Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-03
Work Ready to Begin on the Arizona, New
Mexico & Colorado Railroad
BIG COAL BEDS IN TERRITORY TAPPED
Details Magnificent Mineral Timber and Agricultural
Country to be Opened up---Corporations
Interested in the Project.

Since the announcement Of the plans
Of the companies which are to build
the Arizona, New Mexico & Colorado
railroad have been made pu.,lic,
great interest has been taken in the
subject here, as the completion Of that
road undoubtedly means the building
Of the Las Vegas, Mora Valley & Taos
road. The Denver Times declares that
the financing Of Inc first division Of
the road, which is to connect Colorado
with the northern border Of New Mex
leo, has been completed and the work
Of locating the line has begun. F. w.
Kline, president Of the company, has
just returned from trip east, where
satisfactory arrangements were made
for beginning the work.
The company has secured possess
ion Of a vast coal field in Socorro and
Valencia counties, New Mexico, and
the primary object Of the new road is
to open route for the delivery OF this
coal to the big smelling works and
mining plants in the northern part of
New Mexico and the southern part Of
Arizona and on the Pacific coast. At
the same time the line will give the
Southern Pacific railroad its long de-
sired entrance into Denver and cut OF
about 500 miles between Colorado and
southern California via the southern
route.
The road will connect with the
Southern Pacific In Cochise county.
Arizona, and will then be extended to
Benson to form a connection with the
Sonora railroad, which will open I
route from Denver to the port Of Quay.
mas on the Pacific coast OF Mexico
The road will reach the territory in
Mexico where John d. Rockefeller is
prosecuting the Investigations Of the
iron and steel business with the OBJ
ject Of developing 1t and using the Col.
orado Fuel & Iron company's plant as
an operating basis. While the Ari
zona, New Mexico & Colorado railroad
will give a direct route from these
fields to the plants Of the company
in Pueblo, via Durango, Colo, the of
ficials state that Rockefeller and Gould
are now backing the company and it Is
to remain independent.
Two companies have been formed L
carry out the plans. The, first one
the Arizona and Me- Mexico Fiiel ant
Iron company, is to afe over the iror
ore properties anu follow the con
struction Of the railroad by the build
ing Of steel plant. The capital stool
OF the company is placed at s5,0O0,00'
divided into $4,000 shares of S100 each
The board of directors consists o
Thomas D. Baird, Walter N. Houser
Frank w. Kinne, George M. Tombling
James S. Autrey. George truth. Nelli
p. Kinne, Charles b. Martin an,
Charles Thomas. Mr.. Baird is pres
dent. The liability Of the company
limited to s3.333,S33. Solomonville. Il
the county of Graham, Ariz.. will b
the principal place Of business.
The Arizona, New Mexico & Colt
RADIO railroad company is incorporate
with $5,O0O.OOO capital, divided int
$4,000 shares OF 500 each. OF whic
$35O.00O in cash has been paid in. Tn
Incorporation papers provide for tn
buying Of rights of way, constructinl
equipping and operating railroa
complete. The incorporators are
Frank X. Kinne, James s. Autre.
George truth. NJ. Tombling, Thoma
d. Baird, Cecil L. Hanna and Waite
N. Houser, all Of the state of Colorado
and Charles Thomas and Charles
Martin of Arizona. The route as on
lined in the incorporation papers froi
the point Of commencement on II
Southern Pacific passes through Ii
counties Of Cochise and Graham
the territory Of Arizona. the countis
Of Grant, socorro, Valencia. Bernalill
San Juan and Rio Arriba in New Ne
leo, and the counties Of conjos and i
Plata In Colorado 10 Durango on Il
Denver & Rio Grande, the entran,
into Durango will Be followed large
along the valley OF the San Juan rive
Extensive Coal Fields.
The discovery OF the coal beds
New Mexico was the cause of the 70