The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-03-09

that the rapidly increasing business
of the great Estancia country will be
brought within two hours of this
Icity
Any business man can see at a
glance how vitalIy important 1t is to
this city that the automobile line be
finished.
member of the Morning Journal
where he had a long conversation
with Mr. Stockard on the matter
Mr. Stockard says that it will take
practically all of the $4,000 to build
his automobile road through Tijeras
canyon He builds his own road.
which is used entirely for the auto
mobiles, and from which ordinary
wagon traffic is excluded. Any one
who has been through Tijeras can
yon knows what a job it will be to
improve the present road and make
the changes which will allow of a
quick trip by buzz wagons through
the tortuous canyon. Several brids-
| es will have to be built and cuts
| made.
Built Like a Railroad.
Mr.. Stockard's present route b e.
tween Torrance and Roswell, 10
miles. over which double daily ser
vice is maintained, is built much like
a railroad. the company having its
| own right of way. Cattle guards are
built at all the fences, fills are made
and arroyos bridged. Mr. Stockard
now has force of men at work on
the preliminaries of a telephone sys-
tenn which is going to follow the au-
| to route.
Il am ready and willing to bring
the system to Albuquerque whenev-
er the $4,000 is guaranteed" said Mr.
| Stockard. 1T will be quite impossi-
pit to do it for less tnan that money.
| can complete the line to AIbuquer-
que and have the machines in SER
vice in forty days from the time the
| money is put up. l do not ask a cent
until the line is complete and run
ming. | will put three or four four
seated fifty-horse power machines on
the Torrance Albuquerque division
These automobiles carry seven pas
sengers easily. 1t will take from nine
to twelve hours to make the run be-
tween here and the Rio Grande."
A Scenic Route.
The route will be of great scenic
beauty. From here the autos will
run through the rugged Tijeras can
yon, skirt the eastern foot of the
beautiful Manzano range to Chilli.
fatigue and Malzano, and thence to
willard. from which place they will
go to Pinos Wells, and from there to
Torrance, where connection is made
with the Torrance-Roswell end of the
line Willard and Torrance will be
made the principal stations Branch
lines will run to Estaacia. Moriatry.
Mcintosh and other Estancia valley
points The service to the Estancia
valley will be especially valuable to
local business and travelling men,
Mail Service Breaks Records.
Not one of the least important ad-
vantages of the new line would be
the mail service. Mr.. Stockard has
made a speciality of this and his con
tracts with the government have Civ
EN- the greatest satisfaction. He re-
Gently received letter from the as
sistant postmaster general at Wash
ingtol saying that during the past
year the Roswell-Torrance auto mail
service has been the best in the I'm
tied States. This is most remarka-
BILE record.
For seven molths and fourteen
days the service did not run behind
time the motors came ahead of sched
ule. Since the line was started it
has only missed four and half trips,
during the heavy snowStorms and
billiards. of last fall, when the autos
got stalled in snow over the wheel
tops.
The passenger service is being
steadily improved. The highest rec
ord is thirty-six passengers one way
in 1nr-
three or four machines some months
ago. Six machines are in use all
the time. One is stationed at the
halfway house. and if for any reason
an automobile fails to show up the
reserve car is started out to the res
cue. There is no doubt that Mr..
Stockard has maintained the finest
mail and passenger service in the
United States
During the first year the company
owning the line paid 80 per cent
dividends.
A steam roller has been purchased
which will make the trip over the
line with view to improving the
roads. The bridges are unique They
consist of two narrow parallel bridg- |
es one for each set of wheels this
making the construction of the /bridg-
es much more economical than if they
were for wagons.
Cannot do Without IT.
The extending of the line here
would give local business men a gold
en- opportunity to get in .-on the
ground floor, so to speak. and secure
the entire trade of the rapidly filling
up Estancia Valley. Much of this is
now going to Santa Fe, when the me-
Jnropolis of the territory is much |
nearer. Connections with Roswell |
between Breakfast time and supper |
would make the Pecos Valley practic- |
ally next door to tae Rio Gralde Val |
ley. and do much to advance the in |
terests of both sections
Here is chance for Aibuquerque's |
wide-awake business men and boost |
ers to reach out and get the business. !
Albuquerque cannot afford to let |
the proposition slide