Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-28
/, SIGNIFICANT ANNOUNCEMENTS.

The Chicago Record Herald, 10 its
department Of railway news, gives
special prominence to the following
announcement By the Chicago, Rock
island and Pacific Railway company
The management Of the Rock is-
land road has decided 70 construct
one ~ tho most important links in It's
system Of roads. The new line. which
VIII be III miles long costing s., 600
600. and which VIII connect Amarillo,
Texas. with Tucemeari. n. NJ, bids
fair 10 change the transportation map
" the south
erhc now link viii give the Rock
Island tbe short Iine from st Louis
10 III Paso, the Pacific coast and
northern Old Mexico It VIII also be a
short competitive route from Memphis
70 the west and southwest and Viii
bring the Rock Island into active com
petition with The could system. the
Illinois eentral-southefn Pacific com.
bfnaiion
"rhe strategic importance Of this
link WIS seen by the Rock island
management when w y Leeds Wasl
president Of the road Tho building
of the line was begun in 1892. but FOR
some reason was discontinued afterl
twenty miles Of road had been CON
from Amarillo to ~ Dorado
The reason for the dlsconiinuance 81
the work was newer made public.
THE line Is 10 be constructed IL
once, and through service from chi
sc. Louis and Memphis to the
west viii be established owen It."
The Significance 70 Albuquerque or
announcement llss IN the fact that
tho building of The line from Amarillo
TO %1'ucunicari constituted an important
Of what was q pet scheme on
the part Of the Rock Island road as
long ago as 1892. ana as stated above,
was actually commenced ut that time.
had 10 be abandoned on account
Of the ~unfaYorable financial outlook.
The plan At that time was to build to-
fucufncdrL, thence across to Afbuquer-
lue, and from this point 70 the north
" t9i III lAt IiAli ~ ttlt III hIFAAtN i0HNl !
from this place to Durango. and
thence 10 Snlt Lake and on to the
making a transoontinental
inc from the gulf to the northwest
md since the company already has
lne line @ ~ PlHo ana old Mexico.
! does not stand 20 feason that il
would take this roundabout way TO
,niid another one. That feature OF
he announcement - doubtless for the
purpose of divefEing attention from
real objective poiut, which is. as
have said. 20 the northwest, ana +
here is good reason for believing that /
When tho new section above referred I
o reaches Tueumearii il viii push 4
light ON to Moriarty There has been {
strong conviction Ia the public mind ,
or some time past that the Now Mex
70 Central, as reorganized, was back
4 by some ono Of the srent CONT =
Hines. and Il Is not at on i'm /
robabie that this announcement By 4
he ROCK island viii be found 60 be d
be solution Of the problem Of (which i
ne ~ !.
Tho reason given for the building d
T. the Tucumearl line Is not plausible, i.
ecause the end said To be had In view Il
not to be profltab'v reached in that d
.ay, but the Other purpose Is perfect
I reasonable and probable. because II :
ouid be the carrying out Of "a Ian
.hieh VIC know has long been enter 4
by the company and upon \
llch II has already expended a good /.
cal of money Ia the way Of making
explorations. :
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