Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-05-25
GLOBES BRIGHT RAILROAD
 FUTURE

Quanah, Texas to San Diego on the Pacific ocean, places Arizona in very enviable position and Globe upon at least one trunk line, and probably two.
 An Oklahoma correspondent writing to private parties in San Diego says: "An extension of the San Francisco Railway system southwest from Quan- ah, Texas, the present terminus, making direct connections with the Pacific, now seems assured, according to local rail way promoters. The first rolling stock was installed Thursday on . part of the line completed out of cmanah on contracts extending to Roswell, New Mexico.
 ''While the line is being built under the name of the Quanah, Acr,l & Pacific, inside information announcs that as soon as completed the Frisco will take 1t over AND MAKE FURTHER FIX. TENSION THROUGH PHoElux, AR. FIONA, into the Imperial vslley of California, where connections will be made with the spreckels line which IS being constructed from San Diego east ward.''
 Almost simultaneously with this in- formation comes disptach from San Diego stating that Sprsckels has award ed the contract for grading the railroad bearing his name;--that work is now in progress and that the road will be com pleted to ths Mexican border inside of ninety days. This portion of the story Is only significant inasmuch as 1t shows that things ara doing at both ends of the proposed transcontinental line. The .Spreckels road is not in any way allied with the Hartman interests. It has un- doubtsdly arrangtd for eastern connec- tion, as a road running. for instance, from San Diego to Yuma, would rot prove profitable and no friendly traffic deal can be made with the Southern Pa cifc. With these facts explained the Roswell extension of the Pacific seems not only feasible, but very likely move on the part of the Frisco pople, the undoubtcd real promoters.
 Accepting the Oklahoma information as true the proposed relations of the new railroad to Arizona and especially Globe are an interesting speculation. It is quite natural to presume that the new line will traverse new route and in the main open virgin territory. In making a study of the map of New Mexico and Arizona and noting partic- ularly the sections traversed by the Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific 1t is not hard to figure out almost an air line from Roswell by the way of Globe to Phoenix. Such 8 line would pens- trate rich agricultural and mineral sec tions in New Mexico not at present en- toying railway facilities and similar territory in Arizona. That city as important as Globe, with mining fu- ture fairly ghstening in tho splendor of its promise, would be cut out Or side stepped by railroad is not at all like, ly, and it is safe to put 1t down that if this road is constructed 1t will pass di- rectly through Globe. And in the face of the news coming through San Diego there is every reason to believe that 1t win be built and at a very early date. This would give Globe a direct line to Kansas City, St. Louis and on to Chi cago and New York.
 But there is still another circum- stance that leads to the conclusion that new line IS to invade this territory. It is a well known fact that the South ern Pacific has had a surveying corps in the field for some time, running a line presumably from San Carlos to Durango, Colorado. The Miami exten- sion, now in process of construction, Is a portion of tho proposed Durango line. The Silver Belt took occasion to remark that the grading outfit now employed on the Miami extension would not leave this vicinity until they were far away on their work out from Globe to Duran go. At Durango this new Southern Pa cific lins will make connection with tho Rio Grande Southern, now in control of Hartman, or it will go to Conner, Colo, where 1t will connect with the Colorado Southern, branch line recent ly acquired by Hartman from the H-n interests. The Southern Pacific, with line of steamers running from Gal weston and New Orleans to the Allan tic seaboard, has been able to handle this eastern freight and it does not now propose to forfeit this traffic to new