Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-03-29
SANTA r LOCATES ITS
BIG Tie PLANT HERE
Hard Work OF Commercial Club and Business Men Wins
Merited Result Corporation Organized to Supply Material
For Treatment Will be Of nestimabe Beneft.To Handle
100000 Ties Annually Citizens Must Furnish Site

As the result of the decision on the
part of the Santa Fe to locate in this
city its enormous tie treating plant,
which will be one Of the largest In
the world and which will cost a quar-
ter of a million dollars and employ
several hundred men, the Santa Bar
bara Pole & Tie company was organ
lied last evening. 1t is composed of
Albuquerque business men and will
furnish the greater part of the ties to
be treated by the new plant for a
great many years to come. This COM
pany, which is capitalized at half a
million dollars, will also give en-
ployment to a big force of men In
many sections of New Mexico.
The promise that the Santa Bar
bara Tie and Pole company would be
organized and the guarantee of the
men composing the company to fur
nish the railway company with suffi-
Client ties and timber in conjunction
with the immense quantities of ties
that are furnished by the Horabin-
McGaffey company, operating on the
American Lumber company's hold
ings, and those from the Gross Kelly
company, at Las Vegas, was one of
the main reasons which induced the
railroad company TO locate it's plant
I'm Albuquerque.
1t has bought, leased and secured
options upon large tracts of timber
lands suitable for its purposes and
will conduct a general tie and pole
business on large scale.
The officers of this company arr.
William Z. Johnson, president OF the
American Lumber company, pres.-
dent; A. b. MEG affey, vice president
and general manager; w. S. Strick-
Vugr ul To
superintendent. Among the other
strong business men interested in the
new company is Col. w. $. Hopeweli,
who also will take an active part In
the management Of the company's ar
fairs.
The company will be one of the
largest and strongest OF its kind in
the southwest. Its headquarters will
be In this city.
The whole matter OF the location OF
the tie treating plant in Albuquerque,
which has been so lndustriously urged
by the Commercial club and business
men, now hinges upon the success OF
the committee Of business men ap-
pointed by the club to secure the
funds necessary 10 purchase the land
required for the plant. The club has
an option upon a tract of land be-
tween Albuquerque and the stock
yards which is just what is needed
by the railway company
When the Commercial club, its Of
ficers and the business men of this
city undertook two months ago TO Sc
cure this plant for Albuquerque, the
railway had already decided to To-
cate IL at Beleu, had secured the land,
the machinery for delivery at Belen,
and had already secured and adopted
the plans for the big plant. The
men who went after this project for
the city, however were not the sort
TO be easily dauUted and they brought
every energy 10 bear. The first ne
gotiatiOns with the railway officials
were not encouraging. but the 'Albu-
querqueans kept at It. They pro-
,eeded at once to show the natural
advantages of this city for such work.
with the result that the officials com