Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-03-07


tlemen throughout the western coun-
try.
THE SANTA FE CENTRAL.
Some New Pointers Given EI Paso Newspapermen BY
Santa Fe Central Officials.
Says the Ell Paso Herald yesterday
afternoon: "a party of Santa Fe Cen
trail officials and ptomotors arrived In
Ell Paso this morning in President Ed
dys private car which was sent up to
Torrance, N M, to meet them.
"The party consists of Senator w. H.
Andrews, president of the Santa F'e
Central road, Of Pittsbrrg; Senator
Arthur Kennedy of Pittsburg; Ex-Gov.
Walter Lyons of Pittsburg; Hon. Fran
els j. Torrance of Pittsburg; Hon. w.
S. Hopewell of New Mexico, and A. j.
King, manager of the Southwestern
Mercantile Company OF Alamogordo.
1.-THE party left Santa Fe last Sun
day and drove across the country over
the proposed route of the Santa Fe
Rock Island which will be called Tor
rance, in honor of General F. J. Tor
rance, one of the principal promoters
of the road.
when seen today, President An
drews spoke very enthusiastically con-
cerning the building of the Santa Fe
Central and says everything is now
ready for the construction Of the road
which will be rushed to completion.
"This road will give the Denver &
Rio Grande road an outlet to this
southwestern country and will estab-
lish a more direct line from El Paso to
Denver.
1.-THE party left Torrance yesterday
and arrived in Alamogordo about IL
o'clock last night where they were
met and escorted around the town and
shown everything of interest. A short
time was spent in looking through the
lumber mills at Alamogordo. What
interested the party most was the
building of the town of Alamogordo
There will be established three new
towns on the Santa Fe Central which
will be under the control of the COM
pany.
1.-THE party will spena the day in El
Paso and leave tonight for Santa Fe
where the machinery of construction
will be started on the new road. The
first dirt has already been turned or
the grade, by the party now here on
the trip just made.
1.-The building of our two roads, the
Santa Fe Central and the Albuquerque
and Eastern, will mean much to El
Paso,' said Francis J. Torrance this
morning, one Of the principal owners
of the new enterprise. 1T will furnish a
feeder TO a rich country to the Rock
Island route and to Ell Paso, and will
offer direct connection with Denver
and Salt Lake.
""The road taps the Rock Island at
Torrance, a station named after me,
about 73 miles down from Santa Rosa
From there the run is about 125 miles
over to Santa Fe.
"'At the point where the Santa Fe
Central, as it is called, runs through
Moriarity's ranch, it is tapped by the
line from Albuquerque, the Albuquer'
que and Eastern, which thus gives d.
rect connection to that city with the
east.
1--WE have coal lands along the roac
which we shall open up and develop
there are mineral lands as well; ano
timber lands. At several points VIZ
shall build saw mills. We have bough
outright salt lake mile square
which is located some 60 miles north O.
our connection with the Rock Island
| We shall erect works and prepare th'
| salt for market The supply seems un
affected by the amount taken out.
1--WE shall run branch to the Sar
Pedro mines, about 40 miles south O
Santa Fe. We expect to have the roat
| complete and running by fall. Oul
| final delivery, and 80 miles of rails Il
set for August, but there is usually
delay in getting such supplies here
| We have made complete purchases Q
ties. rails and equipment. Our rail or
der calls for $4,000 tons of first clas
quality 7O-pound rails. We have or
dered also five SO-ton first grade loco
motives
'It was stated by one Of the party II
a position to know that there was NJ
doubt of the immediate broad gaugfnl
of the Denver & Rio Grande, thus CIV
ing to Ell Paso complete broad gaug
connection through to Denver and Sal
Lake.
A meeting of the baseball associatio
will be held this evening in the store
room adjoining the Arcade.