Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-01-14
IMPROVING SANTA FE LINES
LARGE LAND GRANTS IN ARIZONA
AND NEW MEXICO TO De Dc.
VELoPEO.

AND NEW MEXICO TO Be DE-
VELoPEo.
In President y =. Ripleys last an.
uupl report TO tho stockholders and
'ctors of che Santa De railroad the
| keynote OF the report says the Topeka
Journal was The urgent mood Of eXten.
Sion and development oft the property
/ by the construction OF branch line
feeders ana for she extension Of the
main trunk line ~ he railroad.
u has been "A matter OF much spec
ulation what section OF the country is
Included in President Hiploys plans.
By looking at railroad map OF the
United states it is easily seen that the
great southwest is the least cut up
with railroad lines The territory from
the Atlantic ocean west 90 the Rocky
mountains s already quite well served
with rtuNaya. aud DO would seem that
further extension and development
must bc in what o. known as the great
southwest
While much of tho land iu tho south.
west. boz Arizona aud New Mexico Is at
the present time considered practically
ynluD.css. no doubt the time will como
when 10 will be- utilized 90 good rur
pose ana railroads tapping the country
VIII una 10 profitable.
Z, ls known that when the SANTA Re
railroad was built west 90 the Pacific
coast 10 was the recipient OF yNtraor
dnarly large land grants from con.
glgss This land. so % is reported. has
recently been transferred hy deeds
nlod at Phoenix. Arizona. 90 "A land ami
Improvement company and the work
of development Of the country will be-
gin at once.
No doubt this section OF The country
will come iu Tor a considerable share
of the money which will Dee raised az a
meeting Of the directors 90 boz held iu
Topeka this month for The purpose Of
extension of the railroad lines.
The State Journal is lu a position 10
present the news today that Tor sever
al months The Santa 10 interests have
been quietly at work ON the construc.
ton of "a r0adbed from Wlckonburs
Arizona. 90 ro.ut west Of the Colo.
RADIO river, which win probably be
EhroubeTg.
@ has been given ont semioflcially
several times hat as soon as the road
way is bult tD thg Cuiur-'0 river 90
Will bo continued south To- Yuma. ana
from there 20 san Diego. trayorsing
in its course one Of the greatest AN.
developed sections OF the southwest
Three hundred men aud 200 teams
are now throwing up this roadbod as
fast a. they can, contracts recently
being lct tp the Grant Brothers Con.
stmcuon company OF Los Angeles for
forty miles OF the bed
Already the Santa be has built forty
miles of the grade west OF Wickon.
hurr and tho forty miles under CON
tract will almost take the road 10 the
Colorado Il is said that n soon as
mo Grant Brothers complete their
work another contract viii bo let
That viii take the road to the banks 81
tho Colorado
Tho new road Is known az the Art
1ona and California and for nearly two
years surveying parties have been Ia
the field selecting the most feasible
route grom Wickonburg to san Diego.
Those lu authority have avoided pub.
lcity whenever possible.
Frank NJ Murphy president OF tho
santa Fe branch from Ask Fork 90
Phoenix, Is az the present time In
Washington, D. g., where he is assist.
ing the night against the joint state
hood bill
President Murphy states that tho
Arizona ana California line Is part Of a
now trauscontlnental system, which
viii connect with tho Santa 30 limo
a. Domng. New Mexico. and continue
westward IN southern Arizona TO
Phoenix Wickonburg and then on TO
Yuma and San Diego.
From Mondays Daily Cilizcnl
William p. Runner who BE- great
sufferer from rheumatism. has been
taken from the Ration railway hospital
10 lne hospital IA Ia lunta,
Acting YardmaHcr Vandeyor az.
WlusI0w, has resigned from the yards
there and has gone to Needles tu ac
oopy a position u .bo yards az thar
place
Certain citizens of noming have thu
now. fhHf fN, SANTA D.. and Cd. nor rl|.