The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-05
GOULD ROADS
PLAN LINES
Depression Has Not Stopped
Preparation for Road Through
The Panhandle
Associated Pross.

Chicago, Feb 2s.-AuthorHauNe
nouncement has been made that
while the financial depression has
caused delay in the carrying out Of
the Gould plans for building an cx-
tension OF tho Weatherford, Mineral
Wells g. Northwestern division OF
the system from Mineral Wells,
Texas, northwest to connection
with the Denver ana Rio Grande at
Trinidad. Colo, the project by no
means has been abandoned. Pre-
liminary work in connection with tho
survey Is In progress. More than
400 miles OF tho route has been de-
clded on. The extension is TO he
almost an air line, Of lower grade
than the Fort worth & Denver or
the Colorado a. Southern, both Of
which Il will parallel for a consld-
cradle portion OF the distance.
Distance 700 Miles.
The distance from Mineral Wells
TO Trinidad is about 700 miles. This
at present Is the largest railroad en-
terprlse on hand in the Southwest.
The particular object in view is to
join up by the most direct route pos
tlble the Gould system OF roads In
Colorado with that In the South west,
IN order TO gain an out.et for Colo
RADIO traffic through Galveston. In
addition to this through traffic,
which II Is desired TO handle eco
nomlcally and with expedience, the
local traffic 10 be obtained from tho
full development Of vast region OF
Texas territory TO which the build
ing OF the extension will contribute
immensely Is deemed OF enough Inn
portance TO Justify OF itself the pros
ecution Of the enterprise.
Port OF Old Project.
The foregoing dispatch from Chi
cago to the Dallas News gives moro
authoritative news about a railroad
project which has been talked for
several years and men here who are
familiar with the territory TO be
traversed by the road are not only
confident that II will be built but are
also confident that II is tho most
considerable and most important
new project now before the people
Of Northwest Texas.
The line indicated In the Chicago
dispatch, II is pointed out logically
included the short sections OF road
nov under operation oout OF Wich-
tia Falls under the name OF the WI
fhta Falls & Southwestern II is
known that the promoters and build
ers OF this road received heavy H.
nancial backing from capitalists who
are said to be influential in the
Gould companies. And II Ia further
pointed out that the Wichita Falls
a Southwestern under the same
prcmptings Is now planning to como
meet south with Mineral Wells and
north probably with Lawton In Ok
lahoma. This is the route which
the line indicated in the dispatch
would naturally take.
Joins Hope Line at Lawton.
AT Lawton the line comes to
Junction with the line from Hope,
Ark, which has attracted attention
here through the visit several weeks
ago Of two men who were making
general inspection OF the territory
through which the proposed road
from Arkansas and west will pass.
The line from Hope, Ark, Is also
understood to be Gould project SO
by this junction and the further OK
tension west through the Panhandle
and New Mexico to the present ter
minus Of the Gould system in Colo
RADIO at Engle a few miles south Of
Trinidad, the Gould lines would be
connected by short line over low
grades with all the Colorado bust
ness and would be able by short mil
Gag aad low grades to handle bus
irees for the lower Mississippi val
ley and New orleans or, taking the
western line from the junction, to
cover north and east Texas and the
Galveston trade. The present loca-
ton Of the Could lines makes these
connection links necessary and ac-
ccrdIngly substantiates information
given in the above and similar re-
ports which have lately been given
out.
DISCUSS BARAcA METHODS.