Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-04-09
Steady Improve
rnent and Rise in
Values Are Or
der of Day.
MANY NEW PEOPLE ARR|V.
ING
Judge Granville Pendleton of
Aztec Gives Glowing Ac-
count of Growth Of His
Section of Southwest.


Judge Granville Pendleton, Of Azte,'
who has for three terms represetet
the county OF San Juan very efficient
ly and satisfactorily in the lowe.
branch of the territorial Assembly AMI
who Is the hard working and success
full president OF the Bureau of ImLI.
grafton, and in town today in attend
ance on the meeting of the bureaE
when called upon by a representative
of the New Mexican talked in glow lie
terms of the advancement of his So
ton. The Judge said:
Conditions in San Juan County are
improving more rapidly in the past
few months than we really expected
The completion OF the Denver C Rio
Grande Railroad through Aztec and to
Pennington is. bringing many imml
grants into our country; many of these
people have capital and are investing
largely. Every indication points to
the fact that the Colorado & Arizona
Railroad, which is really the Southern
Pacific, is to commence work in the
near future through the western por.
ton of our county, opening our I'M
mense coal fields. The fact that the
Southern Pacific has expended moe
than one million dollars in the pur.
chase of coal lands in San Juan Coun
ty and near Durango, Colorado, and
the further fact that the4 Dad now
cSanpleting it surveys, cross-euttil.e 2
and preparing for the grade and coa'
struction work is evidence that tie
managers are about ready to con-.
mence construction. A number of cap.
ltalists and moneyed men are figuring
on ditch propositions and private r,s'
|ervoirs, and thousands of dollars ala
being invested in our county now
where less than hundreds were invest.
ed heretofore. Farm lands and frdlt
lands are gradually advancing in price
and Notwithstanding these advances iu
price, large sums are now being in
vested where only small amounts Were
heretofore invested. The present con.
ditions indicate that the Southern Pa
cific, or Colorado & Arizona line, Will
be built on a line north from Gallup,
crossing the San Juan River at a
point near Jewett, about twenty miles
west Of Pennington, running north
through "The Meadows" and the La
Plata Valley to Durango, Colorado, ths
line being through the coal fields CT
San Juan County from Gallup to D1'
range. A syndicate has been form ,'l
and arrangements are being made for
an electric car line from Pennington,
the present terminus of the Denver &
Rio Grande Railroad with the South
ern Pacific at its crossing of the San
Juan River at Jewett.
Great Prosperity Now Prevails.
"There is more prosperity in e".
dence in San Juan County at the pres
ent time by far than at any other timo
in its history. Many large farms are
being cut up into smaller tracts of 10
and 20 acres, many new buildings are
being constructed and large acreage
of orchards being planted. Every se.'
ton of the county, under irrigation, Is
being rapidly developed and the towns
and villages along the railroad are
building up swiftly; the towns of Farm
ington and Aztec are among them and
many new buildings are being erecte.l
From Is to 20 new buildings are ncu
under course of construction in the
town of Aztec and indications are that
from 80 to go more will be completed
during this spring, summer and fall;
while the town of Pennington is enjoy
ing equal prosperity. Around the
towns of Aztec and Pennington nearly
all the larger ranches and farms are
being cut into smaller acreage tracts
and sold to new comers who are build
ing new houses, and planting new or
chards, SO that general improvement
lis in evidence on every hand. In the
La Plata Valley, in the vicinity Of the
|great coal fields, many changes are be
ling made and with the building Of the
Southern Pacific this portion Of Sar
Juan County is attracting much atten
ton. Many new settlers are coming
into the country along the San Juan
River, east Of Pennington and Aztec
and the prices Of land there Is also
rapidly advancing.
Arid Land Reclaimed by Ditch.
THE new ditch enterprise, known