Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-01-10
SHOPS COMING HERE.
amarillo to Lose Santa Fe Shops
Coming Here to Get Water.

coming mere 10 6et water.
/ According to reports of a semi
official nature reaching this city
this week, the Santa Fe shops
will shortly be removed from
Amarillo to Canyon City. Ru,
mors of this move have been in
/ circulation for a long time, and
time and again they have been
denied by the Amarillo people
This time, however, the report
comes from most authoritative
source, and according to this re-
port there is little room left for
doubt as to the Santa Fe's inten-
tention in the matter.
The primary cause for the re-
moval of the shops from Amaril-
10 is said to be lack of sufficient
water at that place For the past
two months the Santa Fe has
been hauling from one-half to
two train loads of water from
Canyon City to Amarillo to meet
the demands at the latter place,
and as Canyon City is supplied
with abundance of water this diff
ticulty will be entirely removed
by the removal of the shops to
that place.
This action on the part of the
railroad is expected to create
something of boom for Canyon
City, as it will be the means of
bringing larger number of new
citizens into the city. -Plainview
Herald.
A semi-official report some
times means that the officials
have caused a leak in the What
They Going DIDO" d epart-
ment and thus a report begins to
circulate, said to be semi
official" If there are any
grounds for taking up the report
the Brand has not been inform
ed. This, however, must be an
nounced: that if the shops are to
be removed from Amarillo, there
is going to be some tall timber
torn down if other towns keep
Hereford from getting the shops.
Hereford has the water right at
hand, the shop site already pick
ed out, the location for town
and is ready to make it interest
ing to the Santa Fe, if she wants
to make eyes at Hereford.
The water question is the most
important in the location of ma
chine shops; not only must there
be large Quantities of it, but the
water must be Of the right kind.
Hereford has the quantity and
the kind. Engineers say that
the water at Hereford is the best
on the line. This is sufficient;
they are the judges. AS to the
quantity: The railroad well sunk |
by the company nine years ago,
tho only fifty feet deep has never /
shown the least indication of be- |
ing exhausted. On the river the .
water could be pumped from the /
stream, without having to dig a
foot. A three foot dam across
the stream would always insure
IN abundance. What does the
Santa F'e think of the Hereford
water question: If she wants
else a nudge will be
Hereford is ready
hereford Brand.
Hereford is not to be blamed
or wanting everything that is
rood, not at all, but just why our
brethren of the Brand will per-
list in talking about that. town
laving the best water and most
# it when all the facts show Can
ION City to be ahead in that re-
pect is beyond the ken of the
Jews. Hereford has the TERRA \
3lanco on the river" as the
Brand calls it. to be sure. Can
on City has it, too. And in ad-
ition Canyon City has the Palo
)uro which is far superior both
5 to quantity of water and quail
~ Nothing in the entire Pan
andle surpasses for shop or
ound house purposes the water
the Palo Duro. So says chem
al tests and so say Santa Fe
ngineers. Hereford is a good
own, has good water and plenty
t it and to be fair should con
EIDE this much to Canyon City.