Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-08-23
CAPITALISTS HIGHLY
PLEASED WITH PROJECT
MANY Prominent Men in Party
Duke City Business Men Show
Them Royal WelCome--Visit
Paid to Leading
Industries.

l can't say Just when, but we are GO
ing TO build It, L can not tell you
more until after 1 talk with the engi-
neers"
This statement was made by Gem
eral Francis j. Torrance at / O'clock
this afternoon on the veranda of the
Alvarado. just after he and the party
of eastern capitalists who accompa-
MED him, had returned from a drive
around the city, which included visits
the Rio Grande Woolen mills, the
Albuquerque Wool Securing mills
and the Southwestern Brewery and
Ice company.
In making this statement General
Torrance referred to the Albuquerque
Eastern railway, a short line of road
which will pass through Tijeras can
yon and connect with the Santa Fe
Central at Moriarty, sixty miles east
or here. The road will give Albu-
querque an eastern outlet, and a df
rect connection with the Rock Island
road $50 miles to the east.
The statement was made to Col. w.
). Hopewell, T. f. Duck and a rep
resentative of The Citizen. Mr. Hone
well is the original promoter of the
Albuquerque Eastern and Mr.. Duck
is consulting engineer from Chi
cago. After making this statement
the three ate luncheon and left in a
carriage for trip over the grade of
the proposed road on the mesa east
of the city. which was made three
years ago They also visited the ter
minal site the city offers the road
as bonus for the building.
Several other members of the par
ty also went over the old grade this
afternoon. General Torrance and par-
ty will leave for the east tomorrow
morning In their private car attached
to train No. 10.
Visitors Given Reception.
The last of the albuquerque East
ern party arrived in the city late last
night. The first of those who came
across the country were General Tor
rance and Col. w. S. Hopewell, who
arrived at the front entrance of the
Alvarado about 8 o'clock after a hard
drive from Algodones. The others
struggled in between that time and
midnight, excepting the engineers
and other members of the party, who
came i'm by rail. arriving shortly after
o'clock on train No. l.
Wednesday night was spent at Ha-
gan, the day previous having been
spent in driving from the Estancia
valley to the coal fields Some of the
party took the road leading through
Ifjeras canyon, the proposed route of
the Albuquerque Eastern, and others
went via the road which leads
around the Sandia mountains to the
north. The mines were visited both
"Wednesday evening and Thursday
morning. Thursday noon the party
dined at Algodones and visited the
brick shale deposits there. Then
came the drive 10 Albuquerque.
A larsu number of prominent AL
buquerque merchants and shippers
were at the hotel to greet the visitors,
who came forth from hurried baths
and short order dinners with rosy
compleXions. All gave evidence of
having experienced weather" both
rain and shine.
JohnsOn's Trail
This forenoon the visiting capital
lists were given a ride about the city.
At $3.50 four large automobiles and
as many open carriages lined up on
the First street side of the hotel and
were loaded with the visitors and
business men. The line OF march OF
this caravan of vehicles, which was
nothing short Of a parade, included
a trip to the American Lumber COM
pany mills, the Albuquerque Securing
mills, the Rio Grande Woolen mills
and the Southwestern Brewery and
Ice companys plant
AT the lumber mills the visitors
were escorted over what is known as
Johnson'S trail, so named because 1t
Is a route always followed by w. p.
Johnson, president Of the American
Lumber company, when showing vis-
itors over the plant Mr.. johnson
acted as escort this morning. The
route covers all the ius and outs of
the saw mill proper, the sash and
door factory and the box factory and
all the employees along that route
know IL as Johnson's trail. All de-
partments OF the plant were running
at a 1S0,000-foot a day clip this
and the visitors saw 10000
300 feet Of drying lumber stacked in
the yards.
The WOOlen Mills.
From the saw mills, the caravan
proceeded to the WOolen mills. I'm
Gle johnny Bearrup, president oe
The company kept the mills running
until 1880 o'clock so that the Wis
ltors could see the plant i'm opera
ton. The securing mills were visited
next and then a stop was made at
the Southwestern Brewery and Ice
plant The hotel was not
reached until 1916 O'clock
The entire party sat down to din
1er at once.
This afternoon not all the party
who made the trip i'm the morning.
lut few Of the prominent members
went for a drive over the grade OF
the Albuquerque Eastern, which ex-
lends from the Santa Fe tracks near
Mountain road 10 the mouth of Tier