Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-16
BIG BUNCH WILL GO
ON FIRST TRAIN
To ROSWELL
MANY BUSINESS MEN WANT
TO MAKE FIRST TRIP
Arrangements Complete for
New Train Service Which
Means Close Connection
With the PecoS Valley,

From present indications and. tn
expressions heard from a considera
Bile number OF business men. the frs
train to leave Albuquerque IN tn
new Roswell scryic
over the CUTOFF win be a veritable Al
buquerque junket The rrst train ol
ne new schedule will leave this cit.
Wednesday morning n ALREADY
more than fifty business men her
have signined their intention of takinl
/ he trip. Their Is a big business
| waiting for SONG one along the line
OF the cutoff. which is directly tri-
butary To Albuquerque. and the Al
buquerque business community Is not
going to he left out Of il. II will not
De exactly an Albuquerque trade ex-
cursi0n but IL will look very much
Ike II. Much Of the business OF the
Pecos valley now goes to Denver and
Kansas city, or 10 santa Fc and vi
1850. The new cut-on service puts
albuquerque jobbers Ia direct COM
%munication with this business and
hey are going to gee about It. When
he cut-oif was built there were "A
CIV lltfllN SOUS III AlbuIutlHut WIN
iredicted dire results as "a result Of its
obstruction. 1t Is now beginning to
be realized that these people were
COR the nos part chronic croakers.
for the first service to be established
10 the eut-on l. one which cannot
lll To be Of greatest importance in
the commercial development of this
lily. a. is, In fact almost equivalent
10 having a new railroad built into
Albuquerque and the results will be
apparent within a very short time.
The time card. tariffs. and other de-
tall matter OF the new service are,
IN print and are expected In Al
tonight Tho exact mi
leage 10 Roswell is not known here
but over the new route It Is about
l70 miles. This on the usual santa
re mileage rate in New Mexico will
make the fare to Albuquerque to Ros-
well about $1,000.
Every arrangement Is being made
for the caring Of the comfort Of pas
sengers on the Albuquerque-Roswell
run. II is understood that the enter
Harvey system. although 1t
has not an ealing house established on
he CUTOFF as yet. viii make arrange
for the serving Of lunch on
train. in the form of "A buffet pre-
sided over by the news butcher. This
wtll make the trip a fast one since
here viii be no stops for meals and
VIII at the same time make the pas
perfectly comfortable.
The Albuquerque Roswell run Is o
preferred and ths older crews Of
he Rio Grande division will be as
igned thereto. For the present Il
$ understood hat J. v. Key. con-
truction engineer viii be acting SUI
Of the new division until
he position is filled when the the
Fe takes formal charge Of the
eastern Railway Of New Mexico. Al
hat time It's operating and traffic
viii be appointed.
big Party To 60 ON Thursday.
Following the trip of the Albuducr-
ne business men on Wednesday IL
now expected that another Irriga- 4
congress expedition win go out
yer the new line on the following
Governor Curry Is coming 10
.lhuoNerque Wednesday night to@at- I
M the members Of the board Of con- (
rol Of which he r. a member and Il (
now being arranged that he shall !
President Hopewell and :
party Of Irrigation congress boom Z
rs over the new line and into thh (
'ecos valley on Thursday. This will !
% one OF the most important Of the y
iIlgallou congress trips and q big Z
elegation from the board OF central Z
wi De urged TO GO. Governor Curr, {
vas asked some time ago 10 accom-. !
any oiilcers of the santa Re over :
new line aud has been anxious 10 Z
% lhlS VIII give him the ouportu- {
NY ana 40 the same time enable him !
visit his home Ia Roswell ana ~ )
e number OF things iu the pecos 7
alley which have been postponed nv- Z
70 his inability to set into that {
'ctinn 81 the territory because 81 )
Their engagements. ;
And so the new service on The cut Z
Y Is TO be inaugurated with some {
llns ~ a flourish and with Albu- )
playing a prominent part In ;
,r hrst business % go over the line z
ne service VIII start with fuu mali {
ld express service {