Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-07-24
SANTA fe CENTRAL CAMP
Great Activity Displayed at This
End of the New Railroad.

Fe have been out to the Santa Fe Cen
trail camps today and yesterday after
noon to see the Harris tracklaying
machine, but Those who expected to see
the machine laying railway track were
disappointed for there will be no work
done by the machine for two or three
days yet. It takes time to get ready for
as big a thing as this trackbuilding Is,
and all that is being done now Is the
preliminary work necessary before the
real work of actual railroad building Is
commenced in dead earnest, when the
Santa Fe Central will push away from
the camps established out on the south
ern hill, and take lead off toward
Kennedy and that portion of the road
that Is now completed and In opera
ton. This will probably be about
Monday.
The work Of loading cars with ties
and steel to be used when the machine
is put into operation, continues and the
new switches, spurs and sidings which
were put down yesterday, are today re-
ceiving ballast and being made into
good road. The scenes OF industry and
push depicted at the camp yesterday
Is not abated in the least today, and
will not be. Many cars of steel nave
been loaded ready for the grand rush
and a crowd of 40 or more men are busy
all the time. Then the work of bal
lasting the new switches, spurs and sid
ings Is being pushed by large force,
while others are loading ties, timbers
and other building material. Connec-
tions have been made which give the
Santa Fe Central an abundant supply
Of good water, and as the hours pass
other results of the energy and indus
try displayed are showing up in and
about the camp and yards.
Practically every one OF the II cars
in the Central's Santa Fe yards Is now
in service with the exception Of those
which have not yet been loaded. Build
ines have been erected and much ma
terial is stored in Santa Fe.
From now on throughout the construc-
ton of the Santa Fe Central Railway.
this city will be the base OF operations.
All material and supplies will be for
warded from here for use by the con-
structing forces which will be at the
front, moving their temporary camps
from time to time at the line Is length
ened.
The Harris tracklaying machine Is
capable of averaging about one and
four-fifths miles of track per work day
of ten hours. The distance from Santa
Fe to Kennedy isA22 miles and II moth
ing happens to impede the progress OF
the work the Santa Fe Central Will be
a realized hope for the city for which
1t was named, by or before the 10Th
day of August-perhaps few days
sooner. , ua
At the uptown. Office Of the railroad
company this morning everything was
20 busy that a New Mexican reporter
could hardly edge his way into the
door and up to the railing of the gen.
eral managers office to ask for infor-
nation. The getting Of a railway into
working shape Is big undertaking
and everyone connected with the road
is very busy looking after the details
OF the affairs which come directly un'
der him. However. the progress peine
made is entirely satisfactory and all
concerned are happy and In tine pes'
of humor at the rapidity with whicn
the work IL being carried on.