Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-17
FINISH The LINE
BY NEXT SUMMER
1t Is Expected That Road From
NlOriarty to Hagdn viii be In
Use by April and the
Rest viii be Fin
iShed Soon.

With force of nearly 400 men
and lac teams. the Dominion Con-
struction company is rapidly pushing
the construction of that part of the
New Mexican Central railroad which
will connect Albuquerque with the
coal field at Hagan and later with
the main line Of the New Mexico
Central at Moriarty. The progress
made in construction since the work
was begun several weeks ago leads
to the belief that the road will be
completed between Moriarty and
Hagan by April /. 1903.
rails have been laid for distance
of five miles west from Moriarty to-
ward Frost Junction, where the
branch to Hagan starts. When this
part of the line is completed the
shipping of coal will begin, and 1t Is
the intention of the road to then push
the remainder of the work. COM
pleting the line into Albuquerque.
The construction of the line. how
ever, is being actively pushed at sew
eral points. The roadbed has been
completed out of Albuquerque to
Camp Garcia, near the Trimble ranch
on the mesa. At Camp Garcia are
| "A men and "a teams. They are
| building a trestle west of the camp,
| the aid of pile driver being neces-
ssry. Grading outfits are working to-
| ward Frost from Camp Garcia and
stakes show the line the road will
fellow through Tijeras canyon. Res
ident Engineer J. r. Farwell and
| rarty of surveyors are working be-
| tween Garcia and Frost.
Eighty men and 35 teams are at
Camp Frost and the work there Is
| progressing rapidly. At station No.
| 2S7, twelve men and twelve teams
| are at work and the roadbed from
| Frost to Hagan will soon be COM
| pleted. Much engineering work is
| being done and the construction be-
| tween Frost and Hagan will be some
| What difficult, requiring the chang
| ing of the course of creek In sew
eral places, filling and cutting. At
San Pedro. the largest camp between
Frost and Hagan, much blasting is
being done.
That part of the road between Mo-
riarty and Frost is about completed,
and steel laying is in progress. The
camp will soon be moved to within a
few miles of Garcia and the work on
this end of the line will be given an
impetus. 1t is expected that greater
octivity on the Albuquerque Eastern
| end of the road will begin about jan
uary 1.
The forces at San Pedro camp, be-
tween Frost and Hagan, consists OF
III men and 33 teams. Engineer p.
Doodridge and eight assistants are
there in charge of the work. This
| force will be augmented either today
or tomorrow by the arrival of Daniel
| Sweeney, a contractor from Oklahoma
and a force of 100 men and AZ
teams. Mr.. Sweeney has been given
the contract for the construction of
the six miles of road between Hagan
and San Pedro and will start work
Immediately on arrival.
II. Il. Culberson, general manager
Of the Dominion Construction COM
pany, says that the work viii be
pushed as rapidly as possible. 1t is
| hoped to have the entire road in op-
| Grafton by next summer and at the
! rate of progress now this can be
done r. j. Vanstan, superintendent
| of construction, says that Albuquer-
queans can travel out of their city
on the Central by the latter part of
the summer.
While the construction company is
| giving the greatest attention Just
now to that part of the road between
Moriarty and Hagan, in order TO get
out coal from Hagan as quickly as
| possible, there is activity all along
1.-the line. The various camp forces
are steadily extending the roadbed In
the course mapped out by the sur
veyors and as there are no partic-
ularly difficult feats to be performed,
the work will probably make rapid
progress.
The men employed in the work are
well housed, each camp having a
number of houses where the gangs
are sheltered. Fresh meat bread,
fruit vegetables, etc, form the menu
and the force Is contented.