Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-28

BRACES Valley ~ilI have moi only ne
shor,ess Isns, hut the line of easiest
erases beswsen Dallas and foss
worth mnd Galveston. ~ n VII "
ID Nv the Colorado a southern, q
Ven Il b. IN Rock Island aud Frisco
systems. IL viii have n hsasy stafslc
III thersfor. II being soastEaesea ~
a d substantial manner.
The Rock Island does NOT expect 70
extend Its service to New Orleans
leaving that port On The - Louis
San Francisco. which. II Ii officially
announced, has acquired the rights
OF the Colorado Southern. New Ut"
leans A. Pacific. Work In now I'M
progress on this line and n IN expect"
"a 10 have IL ready far operation to.
tween Houston and Baton Rouge ny
January /. 1907. An entrance INTO
New Orleans will be- secured hy the
use OF the tracks Of the fasoa& Miss.
isgippi Valley line from Baton Rouge.
a long time trackase arrangement
with that company having been enter
cd into. Some years ago the Frisco
had surveys made for a low GRADE
line from Marion, Arb. opposite Mem
phis. Tenn. south to Baton Rouge.
n distance of aG5 miles. This line
has been located definitely and VIII
be built on a maximum grade of =
per cent. This will give the company
w very direct line from Chicago and
81. Louis 10 New Orleans, and the
! eompletion uf the Colorado Southern,
New orleans q Pacific will give the
Frisco an east and west line between
the two gulf ports-New Orleans and
Galyeston--in direct competition Will
the Southern Pacific.
The plans Of the Rock Island pro
vide for another line to the gulf even
~tauily, A year ago the construction
.lof the Little Rock 4 southern iron
KaskelIs. q station south Of LittF'
Rock, to Eldorado. Ark. was begui
land later the Arkansas Southern. ~
!. tending from EIdorado 10 Winfield
LA. d distance Of 10 miles, was ~
auired. These two companies hayl
. been consolidated ~ the Rock Island
!. Arkansas q Louisiana. and II u pro
, posed To build an extension from tn
j southern terminus or the Arkansa
Southern south To q connection wit
/ the Colorado Southern. New orlean
.l& Pacific iii the vicinity of Eunice .
oDelousas, La. This extension wi
! furnish i gulf outlet for the heay
/ traffic Of the choctaw line OF th
i Rock Island between Memphis, Tenn
1 and Amarillo, Tex.
III The acquisition Of these properfie
BY the Rock Island and the Frtsc
4 companies upsets the theory In =
4 gard to the future OF the 81. Louil
! BrownviIle 4 Mexico. Mr.. Yoakum
1 interest Id this property IL purely
4 personal one and neither the Roc
4 island or the Frisco \ or expect
il 10 have the slightest interest IN II.
Il ID absolutely an Independent prope
III and according to 4 high 10 q
thority there IL nothing IN the stoI
Of d combination which shall incint
the Rock Island. the Frisco, the Col
rado d Southern and the s.. L0ui
il Brownville z Mexico
al The entrance Of the Rock Islar
ID and the Frisco Into Galveston ~
New Orleans will be a matter OF mut
\, importance to those cities. a. W
II as To these railroads. The marselol
It growth Of the business Of these y
q ports Is q familiar story, but u "
II be increased materially when the Z
b. port traffic Of these two great =,
Il tens finds it, way to the gulf w
ID their own rails.
Progress On Southwestern Shops.
q. Progress on the Southveste
u shops III the eastern part of the q
n during the past month may BE sa
Il married. A. follows, says % ~ "a
IN paper.