Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-13
THE IMMENSELY OF
BELEN CUTOFF
Saves but Little Mileage but
Increases Tonnaee on
New Route.
DIVISION POlhlSVHtS CmpLETED

So much has beon written about
Doe Santa Fcs Bclen cuton oi late,
lhal woall saem at though gvcrY
reader of newspapers should Do
familiar vita the subject, yet there
are many who no nos realize the vast
Noes Of thf mj, taking Of the Santa
Ga. rn how mammoth project O.
really la
What the Cutoff Really la.
Iu speaking oi "cuton. people
1s rule understand DO 90 mean a
short spur. or hii of track. helwcen
tNo b Iluts on Zee main Inc that ma
rlalh lessons the difference ho.
tween fhe terminals of the road A.
8 general rule that De- what % does
mean. but ln The instance or the ho.
'an culuN. fhc Aichlsun. Topeka a.
santa Fc Railroad company ig com
ifuguaF eut.on tnat mas a mileage
almost as long a. she distance De.
tween si Louis and knnsHH city or
iu SEXUAL miles 26n and even 90 that
there aiil ba but email saving lu
.'oage between Kansas City and The
c1asl. hui BE- viii permit The Santa w.
io handle many times aa much ton
nagc ON lranscontlnentai freight na
20 hsndloe under present existing cen.
/ diHonE
The Extent o. the Cutoff
The cutoff extends. or win. WHEN
| completed. from rcxicn t1 nolen and
from nriUn .1 Rio Puorgo. total ass.
unce of geo miles. Az present all
Itansc1utinCHial freight from ODE east,
handic1 bF br santa Pc eol lr way
7 uf Fa ls cIy Nu. Em n.n Kan.
/ ga Iunia. colo Trinidad Colo. Las
! Vegas and this citF hut with ho com.
! p'eiion 0f tap cutoff all theso points.
/ with thU eXrfn Un OF Ken ls CHS aud
] fmuura. wii hr cut un fhe routing
/ and ihe Co., eht win ro hy way of hc
/ pee0s Vol route to rg'cO thnuce
/ over thc CUTOFF I0 BCien. and on 60
/ RIO pucrci where 81 WIN agIin strike
ihe main line into los Angeles and
san Francisco.
History Of Building Of Cutoff.
For many years the management of
tho Santa We tried 90 aud means Of
avoiding the heavy grades az Ration
and uinrinia The grade over the RS
tom mountain ls Z per cent and ai
lGh-ieia 3it per cent The egpUnsc
nf hauling 'leavy train un those
Iudos togctntr With ihe tive lOsl
I .n the operation. made The company
anxious 10 hnd glmo new rnutlnp
thar would cnt ont these two noun
Il tains AZ result. engineer parties
were sent out hy che management
with instructions t0 IND q new route
from Florence. Kan to the coast. nl
1uy cost The civil ouoineors dlscoy
cred thaf the pecos Valley line nrac
f.caiiy p8rnlloled Che coast line hi
New Mexico. and surveys were made
from Toxlco 90 Belpn. showing beyond
% doubt that line could Be- bull
along this survey with an ayerng,
Grade OF only Is of Z per cent At
though The undprtnklng was on Q
mammoth scale, ntccHsiinting thc eN
lpendiuurc of over slu COO GOO the man
avemont Immediately ordered the work
done. and the iantry'Sharp Consiruc
ton company ives awarded tho con
. tract
\ Division Points on New Route,
with the nelon cutoff comuptol
the mileage between Kansas CITY an.
, Rio puercO will be- diminished TWEEN
ty-lree miles This iR hni sinai
"NN INM NN NlNINAH"H "NN NNN NAHANNH'
muui nf the Santa Fr estimates ina
one locomotive viii bee able 90 han
,he same amount of tonnage over th'
cui IN mat it now takes four eneine
: 20 haul over the Ration aud Glprieii
mountains The new division points
when the Cut-On "a completed, VII
ho Wellington. Kan, woodward ohla
2 and Amarillo. Texas. and Epris AM
Belou in New McXico. the other wohl
rrn divisions remaining az they are
Kansas Towns Scared.
While ntile has been said a1ou
y fhe routing ~ transcOnilneninl paf
4 4pngfT trains when fhe cut-oH u hf
: lshed. q o. understood that there
z furry of excitement IN Hutchlso
Z beeause ng the rumor that the mar
/. ngemont "a seriously considering th
sending uf an the California train'
passenger and freight, the same way
that they viii go south from Fiorvnc
90 Augusta. thence southwest 10 We
iingion ANA over The Pecoa Vale
Tine NJ this Is done. Hutchinson an
b Wichita while they viii continue
he good towns from a railroad Etnn'
point. viii have the number OF train
which pass through ihom greatly r
duced
Albuquerque VIII Not suffer.
y with me completion Of the cutui
+ Albuquerque viii NOT suher any q
tha shops employing over goo mel
. win sam rema.h here. and ihoug
b there viii NOT Dee as many irair
~ through here az formerly q VIII $50
Il remain one of the chief stations h
y tween Kansas CITY and ihy coast au
/, being only thiriy-uur miles tom y
N len Wii De- easily accessible ESQ NJ
main line trains Boo .he event oi il
ruad divc0iua thn limited apd ihe n
h overland passenger trains via fhe =
n Ten cut-un
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