Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-08
Solar Plexws Blow
TO Slamder MomSers
From Santa Fe New Mexican.

In a recent issue of the Pittsburg, Pennsylvania,
Post, appeared a letter, dated Santa Pc, in which not
only falsehoods and lies that are silly, but also ~falsehoods
and lies thta are intended to injure the Santa Re Cen
trail railway in particular. and this city in general have
conspicuous place. The writer attacks the Pennsylvania
Development company, the New Mexico Fuel and Iron
company, the Santa Fe Central and the individual stock
holders and directors of the three companies by wicked
lies and malicious falsehoods. If this letter was written
from Santa Fe, and it unfortunately looks as If this were
the case, the man or men who did it are deserving OF
the scorn and contempt Of all decent people and espe-
cialy of property owners and tax payers. General
Francis J. Torrance, MISUNDERSTANDING Kennedy. Dele
gate w. II. Andrews and Hon. w. 5. Hopewell have
brought to this county and to central New Mexico within
the last three years, two and one-half millions of dollars,
which great sum, to a large extent, has been spent in
this city and the sections named. Every citizen of this
part of New Mexico has been greatly benefited by these
business enterprises of the directors and stock holders
Of the companies named and that to a great extent.
These corporations have taken no money out of New
Mexico. quite the reverse, they have brought millions
into it and have expended them right here. They have
done nothing but good and have created well to do COM
munities where three years ago there were but a few
cattle and but a few bands of sheep. Not a stock GER
tifcate or a bond Of these corporations has been sold to
anyone; the entire amount of the capital stock issued,
is held by the original incorporators and stockholders
of the companies.
Some of the bonds of the Santa Fe Central railway
have been used as collateral with eastern capitalists
along with other collateral and the funds procured by
such loans were expended, dollar for dollar, in the con-
struction of the Santa Fe Central and the albuquerque
Eastern. 1t is passing strange that there should be
found in this city or along the line of the Santa Fe Cen
trail and its branch roads, a man or men so devoid OF
gratitude, so lost to decency and shame, so low in Ing
stinct, as to assail the men who have invested much OF
their own money and who have secured more funds upon
good collateral for the purpose of building the railroad
system named, which is now in successful operation,
and which, in its completed part, is paying more than
operating expenses and a large part of the fixed charges.
Everybody knows, even the d~espicable knocker, who
wrote the letter to the Post, that this city and county
have been the greatest benehciaries by the building OF
the road and will be more so should it be extended to
Roswell, to the Hagan coal fields and to Albuquerque.
This is so well established that it needs nothing but the
mere statement.
The New Mexican is convinced that 99 out of every
thousand people in Santa Fe, Sandoval, BernaliHo, Tor
rance and Lincoln counties repudiate the |abominable lies
and the cowardly conduct of the writer to the Pittsburg
paper.