Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-09-05
THAT New RAILROAD.


The Denver Times follows up It's
story OF the building os a new line OF
railroad from Durango. Colo. to con-
meet with the Southern Pacific In Art.
IONA. which was reproduced in The
Citizen the other afternoon, with the
following observations:
Announcement that the plans for
building new ra,sroad from Duran
20 to connect with the Southern Pa
cihc in Arizona mad been completed
means that problem which has con-
fronted the railroads for n long time
has been solved. Numerous attempts
and several lines had been surveyed
by the big systems. but without salts
factory results. The last attempt In
that direction is understood to have
/ been made by the Phelps-Dodge syn
/ dictate.
/ When this syndicate began it's big
operations In northwestern Mexico
and southern Arizona the Southern
Pacific refused to build ne necessary
railroads. The syndicate decided TO
build it's own ROADS and the FL Paso
a. Southwestern was the result The
result has proven a big success and
has all OF the business II can posi-
~ handle. The coal problem con-
fronted the syndicate the same as IL
did all of the mining interests in that
section.
A corps of surveyors was put into
the Geld to locate a line connecting
the El Paso A. Southwestern with
the Denver & Rio Grande. The object
. of the road was to haul the coal from
: the southern Colorado fields. II was
: found almost a physical impossibility
to secure an entrance into Clifton.
: nriz.. the objective point and the
plans were abandoned.
II 10 understood that the Santa Fe
3 then secured possession OF some coal
r beds near the route Of the Arizona.
: New Mexico & Colorado railroad and
$ was preparing to build to that Sec
d ton. Opposition and compromise
led to the Abandonment OF the plans,
y When President Frank Kline and
r his associates secured possession OF
the immense beos OF coal In Valencia
and Socorro counties last spring the
question for railroad was at once
Hartman wanted to secure control oil
re coal lands and Mr.. Kline was
called to New York to confer with Mr.
Hartman and Vice President Krutts
chnitt oil the Southern Pacific. The
III conference was arranged when Mr.
lie Hartman was in Denver and the par
lie ties met in New York the day tina
MIR. Hartman was taken sick and hat
ne to undergo an operation. The matte
ct was then turned over to Vice Presi
ge dent Kruttschnitt. who is now under
ct Pacific in the ueal.
Railroad men who have watched tn
re various attempts to open new rout
en- from Colorado to that section OF tn
ed country say that IRON commercif
nd standpoint 1t means more for Denve
i'd than any road that could be constru'
m ted. The reasons they make thi
Ill claim is that the road will bring
ly, mining district as big as the state {
ny colorado. and which is being deve
ng oped on as large scale, at least ~
It'll miles closer than at present. TIT
err means that Denver will be made IN
principal source of supply for that 81
ma tire district. The big coal fields b
c. tween Denver and this district in tut
ng assures the development OF the int
rts vening section, which will rebound
ms the benefit OF Denver.
ma Again the Arizona, New Mexico
on Colorado viii open q route to Qua
mas, which Is the objective point 4
his both the Hartman AID Gould-Rock
nit Teller interests. Through that po
led Denver becomes a good DISTRIBUTE
UNI point for the Pacific coast OF cent?
uc- and South America. Finally the ro'
ter. opens new route In connection wi
will the proposed Gorman-Goodard-M
,eo- Caffrey syndicate to the city Of Ne
r co via Chihuahua which cannot he
but further extend the scope Of d
ver's territory.