The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-02
Ell PASO TO WILLARD.
Company Incorporated to Build 21O
Miles of Railroad.

Ell Paso, Texas, Sept. 2!-The Herald
says:
| Last Saturday afternoon Senator w.
! H. Andrews and w. S. Hopewell, who
are interested in the Santa Fe Central
lines, were in the city and in company
with FL PaSo capitalists, made all ar
rangements for the launching of the
Denver & Ell Paso Short Line Railway
company which will be the official title
of what is known as the Santa Fe Cen
| trail extension. The Texas end of the
corporation will be chartered with a
capitalization of 100000, while the en-
tire enterprise. which means the build
ing of 200 miles of railway, means the
formation of a company of 81 ,O0O
capitalization.
Locally, c. r. Morehead, ]. P. Dieter,
c. N. BaSSett, Joseph Magoff1n, ]. II.
Pollard, c. w. Fassett, J. George Hill
| Finger and John NJ. Wyatt are inter-
ested in the new line, while the outside
| capital is composed OF Francis j. Tor
rance, Arthur J. Kennedy and E. d.
| Clark, of Pittsburg, and Senator w. II.
Andrews of Albuquerque.
| This line of railway, while it will be
known under separate name, is in
reality a part of the Santa Fe Central
lines and will form a part of the main
line when completed. The company
has had two surveying corps in the field
running preliminary surveys and now
has a corps in the field, but as yet the
exact location of the line has not been
determined and will not be for some
little time yet.
1t is supposed, however, that the line
through Las Cruces and thence east
and north around the Organ mountains
to Willard station on the Santa ZEE
Central This will mean the building
of 21O miles of railway, at an estimated
cost of $4,000, 900, including equipment
and everything.
This line will not be built as soon as
some reports might lead one to believe,
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future. The Santa Fe Central COM
pany, which is to own the majority OF
the stock of the new corporation, now
has a. large force at work building the
branch line from Moriarity station on
the Santa F'e Central to Albuquerque
and which will be finished about the
first of the year. The company also
has a large force of men at work on
the line into the Hagan coal fields,
which branch will also be finished by
the first of the year. 1t is the plan OF
the promoters of the new extension TO
have the work on the line south from
Willard commenced %hen the Albu-
querque line is finished and unless their
plans miScarry, this will be done.
While it is not officially announced,
yet it is learned on good authority that
the Santa Fe Central lines are really
being built to give George Gould a con-
nection between the Colorado end of his
system and the Ell Paso end-the Texas
& Pacific. There is now a contract in
existence between the Santa F'e and
the Denver & Rio Grande, which ksens
the latter line from building south of
Santa Fe, but it can hook up with any
new line that might be built. The
building of this line and its being back
ed by the Denver & Rio Grande is of a
geat deal of Importance to Ell Paso, as
it gives this city direct connection,
not only with the northwest and Colo
RADIO but also connects Ell Paso with
the large coal fields which are to be
found in the vicinity of Durango, Col,
and which the Denver & Rio Grande
now serves almost exclusively. Ell Paso
has long wanted a direct rail connec-