The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1904-06-17
He Talks Rail
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Railroads.

Denver has now headquarters Of an
other railroad 1t is not Colorado
road at present but will be as soon as
money can build it. William K Ryan
multi-millionaire, son Of Thomas F
Ryan, vice president of the Morton
Trust company, Of New York, IA partner
of the late Wm. G. Whitney, and owner
of the Metropolitan Street Railway
company of New York has come to
Denver to make his home,
Mr., Ryan took up his residence at
965 Pennsylvania yesterday and will
direct the operations Of the Chihuahua
e. Pacific railroad from this city. lhis
road runs from the City of Chihuahua
to Minaca. l23 miles west. 1t was
built five years ago by party of New
York capitalists, including Oliver C..
Payne, Grant B. Schley, Thomas f,
Ryan and others, to tap valuable min
ing CONCESSIONS, and at late meeting
of the owners 1t was decided to extend
the road north and west. The northern
extention will reach Denver through
connections now built and in contem-
plation, while the western branch will
reach the water Of Guaymas. The
branch oaens up several large mining
properties owled by the New York
syndicate, aud will serve as route tor
the movement of coal to the Panama
canal
v" Ryan, who has the construction
Of the road 10 charge, talked very enter
tainingly regarding the schemes. he
has just come from Mexico with HI.
family in his private car and will lp.
main in Denver several months, He
said;
"We are vigorously pushing the con
struCtion work on the Chihuahua &
Pacific road ! let the contract fo
building north frcm Minaca TO Temos-
chic before left Chihuahua. have ;
party of engineers in the field now St
lectting route west from lemoschic t.
Guaymas, endeavoring to find the bes
pass through the Sierra Madre moan
tains, This will open up several mininl
properties which at prescott it is lmpos-
sibe to work,
"rhe northern end of the road vii
touch Benson, Arz,, where We vii
connect with the Arizona, New Mexico
d Colorado road Il line projected %,
Colorado people, which will open ~
vast coal fields in Western New Mexico
"lhe fuel question is one of vita
Importance to Northern New Mexico
and from conversations have had will
the president of the Arizona, New Mex
leo a. Colorado road | am satisfied tina
the coal question is now solved. A
present we burn wood at SIG cord
The timber question is another question
which is worrying the mtne owners o
Mexico. This commodity, 50 necessar.
to miners, costs $50 per thousand, which
is an almost prOhibitive price. FIT
northern branch of our road will past
through great belt OF timber in North
ern Mexico and iI. Arizona and New
Mexico
Besides carrying coal to the mine
in Arizona, the Cananea district il
Northern Mexico and to our mines ol
the line of our road, we shall take cra
10 Tide Wpter and ship it to Panama
These coal fields are 800 miles nearer t.
this canal than any others. The propo
slion is to build enormous coal chute
at Panama and Colon. The matter U
coaling a steamer is costly one. Tht
delay incident to stopping for coal cost
money. Wages continue while the mel
are idle. We propose to build larg
coal barges and coal ships which will a
the same time tow the ships througl
the canal.
"If the I'enver & Rio Grande peopl
will broad gauge their road into Durang
it will give Denver an almost direC
line to the City Of Mexico and Guayma
and be an important factor in buidip
up trade with the western coas; of SOut
America, not only 10 mining machiner
for which Denver is noted the worl
over, but in all kinds of merchandis
Northwestern New Mexico is Just bt
ginning 10 be opened up and it is
wonderful country, rich in all kinds Q
minerals. The valleys are fertile an
grazing opportunities are almost unliu
tied.
1.-THE labor troubles which are vexir
Colorado today are unknown in Mexic
Labor there is. plenty and cheap. III
only trouble | ever had in our mint
was by the wokrmen putting up cro
and keeping lighted candle before il
The superintendent thought it unsa
and took it out, The men quit and ii
only way to gat them back was to re
store the cross ond it is there yet"
The Chihuahua & Pacific railroad is