The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28
some Pointed Reasons.

only a little over thirty-five miles from
Carlsbad the county seat of Eddy
county and is ON the railroad running
between the two places affording two
| trains a day so that the citizens from
Artesia can reach the county seat at
| any time in a little over an hours
travel by train and in view of the fur
ther fact that the towns are connect
ed by excellent telegraph n tele-
phone service it does not seem to me
that any great hardship is imposed
upon persons living in that part of
the county to transact such public
business as they may have at the
county eat.
81 have heard that the complaint
has been mad at Artesia that the
| county commissioners of Eddy county
have refused to build bridge across
the Pecos river some two or three
miles east of Artesia giving the citi-
zens of the county residing east of
the river ccess to that town for pur-
poses of doing business. l feel sure
hat the county commissioners of Ed
dy county do not wish to do an i1jus-
| tice to any section of the county and
that such bridge will be built as soon
as there are sufficient Inc avail
able for that purpose in the bridge
fund or failing in that as soon as
bonds can be voted for the building
of sucn a bridge. l have no doubt
that a bridge ample to meet the re-
~quirements of the citizens of that part
of the county desiring it will be erect
ed during the present year because
know it is the Intention of the coun-
ty commissioners to nave the bridge
constructed at the earliest date pos
sible.
This new bridge in my opinion is
of much more Importance to the well
fare of the country in and around Ar
tesla than a new county. Personally
| feel very friendly toward the people
of the northeastern end of Eddy coun-
ty and would do anything in my pow
err to help them in h development
of their county. I am very sorry that
my duties as the representative of the
whole people as l e it requires me
to oppose any proposition looking to
the territory proposed to be included
in either the county of Hagerman or
the county of Artesia."
Having expressed his views on the
county division question and frankly
stated why he was opposed to the ere
alton of any more new counties at this
time in the Peco Valley, Mr.. Cam
eron talked interestingly of the rapid
development of that section lying in
the southeastern part of New Mexico
He told of the advantages of the pro-
posed new railroad which will tap a
rich country hitherto without railroad
facilities and of its inestimable bene-
fit to Carlsbad and other cities and
towns along the route. He said:
Work Development.
Carlsbad and FL Paso are inter
ested in the building of a railroad
from Ell Paso through Carlsbad in a
northeasternly course which is gener-
ally termed the Kansas City Snor
Line. The work of promoting this
railroad has been taken up in earnest
and sufficient funds nave already been
raised for making the preliminary sur
veys for the line from Ell %Paso to
Carlsbad. 1 am expecting to hear any
day now that the surveyors are in the
field.
mo movement for the betterment
of the Pecos Valley of so great i'm
portance could be made. FL Paso is
a growing city which urgently needs
every product which could be fur
nished by the Pecos Valley. This
railroad would put Carlsbad only one
hundred and fifty miles from that city
and would give the Pecos Valley the
market door for it's products which
it has always needed. With such a
market the Pecos Valley in my opin-
ion will be second to no great valley
in the West in point of wealth and pc
pulation within three years after the
construction of this proposed road.
| firmly believe hat the road will be
built and it is SO important to the
city of Ell Paso to get access to Mis
fertile valley mat if the capital for
the construction of the road cannot
be readily raised in the eastern money
centers it can be raised in that city.
Rich Tributary Country.
"The railroad as projected will run
through a country that has no SUI
perior in the West for stock-raising
purposes. Throughout it's whole line
it will have tributary to it some rich
mineral sections which nave never
been worked for want of railroad facif
tiles and in northeastern Eddy coun-
ty and on the plains il western Texas
1t viii traverse a rich undevelOped
farming section which today is the
largest farming district undeveloped,
to be found in the United States.
Altogether know of no section of
country in the whole United States
which so badly needs railroad facili-
ties. nor do 1 know of any which
when furnished with such facilities
will so quickly develop and make the
line a paying proposition from the
beginning of its operation. This nat
ural advantage makes me believe that
there is no doubt but that the Kan
sas City Short Line will be III opera
ton before man. months nave passed.
Previous to leaving home l was at
Lake Avalon where the United States
Reclamation Service is r-econstructing
the dam across the Pecos River which
was washed away by the floods two
years Ago. The work on the irriga-
ton project is being pushed and the
cement foundation to the water level
across the stream is about completed
The civil engineers in charge assured
me that the work would be far enough
advanced to turn the water into the
canals for distribution to farmerS in