The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-06
RumOr That Lantrys VIII
Build Cutoff Confirmed.
Get All the Expensive AbO Can
yon Work.
NUDGE HAS RESIGNED.
Santa Fe Engineer to Be Super
intendent Of Construction.
Santa Fe May Build It's Own
Steel Bridges.

B. Lantry & sons. OF Strong City.
kas.. have secured the big end Of the
santa Fe cutoff contract. as the State
Journal exclusively announced as a
ru1nor last Saturday.
The Lantry contract IS for the con
struction Of the west so miles of the new
s00-mile extension. This includes all the
difficult construction on the entire line,
where the road passes through Abo
ca1-oa-
1t is also announced on good authority
that Fred H Nudge, who for some years
has been the Santa F'e resident engineer
at Las Vegas, n NJ. has resigned his
position with the Santa Fe and viii be-
come superintendent OF construction On
the Lautrg contract
The Lautry. contract includes grading
bridging. masonry and track Iaying-l1
fact everything connected with TIE
building Of the road except the furnish
ing and erecting Of steel girdeF bridges
II IS reported from Las Vegas thar
the Santa Fe engineers have made q
survey for the bridge across the Rio
CSrande at Belle This would indicate
that the santa Fe company is planning
to build the bridge Itself, without sub
hitting il To contractors This view IS
strengthened by the statement that the
I-antrys VIII not be required to do any
of the steel bridge work on their con-
tract II looks as though the Santa Fs
feels itself competent to build its own
bridges.
The portion Of the new line which the
Lantrys viii build begins at Belin. or
BeleH 20 miles south OF Albuquerque, Oh
the Rio Cfrande. and extends through the
mountainous country east OF the Rio
Cirande by way Of AbO canyon To q 1T
tie town called Willard, where the Santa
Fe crosses the Santa F'e Central The
Santa Fe Central IS a new line havins
NO tim Ia A
& S F.
1t has not yet been announced by the
Santa F's who VIII build the remaindes
CT the important New Mexico cutoff
There is besides the Lantry contract a
line to he built from BeIen across the
Rio Grande 10 Rio Puerc0 and anOthF !
short line rom La J0ya TO Rio Puerco-
RIO Puerc0 Is q station SO miles west
OF Albuquerque and La J0ya is 10
miles south Of Belen on the FL Faso line.
There Is another line proposed connect-
ing La IOya with the main line Of the
cutoff Just before it enters the noun
tains east Of the Grande.
These various short lines viii enable
the santa Fe TO run its trains to and
from I'll Paso both east and west bound
without doubling back on their tracks
From Willard eastward the o5nstruc-
lAa5s IS over Eae New 4eZtcG prairie and
astce from lodging the minor hills and
canyons there is no difficult construc-
ton to be encountered
n Abo canyon there Is said to be one
rock cut which Will require several
years hard work to make There Is
some rum0r Of G tunnel being built az
This point As has been reported in the
State Journal. the contracts provide that
work must be carried on day and night.
electric Gght being furnished for night
work in the canyon.
Lantry brothers are very successful II
landing Santa F-e contracts They are
just finishing I'd a million dollar Job f0r
the santa Fe at China basin, san Fran
cisco