Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-01-14
WORK PROGRESSES ON
ALBUQUERQUE EASTERN

day aud the program carried out ln
accordance with the wishes of Sec
ond Vice President and General Man
agcr w. s Hopowoil was as follows
The following gentlemen lcft un
the No. passenger train Saturday
night g. l.. Brooks ". S. stricN.cr
and G.. e. Myers, of the general c.t.
zens committed Mayor Frank Nc
Kcc. W. IT. 6rccr Jacob Korbcr y.
n. Qulckcl. H. T.. owen, Don }. Ran.
kin. r. J.. MoileTR A.. TrImhlc. aud
u. A. Macpherson apd SNsAT Nc.
Croight. roWcsptuF the. CO, daily
press
The party ariYod. at Kcnuciy sta.
ton at n. Ia > h.. whore a special
train ON he Santa Fo central. man.
ned by Conductor NJ J. E1Mier, En.
ginoor George Dinon and Fireman
Robert Wolyerton and pulled boy en-.
ginc No 3. carried the party tu San.
IA Re. arriving at 1913 Saturday
morning
The party were conveyed in hacks
to the Palace hotel and some later
accepted an invitation from Mr.
Hopowell for a late, or rather an
early morning lunch.
The next saturday morning,
Joined by W. 70 Child,ss and u W..
ID Bryan %; Albuquerque the party
left at $50 o'clock ON a special train
over the Santa Fo Central Ia the
party. besides The Albuquerque com.
mIttcc. were General Manager Hupu.
well. Assistant Treasurer Frank ni.
bert. Chief Engineer FarNoll. and dis.
pcnsor off refreshments aud manipu.
lator of lunch, George Parsons The
train WAS under the management OF
Conductor James Carlisle. with Mar.
tln Monroe at mo throttle Of the en-.
riuc and Fireman Robert WoIyurion
shuYuF in the coal Scott luHhlyy
was the brakeman
The train lett Santa o. OF 1880 o..
m. after photograph had been
taken OF the committee and train.
and Kennedy. a distance of twenty
two and hall miles. was reached at
SEQ "a m The special train was at
CLARK station at $40 q. m. Hero thu
Santa Fe Central officials coutom
plate. at an early day the couHruc.
tion OF branch track 90 the Clark
coal mines located sis miles t0 tho
west
htP.3o O. no.. fh" special train wac
at Surveyors station so i25. where
uu abundance OF fine water. Tor 6lI
purposes. wor. obtained ai depth of
fortytVu feet This station is forty
seycn m Tos from Santa o.. and since
the company struck q enc flow of wa
ter. with au incNhaust,H.r supply q
number 0l wells have been dug boz thv
yIciuit, hy people who hay, taken up
lanI under the homestead ana desert
land act
The special train reached MorarN
the junction Of tho Albuquerque Eas.
oru and nfty one and half miles
from Santa Fc. al $3.50 "a. m. Here
thousands of ties. bridge Jmbcrs and
many car loads of stool, AN for The
Albuquerque Eastern arc piled up u
sine yards
The special train was speoicH
along however to EHaucn sixty
eight miles from Santa Pc. rraohIua
There at 1890 "a m, and Jho commit
tee was informed by Mr. HopoweI
that tue contemplated improvement
foi Eaauca. which would uo doubt
be- put into execution this year. wuuie
make that town one of the bees.
towns with AN exceedingly bright u
turo. in the territory.
BctVCon Moriary 3pi Eslaucia B.
the Mcintosh station and hero thous
ands o, Ties are piled high nap iul,
the air
la this vicinity meaning hctVeor
Morurjy and Estaucia ltbc upper
end of the famous Stakcd Plains uI
Texas there are many windmills
proving couclusNoly that water can
be- obtained at almost any depth or
The plains and one runchman stated
that he struck "a enc flow of water
at seven foot'
AMER a stay oft twenty minutes al
Estancia. the special train backed
back TO Morary and on route lunch
and light beverages were served
which were heartily enjoyed.
AZ Moriarty, W l.. Trimhlo a Co.
the blk liyoymeu Of Albuquerque
had teams la waiting, and the party
LEFT that station az 1880 a. m, along
the Albuquerque Eastern roadbod.
Although cold. snow lying ON th,
ground TO a depth OF several iuChcl
IN many pl-cos and the driving
facing southwest wind, the trIl
was nevertheless much enjoyed an,
the result of the trip was accomplish
ed. as IL proved to the entire salts
fation OF the committee that the Al
buuuerquo Eastern promoters are a
work and that In dead earnest
From Monarty for a distance %
nearly two miles, 7O.po0nd steel hal
been laid, and Thos Mulhoru, th,
tracklaycr. has twenty -soyen. men M
ms pay roll,
The grade extends for distance
Of tweutyuue miles, aud the bridge
and cuyorts for that distance. oNcep
one bridge, have an been completed
under tho management OF Angus
Relngardt ana twenty workmon.
Al this point which. is about TWEEN
ty-ouo miles from Murariy. a station
TO be- known as Frost" named 'afte
Col Max Frost of santa Fo ana iron
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