The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-15
BIG ENTERPRISE
FOR THE SOUTH
Major Kline Tells OF His Ari-
iona Railroad.
GREAT DEPOSITS OF COAL
CLAIMS FINEST BELT OF TIMBER
IN THE COUNTRY.
GREAT DEPOSITS OF COAL

Major +. W. Kline and wife are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Scott of the
Windsor Major Kline is president
of the Arizona. New Mexico & Colo
RADIO railroad and is in Salt Lake City
10 perfect a reorganization Of his com
pany. He talked freely about his plans
as follows:
The Arizona, New Mexico & Colo
RADIO railroad is the parent company
OF the Arizona & New Mexico Fuel &
Iron company, both of which com
panies are chartered under the laws
of the territory OF Arizona. with a cap
italization of S5OOO,OO0 each. The
railroad will run from the Southern
Pacific connection in Cochise county
Arizona. to Durango. with a probable
extension to Salt Lake City or a con
neCtion with the Rio Grande Western
at or near Provo.
The UTAH end will open up the Par
adox country and viii cross the Grand
river as near Moab as the engineers
VIII determine.
Will Cross the River.
Il have man now at Moab who is
investigating this question and from
his preliminary report / think we will
have no trouble in crossing. This
Utah end. however, is a future consid-
Grafton as our primary object Will be
the building OF a road from our coal
field. situated I'm the western part OF
Socorro and Valencia counties, New
Mexico, to the southern market, which
includes all OF the Arizona mining
towns. such as Biabee. Fairbanks, Cliff
ton. MOrenci. the Verdes, TO say moth
ing Of the Cananeas in Mexico. Any
old kind of coal is selling at prices
ranging from SIG to So per ton and
hard 20 get.
Acres of Diamonds.
Our coal is from 800 to 500 miles
nearer the market than any other coal
field now in operation. Its extent is
vast, being thirty-two miles i'm length
and from four to forty-five feet thick
At one place on the vein it runs for
eight miles from four to eight feet
thick. clean coal. Our engineers have
estimated that in this streak alone
measuring only One-fourth of an acre
in depth, there is one and One-half bill
lion tons Of coal.
Not to play the Colonel Sellers
racket we viii say that instead of a
profit OF s. per ton we say 81 per ton
and you have a very fair return for an
investment. The coal analyses 30 pure
carbon. 345 volatile matter, 10 water
6.5 ash. SO you see it's the finest do
nestle and steam coal
Burned in either tie kitchen range
or the locomotive fire box there will
be no clinkers and no SCOT. Besides
this bed Of coal we control about % 900
acres Of cOking coal. some hundred
miles north on the route to Durango
Miles of Trees.
Many people imagine that New Mex
leo and Arizona are desert territories
hut this is true only in part. Our road
runs for ninety miles through the FIN
est belt OF timber in the United
States. / can show you hundreds OF
thousands Of giant pines, five feet
through a tie butt and $50 feet high
before YOU strike a knot The cattle
industry along the route is large ar
well as mining.
Il will give you an extract from a
letter received by me from Mr.. Thomas
j. Currau, president Of the New Mex
leo Mining company, which is only one
of hundreds have received in the last
two years. He says:
The question of fuel and mining
timbers is today the important ques-