Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-08-11
EASTERN CAPITALISTS
INSPECT ROUTE OF
new ROAD
Col. HOpeWell Takes PittSbur.
gers to TUeraS Canyon to
Show Them What
Is Needed.
SAY CONSTRUCTION
| WILL BEGIN soon
Party Has Inspected Old Santa F,
Central and All the Members
We're Pleased with Appear
ance Of the Country and
lis Prospects.

A. L. Richmond. of the Metropolis
tan bank of Plttsburg. Pa. and one
of the principal owners Of the Fer
gusson Construction company Of New
York; ]. 4. Lybrand, a prominent
stock broker of Indianapolis, and Col.
w. S. Hopewell. promoter of the AL
Luquerque Eastern, left the city this
morning in a large red touring car
for trip through Tijeras canyon. the
proposed route of the AlbuquerQuel
Eastern.
Messrs. Richmond and Lybrand. ac-
oompanied by Col. Hopewell and Col.
Robert Law. of the New Mexico Cen
tral. of which the Eastern will be q
part, and Gov. Walter Lyons of Pitts
burg, Pa, arrived in the city last
night al1er a strenuous two days trip
over the santa Fe Central. The party
travelled in Mr.. Laws private car and
inspected the Central very carefully
from santa Fe to Torrance and from
Willard to the place where ne"
branch Is to be built to the Hagan
coal fields. They also went to Hagan
and took look at the mines. and Il
is believed that all were well pleased
with the condition of the property.
Mr.. Richardson Is financially abe
and says that he Is ready to build ths
Albuquerque Eastern branch. The
work of construction viii begin as
soon as material and a construction
out fit can be placed on the ground.
The Ferguson Construction company
is one of the largest railroad building
concerns in New York. A part of the
company's great outfit Is on its way
to New Mexico to begin the constru,-
ton of the Albuquerque Eastern and
it may be possible that the entire out-
fit will be brought here in the future
and that the Ferguson CONSTRUCTION
company will make Albuquerque It's
! headquarters.
The trip being made through IT,
jeras canyon today Is for the purpose
of showing Mr.. Richmond the route
the survey follows and the nature Il
the construction necessary to put the
road through. Col HopeWell TOOK
Engineer Farweli along to explain
the route of the survey more fully.
The party had planned before lesv-
ing the city to ride in the auto as far
up the canyon as possible and sent
carriage ahead for use should they
care to go any place inaccessible to
the big machine. The return to the
city will be made late this evening,
barring accidents.
Mr.. Law, president of the New
Mexico Central, and Walter Lyons,
general eastern solicitor for the COM
pany, remained in the city. Mr.. Law
will probably go to Santa Fe tonight,
but the remainder of the party VIII
be here over tomoryow. Mr.. Law
said this morning that he had been
on the wing for two weeks and there
were matters in Santa Fe demanding
| his attention. Regarding the trip
through the Estancia valley, Mr.. Law
said that good rains have fallen there
recently and the whole valley looks
! like a garden. The people are feel
ing prosperous, those of them who
have been there a year or more. and
new homeseekers are settling in the
country every day. There is scarcely
any government land left where three
years ago the whole valley was a
barren plain.
Mr.. Lybrand. who Is on his first
| trip to New Mexico. was agreeably
surprised at what he saw. Mr.. Ly-
brand has the reputation of having
, handled successfully, every PROPOSE
ton he ever attempted TO float, and
the men behind the New Mexico Gen.
tial are confident that the paper Of
the new road will be placed by him dt
a good advantage.