Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-06-02
ELEVEN MiLLioN COLLARS
TO SAVE HALF MILE.
Belen cutoH Reduces Great Oh.
stacles 10 Santa Re Fast
Service.

When two or three years apD Il
was announced generally. through the
medium OF me daily press. that the
Santa ~ system was about 10 make
an expenditure Of some si1 .00O. 600.
FOR the purpose ot saving hair a mile,
% aroused a variety of speculation a.
90 the value Of half a mile TO q rail.
road, says tho Railway Age. u had
not then been clearly stated that the
nalf mile OBJ be- saved wus 10 be meas
ured vertically and not horizontally.
io gain which half mile Zoo elevation
a wuuli Do necessary 20 build 27O
miles Boz "a moro or lcsB horizontal
plane. The Hclcn cut-on. rs u o.
known Is from Toxico ON the Texas
state line 20 Rio Puorco. n. NJ The
distance saved Is about eleven miles.
bui me feature which iuatincs the OK.
pendlturc is the saving 90 grades.
Ration and Glorleta SUBMITS have
long been the groatest obstacles in
the transcontlnenial service OF the
Santa ~ Though not quite half a
mile, the saving OF i,ll6 feet Of ele-
walton az Ration. aud OF a20 feet. as
compared with Glurleta. taking also
into consideration. that the approach
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3.6 per cent. while the new ruling
grade Is 0G per cent, will effect a ma.
tcrial reduction m operating expenses
over the division. Heretofore 20 has
been necessary 40 break hp long
trains into sections az each OF these
passes. The curvature d also ma.
ieriaily improved The work has
progressed well toward complexion
and there are fair prospects OF readl.
ness f-r operation By September next.
When Go che benefits derived from
the opening Of this cut-om are added
those that VIII accrue from the re-
vision Of line froH Florence 10 Tex
leo. via Augusta. Mulvaac and Wei.
lington, Kan. the Santa Fe viii have
"a low grade line 90 the Pacific coast
somewhat shorter than hs present
line and with reduced curvature.
which should enable a saving 90 a.
least one day iE the fast freight
schedules and considerable improve
mont Ia tho time OF rs California linn.
uod. should o. eventually De decided
leo make this hs main passenger line
ORGAN MOUNTAIN AND
e. PAso RAILROAD.
The organ Mountain railroad. cap
tal Si00,00 has filed a charter a.
Austin, Texas The object d jo build
from IN Raso norihcrly, fifteen miles.
TO the boundary of New Mexico. and
thence O is stated 10 she Organ noun.
iains. Tho New Mexico portion Of
the line was incorporated some time
ago and a right of way has already
been secured. The government has
already granted tho concern permits.
sion to cross the reservation OF For
Bliss. and arrangements have been
completed for some time for terminal
facilities near the for. with the New
man Investment company Tho com
pany will build a concentNtOr in El
PasO and run a narrow gauge line
from El Paso 90 mines In the Organ
mountains j. W Eulanlls. 90 Ei
PaaO surveyed the road Tho incor.
pomtors are Harris Walthall. ID. ".
Hadley, A. 3. Cox. A. M Wal,hall, A.
y. Fall W. 3 Crombie d. g.. Jackson.
j. w. Eubanks. an of El Paso and n
D. streoter. of Philadelphia and A A.
jones ~ Las VEGAS Mr. Sireeter Us
me promoter
NEW RAILROAD SURVEY
m SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
Charles " Honnlng. 90 charge uf 4
surveying corps OF the M PaRO a
Southwestern railway. lau week com
pletod survey through la Cinto
canyon. san Miguel county. for the
proposed new llue from Dawson 20
Santa Rosa says m Hispaho Amer
cano, published al Roy. the principal
town 0n the Dawson line between
Dawson and TucumcaFi. "The route
down IA Cinio canyon was found im.
practicable The company Will there.