The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-07-18
NEW DEAL IN RAILROAD
TO THE C. VAL EY.

Ell Paso is much interested in pros
poets of a railroad being built to the
Pecos Valley and is going after such
a railroad in lead earnest and with
the kind of push and work that will
eventually win out. The latest Jews
along this line is contained in the fol
lowing article taken from the Ell Paso
News of Tuesday:
That Ell Paso is to nave another
transcontinental line of railway was
practically made a certainty yester-
day afternoon when a deal was closed
transferring what was known as the
Bell franchise and terminal privileges
in this city and Carlsbad, N. NJ, to the
Kansas City, Lawton & Pacific Rail-
way company.
The deal was contaminated in this
city by E. A. Hill of Muskogee, 1. t,
general representative of the Kansas
City, Lawton & Pacific Railway com
pany, I'M the officers of the Ell Paso-
Carlsbad Townsite and Development
company. The latter company was
organized in this city last Friday and
was chartered under the laws of New
Mexico. the officers are A. Cour-
chesne, president; w. T. Jenkins, first
vice-president; J. L. Bell, SECOND vice
president; w. H. Winters, secretary,
ana w. G.. Davis, treasurer.
The history of the Bell franchise
is well now to Ell Paso people as
Col. ]. L. Bell, the well known rail
road promoter, has been in this city
for some time working on the matter
of procuring it and the terminal pri-
pileges, and his success in getting the
same rights in Carlsbad a short time
ago vas published in the News. the
Ell Paso city council granted h fran
chinse last November and CAV an eX-
| tension on If a few weeks 9O0 IT is
a very valuable concession, as it gives
access to the city in a very desirable
section and is good for so years. Had
it been secured after the 18th inst. it
could not have zen granted for a lon
ger term than 80 years. AS the Kan
sas City, Lawton & Pacific people
did not get a franchise in this city be-
fore the new law limiting the term of
80 years went into effect, to purchase
the Bell franchise was the only way
they could possibly have obtained n
good for a longer period.
w. T. Jenkins, first vice-president
Of the company that has just dis
posed of its acquisitions to the Law
ton, air line people, being authorized
by both parties to the deal to talk
to the pap made the following
statement to the News this morning:
Yes, we have sold our franchises
and terminal privileges to the Kansas
City, Lawton & Pacific Railway COM
pany, represented here by Mr.. E.. A.
Hill. We were sorry to sell, but in
our Judgment it was the best policy
for US to do so under the existing cir
cumstances. We hope the people of
Ell Paso will not regard it as a jobbing
proposition. We did not procure the
franchises and other rights for specu-
lation purposes, but fully intended to
build the railroad as proposed, and
were prepared to properly finance the
proposition.
But, when these other people came
with a similar proposition, having
more extensive franchises and tights
of way and possibly a better financial
backing than we had, we considered
it the best business judgmen. to sell
to them. While Ell Paso was assured
of the new railroad anyway, it may
be said to be doubly assured now,
and l feel that 1 can vouch for Mr..
Hill when he says that work will be
begun on it within the next 80 days
The minute the shovel is first
stuck into the dirt to begin the con-
struction of the new road, that min
ute Ell Paso and the adjacent towns
along the line will begin to receive
benefits from the proposition. And
when the work is begun, it will be
begun all along the route simultane-
ously.
1.-The line will first be built etwee
Ell Paso and Carlsbad, but there will
be no cessation in the construction
work until it is completed through
to Kansas City, n then, without
doubt, it will be finished on to the
Pacific coast at a Diego giving Ell
Paso one of the shortest and most
practical transcontineltal railways in
existence.
ssrNIN a0na1on- - offnr n0xy 70
sources to he developed and it is
striking into the heart of the best
country in the United States for that
purpose, the territory to be Invaded
being about half way between the
Rock Island and Texas & Pacific lines
and practically ~undeveloped. Besides
many other features that | could emu
merate, it will open up the cattle in
terests of the Texas panhandle and
the Pecos Valley country a market
such as they have never had, they
having now to ship their cattle north
ward at an enormous expense, where
after the new road is built they a
ship to the Pacific coast.
81 am YER f~avorably impressed
with this man Hill. l never knew
him before he came here a few days
ago to talk up his railroad PROPOSE
ton but l believe that he is a man
who thoroughly understands his BUSH
ness. He seems to be perfectly famil-
lar with the present conditions of
~railroading n railroad construction,
the matter of resources, supplies, etc.
t am sure that he means business and
that ne is going to bring FL Paso an
other good railroad-oae that will en-
able you to go to Carlsbad in six
hours instead Of two days will
eventually give you a transcontinental
line that viii cut the line between
the Mississippi valley and the Pacific
icoast at least II hours. He is a man
of whom FL Paso win have cause to
he proud il she ever gets him as a
citizen.
THE consideration Of this deal