Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-02-17
SPRINGER IS
NOT SPRlGRTLY
It's 700 inhabitants Live 0lf
Resources Of Southern
Part Of County.
OTHER ITEMS Of COLFAx COUNTY

Springer. 81. 81. Feb. o. Tho zoo
Inhabitants 40 This place live on tbo
sl0eh, irult and agricultural interests
uf ihe southern part af C0'fax county
The Santa Fo hHs a station here. bat
fae sine schedule makers Of the road
DO net think The place of sufficient im-
uuriluce fo have Nu. q aud lho lime
iiei Trains stop I'D f
The town is ullil on lhC oaai brink
9f thc Cimafrnn river and east oi the
santa Fo rollr ad. bur 90 win awaken
some day west ~ the railroad as t,s
work gi Changing me track is already
m progress AZ present the track ioi.
lows the river Zoo closely i0r safety.
THIS became evident ias. ytaf when a
flood not only washed oui cousldufn.
De of the track hut save the lower
part 0l Springer q dnCEluR ns we'll
Tho change = llne uecoasiiaios a
new bridge of i0O feet waterway
This bridge viii be built Of cement.
similar io those on abe Santa Fe eat.
on. which have attracted wide aticn.
zion because OF their substantial con-
siruction Tho people OF Springer as
wei Ba lnese ~ Ration. DO not feel at
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Santa De cutoff The reason is that
thu Santa Fe viii have sufficient BUSH.
reHe % Tax tho fun capacities 0f both
routes. one OF the finest double
tracks on the system has iust been
completed between Ration and Trlnl.
dad.
A Freight Rate Mystery.
The distance coal is hauled has very
litlie 30 do with the freight rate or
its cost TO the consumer.
While the peop'7 OF Ration pay $3.50
and SO for coal. at Springer. % costs
TIE consumer Sf.d0 ton. The dis.
lance from Ration 90 SPRINGER D. about
forty miles. Springer ls also about
iho same distance from Dawson, one
oi the Important coal camps of Coli
Tax county. which was taken over the
hrst of the year boy the Phelps. Dodge
company. owners of the Dawson 7uil
road that crosses the Santa Sc seven
miles n1riA of Springer
Coal is hauled from Gallup through
Albuquerque and through De,ring al
distance 90 300 miles. 90 Silver Coy
aud sold for the same price that o.
brings in Albuquerque, which is SCI
per ton. Az Deming the consumer
pays 81 for the same coal, and Hul.
brook. ninety light miles west of Gal.
IMP. across the line n Arizona. pays
$3.50 per ton TER the same coal.
Tho COlfnx county mines are Opcr.
ated by nonuul0n labor iorpigners IA
the aasorliy. and thC strike Of union
coal miners which 81 threatened, viii
have NO effect on them
Statehood.
There o. Wide difference of senu.
mont among thc people 10 CullaX
county on statehood The people of
Ration seem lnath 90 discuss the sub.
ifct The question al go how the PEG
plc feel about 30 usually brings che
answer That they are too busy 20 ats.
cuss o. There Us a universal opIn
ion, however. and that is that the coal
sga3mpps ggd c9rRgrqilqn concerns VIII
casts about $500 votes. More than
900 90 these may Doe placed in thc
class above mentioned. A jury com
missioner ut The county ia quoted na
snying that out III 400 votes cast in
me Dawson precinct 40 the last cleo.
ton. the commission IN eAan4ning
the ballot box and registration books,
could End hui seven persons who were
ht Tor the jury box.
Johns0ns Mesa o. reported 30 be-
strong against joint statehood but
this same report given ont nd Ration
con, srnlng the people OF Springer and
the rural districts has been found I'M
true ! end the people oi sprlhger "a
anything. Ia the majority In favor Of
Joint statehood. The lukewuFmuess
with which che weekly papers % Col
fax county support statehood may be
contributed 20 very much the same
reason that several pnpers of south.
orn Arizona are against H. and that lH
that mining and other corporate in.
tereets are tho ruling power8, A. 20
the stock and agricultural interests,
a man from che SWcctwater Greek dia.
trict told me that a year ago he and
his scighbora were very much opposed
10 iaint statehood. Nnw they are IN
favor OF A. However should the Ham
lion hili pass, there will be- plenty
OF missionary work COR lts supporters
I q Ha.