Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-05-06
NO CAUSE FOR
CONDEMNATION
The Santa Fe Railway Management
is Friendly and Helpful to This
City and Grants Favors and
Concessions Asked.
EXPLANATION OF SOME RECENT DIFFERENCES

| The New Mexican does not hesitate
to censure the management of the
| Santa Fe railway system, in the matter
of train service between Lamy and this
city and in other directions when such
is necessary and is substantiated and
called for by the facts in the case.
| Whenever and wherever anything or
detriment to this city or to the terri
| tory is done by the management Of
that road, the New Mexican says so
! and that in good strong language.
On the other hand, this paper is al
ways ready and willing to give the
it is justly due and for the good it Is
doing.
A matter which occurred in connection
with the visit of President Roosevelt to
this city and to which the Santa Fe
Railway Company was a party, should
be explained and the action of the
company therein cannot be justly con-
demned when everything connected
with it is considered. 1t seems, that
the committee on decorations for the
Presidents reception, requested do
fraying the expenses of the decora-
tions, etc. City Agent Fl. S. Lutz
wrote to the proper officials and the re-
ply was, that, as the company was at
heavy expense in bringing the presi-
dents train through New Mexico, Ari.
zona and California on it's lines without
remuneration, and as special rates were
made for the people of the territory to
attend the Roosevelt reception at Santa
Fe and special train had been provid-
ed from Las Vegas to Santa Fe, the
company thought it had done enough
in that line, and therefore, declined to
contribute. AS far as this paper is con-
cerned and in this opinion it Is upheld
by many of the very best citizens and
businessmen of the town, there is moth
ing wrong in this action of the author
tiles of the road. In one way or an
other the city gets considerable help
from the road. Several items in that
direction might be cited right here.
Recently a reduction in freight rates
was made for the pipe to be used in
the Water street sewer. This amounted
to about $12O. During the construction
of the capitol, a few years ago, special
rates were granted for the material
and reduction on freight amounting
to several thousand dollars was made;
the city and territory are being fully
advertised these days in publications of
the railway company and these are
spread abroad and throughout the
United States by the tens Of thousands
of copies. Special rates are granted
upon many occasions when asked for
by the people of the town for conven-
tions public gatherings and the like.
Free TRANSFORMATION is often furnished
to INDECENT and needy people. The great
good that is being done by its lines
must and should be appreciated by the
people of the territory and of this city.
An incident like the one above given,
as the noncontribution of $40 or $25 for
decorations, certainly should not and
does not count against the company.
Tn this connection it is also proper to
state that H. s. Lutz, the local agent
does any and everything in his
mower to advance the interests of this
town and to bring about favorable con-
sideration by the company upon all fa-
yors and concession asked by the citl'
zens and businessmen.