Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-08-27
VALLEY CITY
MAKING RAPID
STRIDES
Roswell RAISES 100000 .
FOR NEW RAILROAD
Secretary of Commercial Club
Here to Complete Arrange
ments for Big Display at the
Exposition,

4 Graham, secretary of the Res
.ou commercial club, arrived in Al
nn~r,erouc yesterday to complete ar
.,,oomcnts for the exhibit to b. made
a, thc coming exposition by Roswell
and its adjacent territory. The orig
iool sparc allotted to Roswell was
,,x5o feet. This, However, was not
,,mrirnt. Roswell has subscribed
gao for the making up of its dis
nlay M the exposition and Mr.. Ora
ham Yesterday made arrangements
for space 3Ox50 feet. This space will
he devoted exclusively to the Roswell
commercial clubs showing, and a dis
play from Dexter, of which Mr.. era
ham will have charge. In addition,
DISPLAYS will come from Carlsbad, Ar
tesla. Hagcrman and other points in
the Pecos valley, so that its represen-
tation will be. very large.
Mr.. Graham, whose position puts
him in close touch with public bust
ness in the valley, is enthusiastic over
the rapid growth Of Roswell and the
d rosy outlook ahead of the Pecos val
ley,
Roswell, said Mr.. Graham yester-
day, lis growing very rapidly just
now. Business conditions are excel
lent and our outlook is more bright
than at any time since the Pecos val
ley began to develop, The citizens of
Roswell have just completed raising
a 100000 cash subscription which
win be applied as a bonus for the new
Altus, Roswell and Eel PasO railroad.
now under construction and which
will extend from Altus, Okla, where
connection is had with three big rail
road systems, to FL Paso. Thirty
miles Of the road have been practical
ly completed and construction of the
entire line is guaranteed without de-
lay. In addition to the cash bonus,
Roswell has contributed twenty acres
Of land for terminals, and right of way
through the city. We are now consid-
ering a proposal from another rail-
road company which apparently means
business, and when the New Mexico
Central extends to Roswell, as we be-
licye it will eventually. the city will
be supplied with the only thing it
has lacked in the past, adequate trans
portation. When the new railroad
comes in Roswell viii go on a boom.
Even under present conditions the
valley is doing very well. In Roswell
we have close to half a million dol
lars worth of building under way or
under contract. The Commercial club
will move into a new building at once,
built especially for it. The Elks are
completing their building and we have
an armory and a government build
ing coming up. Taking it all the way
through, we have no reason to kick.
THE farming situation is excellent,
We rave the biggest apple crop of re
cent years. | call to mind the case of
a single orchard which has sold its
crop ON the trees for $500 90. This
sale was made six weeks ago. The
buyer stands to make $4,000 profit on
this orchard alone. General farming
conditions are good.
propose to make a representa-
tive Exhibit of fruits and truck at the
exposition here. In addition to the
exhibit which will come from Roswell
and Dexter, of which | will have
charge. Hagerman, Artesia and Carls-
bad will send frst-class exhibits, SO
That the Pccos valley will have no rca-
SON TO feel ashamed Of the showing
it win make.
The attendance from our section
OF New Mexico will be very large. as
There is the deepest interest in the
congress and a general feeling that it
VIII accomplish a great deal for the
territory"
Mr. Graham will return here on
September 20 with thc Roswell cN-
hoit and will stay here during the
congress.
There is one thing which your Of
n'crs should make plain TO exhibit
"f'. he said. THAT is the fact that
your exhibition buildings viii be
ready ON time. | have heard "A mum
o'I of prospective exhibitors say that
'ney would not come here on the
-Vlh or before because the buildings
would not De ready. visited the ex-
position grounds today and saw the
progress Which has been made. There
I' oi course, no question that yodr
buildings viii be ready on time, and
'.. exhibitors should be impress q
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