Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-12-21
HUGE INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT
OF TEXAS
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS
SPENT IN FOUR YEARS
Big Irrigation Project and
Sugar Mills Along American
Side Of Rio Grandei Gigantic
Combine of Capital,
Especial correspondence to Morning Jonrnall


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san Antonio, Texas, Dec. lin
auslflaI development on a gigantic
scale tnal VIII be epoch making IN the
second decade oI TINS century mas be
gun III Mexico ana
southern leNas' the zone OF lhIIu-
ehc' extending from Iampieo atoms
me gun 70 bfoWhsVIII' across the
mo Grahde ana up to san Antonio.
mere nave o"eh orm' two lar
reaching combination OF capitalists
il'luuIhg men known IN europe as
ven as America n Mexico.
ABOUT o u years ago development
81 inc itAaS sac OF the no Hrande
began on a ARG scale, ana since mat
tlIh' nearly ~$''ooo'0oo nave peer spent
IN FrIGailoh pants ana sugar mus
some Two years ago IL was demon
St'd'eu th"' Iue ldihPI'o on ll'ld Is
the most "ohu'riuI producer oil pc
t,oIcui' III me world one OIL Wen
ROWING 1V'VVV SdiloHS Il gay cauGht
ii'e 'Hu puIH'u lol SIN weeks Sehu-
ing Il SolIa column OF II7me sixty rect
INTO lhc an EN9etlS declare lhe on
oeIt 10 ne SV'VVo square hllies IN area.
contest Tor control OF thus great
territory mas p'oh Wased win much
spirit w an EngllSh syndicate.
=. !. FeafsohS ana sons OF London
ana the standard on company, both
OF Whom nave Dig holdings. Nlilam
X Hearst u James Il. keene also
control many thousand acres VIII
nam Is. Bells of Indianapolis, is at
the mead of "A EnTnnr1t1On C1nltgIIZeU
at $4o'0oo'ooo, n both
M'Nlcahs ana Americans lhat Is OPP
Grating ON a big scale,
In addition TO the OIL TINS territory
Is rich IN minerals n nara woods
and has great agricultural possible
Ties. =. r. IoakHm is SAID to be at
the mead OF a syndicate of MeNicans
ana Americans mat nave acquired
NAN IA million acres Of haro wood n
rlch agricultural land W Tampi-
co ana the city OF Mexico Announc
meht was made m san Antonio yes
tefday by Lac De La Montana Il
prominent MeNlean attorney. mat
work mas begun at Hacienda Saulelna
III ON the klo Gfahdc, "p-
poSIte hluaigo county leNas' on an
irrigation pant TO cost $Z.ooo'oOO III
goId' ana water loO'ooO acres. n
haclehda Is part OF an immense tract
OF ABOUT z'VVO . acres heId by a
Amerlcah SyhdIcate' Mon
taha declares lhat TINS syndicate VIII
oulld a pildge across tEe Rlo Grande
a. ga" Ju"n D" iHe ilacIehua' ana Il
i"liioa" |" I"Ihp'co' mus Iatlef roau
y peIHB sur eNou ana VIII connect
WIN d Ial'Io"u no" pulIdlhs from
iunlpIco 10 Ile oItF or Nlc
lH's rodu' crossing lno pIlase' Will
~Cohhe't win tho ROAD TO pc punt from
san antonio south To inc mo Grahde'
anu "oIlh' 10 Co"ilecI win 81 LOUIS
ChicdE" ahu ne" hoIk' IHese IliloS
""eH co'lPl'lcu VIII shorten the aus
lance 20 the Clty OF mexico ny ABOUT
SIX hours ana VIII coitroi inc puIk Oh
the passenger traIlIc' as wen as the
Immense Ireighl uralIlc OF me lower
no p'anoe NaII'y' ana the
country IN connection win lhese new
INES pans are laIo Tor deep wafer
port at a point below Point Isabel
IN IeNas' IampIco already mas a line
hafpor'
II 'hoSc IlheS arc gathered Ihlo one
system as Undoubtedly lneE VIII nc
with the control OF NV" ~deep-Wat'r
portS' ana the puIk oil inc IFelghl ana
passenger trattlc to Mexico, 1t VIII
constitute another important trans
continental route. inc opening OF tle
l'ahah canal IN a dozen years Will
add immensely to the importance OF
Jhls PROJECT. In certain quarters 1t Is
frankly stated that PRESIDENT l'ldz
General Reyes an" o'H'lS
nlsh IN mexican o1llci'I circles are
Interested IN TINS vast project Whlcn
pelhS Inanced by a New ipik nahk
nat mas some OF the Dig
2est industrial enterprises.
Inc enterprises include ans" inc de-
'eIopment OF the great territory IN
south Texas lying between san An
ONO and the RIO Grahde' "hlch IS
without railroads rms SeclloI
oranges lemons ana oIHc'
rults' ana all the V~esetapleS' ooth
'arller ana IN larger quahIllles 10 the
'efe IMAM Caillorh'a or ftoItua' II
epays the trult or truck saruheI III
rom $"OO 10 S'oo an acre per year {
ma Is capable OF supporting d popu- ,
dlioh larger IMAM lHe "HoI' St"'e OF
-eNaS. :
from lhese IdclS II Is eNiuehl una
holher OIL lhos' starting I"uuS''I''