Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-18


n~ws M aba &FsamaKaG9pa so exteaA
aAe RAO Gr@nae, S.sv5xA NA4Ee a&a
pacafae railroad a21o>~ The Sierra
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s@haha. IA amao tAs- stale Ut suaaura.
~Aaeh has ls*~n Iot:sa*~l IN the C'attea
Statt~s. has o&>~n n *%aKed In Mckee
City Thu n%w COMPANY IL formed
by t's'la'atl ~. & Greene. principal
o@n~r of The Rio CeanAe. sleEEa Ma
DIRE l. Pacific, and associates. and
has The title of the slerr MaAre and
Pacific Railway company. 1t IL eapl,
tlilz*d AT 81. ts"'. 0da gold.
The roai now extends from I'll
Paso to San Dlego. chihuahua. and a
branch h. being completed 10 Temo.
sane. where connection will b. made
with the chihuahua and Pacific run.
ming from Temosachic 10 the City OF
t'~hihuhua. According 10 the report
In circulation now. the Rio Grande.
Sierra Madre and Pacific will be ex-
tended from Casas tsrande across
the mountains by va! OF Santo To
mas tn Ia Dura. Sonora. where o n
nection will he made with the Cana
nea. yaqui River and Pacific,
That such an extension would re"
mi, from the purchase of the road by
Colonel Greene In 1894 has been the
general belief. The principal diff
Guilty has been the finding Of a d.
rect and MOT 600 expensive aonte
across across the mountains. and
this has evidently been found. The
e~xtention OF the road win be about
400 miles I'm length, aud IL Is report
cd the survey for the entire distance
has been completed. and tho letting
OF contracts for construction ID ex'
pected DON
The Rio Grande. Sierra Madre and
Pacific was projected by the late So
Ion Humphreys. a former president
of the Wabash. and the intention
then was TO ultimately build the roai
across the mountains to one OF the
Pacific port cities. When the road
was completed to Casas Grandes 1t
was found that Il feasible route
through the mountains was hard to
find and apparently the plan OF ex.
tending the road into Sonora was
given up. Since then the road has
lain dormant until purchased by Col
on | Greene and associates In 1904 at
the reported price of $4,000. 900 gold
The purchase OF the road by Col
onel Greene indicated that 1t was to
be extened to connect and afford bet
ter transportation facilities from the
Greene mines and timber lands In
Chihuahua and Sonora. and this Ii
evidently the intention of the owner
in projecting the road through the
mountains. Since the purchase by
Colonel Greene the construction OF
an extension to Temosachic to open
up valuable mineral ami timber
tracks and connect with the Chihua-
hua and Pacific has been commenced
and Is rapidly rearing completion
Recently it was reported that a large
bond issue was contemplated to pro
vide for other extensions and bran
ches.
With the completion of the extern
sion to La Dura and a connection
with the Cananea, Yaqui River and
Pacific, Colonel Greene will have an
outlet through the port OF Guaymas
as we'll as a connection with she
Mexican Central at Chihuahua
through the medium of the Chihua'
hua and Pacific when the Temosa,
chic extension Is completed, and a
direct line to Ell Paso by way of the
nresent Rio Grande, Sierra Madre Il
Pacific road. The new road will
connect his holdings in Chihuahua
and Sonora and will open up a rich
country.