Bisbee daily review., 1907-05-04
WILL GIVE CHEAP FUEL ID THIS
 SECTION
New Railroad to Tap New Mex leo Coal Fields Will Prove a Boon to Southern Part of Arizona,

ALBUQUERQUE N. NJ, May B. c. c STOufe, of santa Fe, New MeXi- co. representative of the Arizona 6 Colorado railroad, was in Albuquerque yesterday on business. Mir. Sroufe has represented the Arizona & Color ado road during the long litigation between that corporation and the Denver & Rio Grande railroad over right of way questions in San Juan county, the suit at issue now being before Judge Ira A. Abbott of the To- cal court, for decision. This action has served to delay construction on the new line in northwest New Mexi- co, but with the end of the litigation in sight, it is expected that construc- ton on the northern end of the line will be under way in a very short time.
 While our road has not yet begun actual construction in northwest New Mexico" said Mir. Sroufe, "construC- tiOn on the southern end of the line is well under way and do not antIcI- pate that il will be very much longer before construction on the northern end of the line will have been begun. Tie work now under way is in Mex itE
 'sThe Arizona 6 Colorado. when completed. will give 60 western New Mexico 9 1cgjta aEi south line ,:>. tending almost rom end to end oI the Territory. It will open a very large territory heretofore untouched for lack of transportation and sure to develop rapidly when transporta- tion is furnished It is a country rich in possibilities in minerals, graz inG and farming lands and it VI be just another example of what can be accomplished with the undevelope'l resources of New Mexico when oppor- tunity for development is offered. Now New Mexico is just at the thresh, old of it's development and with its possibilities fully understood, as they now are. the prosperity of this secuc:1 of the Cnitcd, States is assured for long time 10 come"
 The chief purposes to be accom- plished by the new rail!o through the western part of New Mexico vii! be to open the vast coal fields of the northwest part of the territory here tofore untouched and to connect them with a market in southern Arizona, Large sums of money have already been expended in developing and prospecting this coal Gs;I, which is almost without limit and the necessi. ty for cheaper fuel in southern Ari Zona makes the construction Of this road absolutely certain. This need for cheap fuel would be enough wele there no other reason for its consuuc tion.
 AS the situation now is, the smei ters and mines of southern Arizona are restricted because of the Sign price of coal. The lower sr -,ss Gi ore can not be handled with profit be cause fuel is too expensive. With cheap fuel the lower grades can DC used and the output of the AgiZons mines will be greatly increased.
 The new line will bring northwest New Mexico from its present isolated situation into close touch with the rest of the territory"
 Mir. Sroufe was not tprepaTed to say when actual construction would be gin on the New Mexico end of the Arizona and Colorado, but it is vel known that the surveys, for the lint have long since been completed ana approved and that more than. s100, OCO has been expended, in this worf alone. The new line will have large part in the development of the territory.