Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-08-03
CARLSBAD SUFFERS
AN EPIDEMIC of
RAILROADS
COMPANIES ARE
FIGHTING FOR THE FIELD
Carlsbad People Asked to Put
Up $4,000 Bonusi Peaches
From PecoS Valley Going 10
Eastern Markets.

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Eastern Markets,
Especial Correspondence Morning Journal I
Carlsbad, N. NJ, July 31.-A new
railroad has been the main topic of
conversation in Carlsbad for the past
week. In the first place word was re-
cetved here through press dispatches,
etc to the effect that the Rock Island
system had already started grading a
railroad out of Mangum. Okla. with
I'll Paso as their objective point and
that they We're surely coming through
Carlsbad. Monday a party represent
ing the FL Paso-Carlsbad T0Wnsite a
Development company of FL Pasu, of
which A. Courehesne Is president. ar
rived in Carlsbad. The party was
headed by W. IA. Winter. a well known
attorney of lei Paso and secretary of
the company, also in the party were
Payton J. Edwards and Engineers s.
z. Atwood and c.. w. c. Patterson.
Shortly before moor on Tuesday an
other party headed by J.. l.. Bell ar
rived in Carlsbad overland from El
Paso. And right here things began
to warm up; it had always been sup
posed that the Courchesne and Bell
outfits were the same but the two par
ties had not been in town many min
utes when it was discovered that they
were deadly enemies %eontending for
the same thing-a right of way into
and out of Carlsbad and a franchise
over certain streets of the town. Both
parties asked for "A hearing from the
| Com m ArpiuI aIuh a,J II 1,. .r,.4.
them ON Tuesdy. In the afternoon a
large body of citizens met the repre-
sentatives of the El Paso-Carlsbad
Townsite and Development company.
These gentlemen had letters of intro
duction and credentials from practi-
cally all the most prominent business
men, bankers and organizations of FL
Paso. They stated their wants in a
few words-a right of way from Carls-
had to the public domain east and
west. a franchise through certain
streets of the town AMI II cash bonus
of $50. 600.
At 8 O'Clock the same evening an
other meeting was held at which Mr..
Bells claims were heard. The mem
bers of the club and the citizens then
went into executive session and decid-
ed to recommend hat the city Coun-
ell give a franchise to the El Paso-
Carlsbad Townsitc and Development
company. This was done at a special
meeting of the council held fT%horsday.
A committee was appointed by the
Commercial club to see what could he
done oWard raising the $50 000 cash
bonus. In the meantime Colonel Bell
and his party of engineers are still in
town and say that they will proceed
to make their surveys and that they
Will build a railroad from the Okla
homa limo to El Paso through Carls-
bad. The Winters party left Thurs
day overland to a point on the Red
river between Oklahoma and Texas.
The general rains throughout the
valley have put a large amount of wat
er in the Pecos, and, for the first time
since their completion, the reservoirs
at Mcmillan n Avalon are practi-
cally fun. So general have been the
rains that the crops in this part of
the valley are made without further
irrigation and the stockmen are as
sured of fine winter grass. Never be-
fore have the prospects looked bright
er for prosperity; farmers all over the
Nflti'A ait buNg ~ PAL dtptN u SOWlfiE |
oats, barley, wheat and over 1000
acres will be planted in alfalfa this
fan.
The local office of the reclamation
has Just received orders to put
in permanent headgates II repair
the embankments at Lake Mcmillan: |
when this is done this viii be the
artificial body of water in the
territory.
Carlsbad has shipped out 1000
of her famous peaches this
week. many of the boxes holding not
more than thirty-two peaches. Most
IF the crop has gone to Colorado
points and the growers have not been
ible to nearly I'LL he demand. Carls-
Dad peaches this year have brought
80 to IS cents above the market
n Denver and Colorado Springs.
T.. Mcqueen Gray. chairman of the
ommittee on foreign representation i
i the National Irrigation congress.
eft this week for the California
cast to- recuperate his strength. Mr.Il
Trap has been putting in some very
ard work on the and par
broke down under the strain.
+. q. Tracy leaves Monday for New
'ork. where he will join Mrs. Tracy.
lr. Tracy will return some time in
In time Ia attend the Ma
Irrigation congress at Albuquer-
ne to which he has been appointed
delegate by Governor Curry
Miss Dorothy Tailor. en- artist. OIL
Washington. ID. C.. was here last week
n the Santa Fl railroad. Miss Tailurll
making sketches of the fruits audi
ndscape round Carlsbad TOR trans
irencies which the Santa Fe viii use
the Albuquerque FAIR and later in