMPORTANT ROADS.

Tho Santa Fe Central railway aud
/ the Albuquerque Eastern railway al
/ present dnd T. construction in New
/ Mexico, hold the key To the rail.
/ ROAD situation In New Mexico.
/ says the New .IeXican The
Santa Fo Central ZIG miles long. is
( being built from Santa Re 20 Torrance.
I Lincoln county. II will connect the
Denver a Rio Grande system with the
/ Rock Island a III paso railway. II
/ viii form junction with the Santa Pc
/ system AT Santa Fc and will cross the
system at Kennedy near Galisteo At
santa Fee IT Will also connect with "A
second proposed railway to Durango,
/ Colo, ana also with a proposed line to
/ Fott Garland, Colo. by way of Quosta
. Taos and Embudo At Torrance IL is
/ To form a junction with the proposed
Choctaw extension into New Mexico
ana also with "A line to Roswell In the
/ pccos valley An future transconti.
mental lines that intend pushing 20 the
coast by way OF central New Mexico
/ VIII have to cross the Santa Fe Cen
trial
The Albuquerque Eastern is to be "A
branch 10 Mules long from Moiiarity In
Santa Re county through Tiicras can
yon, to Albuquerque. At Albuquerque
a thlrd Junction will hc formed with
the Santa Fo system. isleta is the june
/ ton point with the Santa Fc oi the
Santa Pc d Pacific system Thus It
. VIII I've seen that the Santa r. Central
with its branch win occupy a position
/ Of unusual Importance among NcN
Mexico railways.
All tn" preliminary work for actual
construction on the Santa Fc Central
is Completed Ties nave been distrib-
uttd all along thc route. telegram
lin" is being bult we'll drillers are
drilling Tor water, statiul buildings.
barracks for the construction forces,
stables Tor he horses and stu ehOuses
iOI supplies have been built and every.
THING is In readiness 90 begin actual
grading The contract for / : uuu tons
Of rails Just sufficient 10 construct the
lit miles of the Santh Fc Central. has
prca let ana the first delivery OF rails
L. 90 bc made In August while the road
is TO be completed before the snow of
next Niuter ucgirs TO fly Bridge tim
uers are being delivered auU soon all
streams and arroyos win Dee crossed boy
substantial bridges. The engineering
work ON the Santa Fc Central Is not
Of an expensive nature ana one IAN
on The Albuquerque Eastcm there will
le Sis miles OF hard construction work
through Tiioras canyon but outside ot
That tee branch viii also bee easy of
construction and OF maintenance. \
branch is tu be built seven miles long
from Blanca, in Valencia county TO
the salt lakes. the largest Of which has
been purchased by the railroad com.
iauy and viii uc exploited FOR les salt
Another branch VIII leave Tho main
/ lin AT Stanley 80 san Pedro, whore
/ there are extensive cJppcr miEcs and
/ the big copper sweltcr of tine Santa Pc
I Gold & Copper company. From Vega
Blanca, south of Santa Fc. t. Mortar
ity. "A rut-off ls 20 be constructed by
way of GallstCC, which vii he 80 miles
: long, An extension from Torrance TO
/ Roswell in the lower Pocos valley Is
also under consideration.
The Santa Re Central Railway com
parry viii do Is utmost 10 develop thc'
/ country which 1t viii traverse. Al
! Santa FC shops and CHcCa are 10 bc
4 built as well as fire union depot thc
latter III company with the santa Fe
aud the Denver 4 Rio Grando syst ms
. which have already given their con
sent to he dcpo. project Extensive
coal lands gre being exploited by the
company between san PEDRO and Gal
i-tro while in the NanZano mountains
saw mills are to bc erected TO treat the
FINE timber Of mat section New towns
are being laid out anc irrigation works
are under contemplation The road
forming m important link between
great railway systems can from the
first day Of its completion command an
immense amount OF local tra'iic for il
trayolscs a region which produces sew
eral million pounds Of wool annually.
in which several hundred thousand
sheen ara thousands of cattle Craze. 4
country that IS rich In gold silver, cop.
per lead turquois and other minerals,
4 section tlat has extensive beds OF
the finest coal to bee found in the west,
domain havipr large tracts of tim