Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-01-02
1907 TONNAGE ON
SANTA FE BEATS
ALL RECORDS
System Certain Of a Huge
Volume of Traffic in Coming
Year. According to Vice
President G. T, Nicholson,

charge of..traffic of the Santa Fee
road, in speaking of the operations in
1907. says
This has been a banner year for
us. We carried greater tonnage
than ever before in the History of the
company. The business has been so
great that we have not yet been able
to catch up with it, With n one track
system congestion of traffic always
results in delay, and we suffered con-
sideraby from that cause during the
entire year. We are not entirely rid
of the congestion yet
our territory is developing at such
rapid rate that it seems to be i'm
possible to increase facilities fast
enough to keep pace with the eXpan-
sion of business. Take oklahoma, for
example. 1t now includes Indian Ter
ritory. In 1905 its products for the
year We're valued at 100000 600. The
estimated value of its crops this year
is Sl00,O00.000
Santa fc in Kansas.
The southwestern part Of Kansas
has been the scene Of the most marked
industrial growth. It has developed
as one of the greatest natural gas and
oil fields in the world and because
Of that it has attracted great num-
bers of large fuel using industries.
Chief among these are Portland
cement mills, glass factories, z,nc
smeltcrs and clay plants There have
been located on our lines during the
year 2S new Industries from which we
have received $3.50 car loads of
freight, though many of them have
not begun to turn out freight vet.
The total capacity of all when finished
will be over 80 car loads a day.
Slightly more than 1900, 900 bales
of cotton have been baed in Texas
during the year. oil production de-
creased there, but an increase in the
output of coal is noticeable The Ium-
cut exceeds that of last year consid-
erably.
During the year we have built $50
miles of double track between Chicago
and Kansas City, completed the con-
structiOn of the Arkansas Valley road,
completed the construction of the
Eastern Railroad Of New Mexico Cor
the Bclen cut Off constructed a sec |
ond tunnel through Ration mountain
$500 feet long, built roundhouses and |
shops on various parts of our lines |
increased our sidings and terminal ia. |
ciities at many places materially, re- !
paced wooden bridges WIN perha-
heht structures anu dohe great
amount OF othef Improvement work. !
with a view to increasing the safety /
OF our INES 10 a maximum ana iacl-
itating the handling of traffic.
Increase in Equipment.
During the wear we increased our
continent materially We have re-
caited z 600 hoy cars $50 stock |
cars orr of $500 ordered. 1000 coal |
cars. 400 ballast cars. 2GG tank cars |
out of $50 ordered, 1876 weigh cars, so |
hunk cars. 500 refrieerators, 8 postal ,
cars, GO baggage cars. 20 smokers. % |
day coaches, 20 chair cars, parlor
car, cafe observation cars. 80 pas |
songer and 12t freight locomotives |
I'm the movement of our lines in |
addition to what has been mentioned, !
NAV saw we laid about 500 miles of |
new eiphtv-fiye pound rails, displac-
ing lighter rails.
THE new territory tributary to our |
lines is being settled up rapidly Emil |
grants are going in there by the tens
of thousands and if the value Of their
belonging were added up it would |
make an enormous amount. OF course
we have derived a considerable rev.
enue from the TRANSFORMATION of these |
people and their personal effects into |
the territory. The country is becom- |
inc richer over Wear. and even with !
moderate Drosnerity our system is |