Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-08-31
SPECIAL TO
TORRANCE
Santa Fe Central Placed Train at
the Disposal Of Editor
Burke Sunday.
CROWINCCOMMU
'Taxas Along the Line Of the New Road
Building Rapidly and All
Prosper ing.

a special train was run over the
SANTA Fe Central between this city
;and Torrance yesterday. The train
WAS placed at the disposal of w. S.
Hnrke OF Albuquerque, and the party
was in the personal charge OF j. II.
Harris, superintendent of the Santa
r.. Central, The members of the par
~ were w. S. Burke and Mrs. Burke,
Miss Clara Olsen, private secretary
40 Governor Otero, w. H. Bartlett OF
che land Office. and A. I. Livingston OF
'she Daily New Mexican The party
vas Joined at Kennedy by G. G. Keyes
of the superintendent Office, and at
Estancia by w. P. Clark, land and in
elustrial agent OF the Santa Fe Cen
gral- w. N. Townsend went as far as
Estancia and joined the party on the
return. The run was made through to
Torrance and while there the mem
bers oil the party were entertained at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Keyes.
The train left Santa Fe yesterday
morning at o'clock and was COM
pOsed of one OF the handsome new
coaches recently received by the Cen
Eral, besides a tank car The train
was in charge of Conductor James
Carlisle and Engineer S. s. Marshall,
Brakeman Clarence. Palmer and Fire
man Charles Gutterman were the 9th
CT members of the crew. The first
stop was made at Kennedy; the party
while there, visited the extensive es-
Establishment of the Dunlavy Mercan-
tile company Kennedy is quite a
promising location and is the junction
Es,int Of the Santa F'e Central end the
.Ateh5son, Topeka & Santa Fe systems.
Considerable work that has been done
in sne way of plating a town site.
AT Picture Rocks, a short distance
beyond Clark stop was made and the
quaint markings that almost cover the
smooth face of the cliff were examin-
ed These strange characters were
the work of the Indians many years
ago and this has been point of inter-
@st for years though known to COM
Nparafively few outside of the immedi-
ate locality. There is not known to
be in existence any complete deciph-
ering of these hieroglyphics. They
are mostly ideographs and through
The Yayages of time some of the rocks
have become displaced and have fallen
10 tho base of the cliff. The mark
iugs however, can still be plainly
~1yt,s Ia fhn foNn Nf fhn
cFtff are very plain and easily followed.
II is not altogether improbable that
the Santa Fe Central will make this
strange and valuable relic of the
earlier life of the red man one OF the
attractive and interesting points that
are to be found along the line of the
new road.
To the top of the divide which sep
arates the Galisteo and the Estancia
plains the grade is b savy but the view
is one of the finest that is to be had.
The broad and fertile prairie is now
dotted with the squatter settlements,
these have suddenly sprung into exist
pnce within the past twenty months.
UGKE <AIC 4OltC q AuAAUCA VI A0AAAS
sueaders located all along the line and
more are daily arriving. The majori-
Iy OF the settlers just now are coming
from Texas, and yesterday there ar
rived at Estancia caravan consist
Ing Of fifteen wagons. At Willard
there are some locators at work hav-
ing in view the establishing of colo
ny Of desirable settlers in that neigh
be,rhuod. There is no reason why this,
rcgipn should not become the Mecca
for the homesteader as water is to be
easIly had and there are all the con-
veniezces in the way Of obtaining
goods and afording an outlet for the
product Of the ranch and farm that
cunld be desired. One OF the very
nntable facts is the question Of fuel.
and this is no longer question but
Due HhAt has found an easy solution.
1t Is sstah ahished that the Santa. Fe
Cantral will TIP vast coal fields O& ex-
cellent quality, sufficient to supply all
the demands of the road. The great
timber tracts that are stretched all
zlGnE the line Of the road and are SO
ezsy 0f access allow no discussion as
tD the obtaining Of lumber and build
ing material. The Jackson -Galbreth
Lumber company of Alamogordo will
establish at once extensive lumber
yzr1s At Estancia.
AT HEDriarty the outlook Is most
promising and there has already been
much work done in the laying out Of a
esvn With the idea Of making It quite
y pruminent point as the junction Of
the SANTA Fe Central and the Aibu-
que1que Eastern, which is now under
construction. The physical connection
0f the two roads has been made and
the track for some distance Is already
Iaad Ihere are nav shout sixteen
xnf,n II grading dpue and the mater