The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-07-16

Il 10 Now Going Down It the Rate Of
Mile Fer Day.

Il 10 Now Going Down 1t the Rate Of
. Mile Per Day.
The Alfus, Roswell & Ell Paso Rail
way is now rapidly becoming q reality
in the railway world. The laying of
steel was begun In Altus Tuesday and
is being pushed right along as fast as
the construction company can rush
the work. The actual steel was on the
sidings in AItus last week and the
tracklaying Is now under way In earn
est. C. L. Sloan of this city was there
last week and saw the steel. We
were talking with an Altus man yes
terday and he stated that the above
facts as to the laying of steel was
true. They expect to lay steel al
most directly to Wellington as the
grade between HALLS and Wellington
will be rapid work and easy to push
along. The stretch between Memphis
and Wellington will take more time so
1t will hardly e completed this year.
but the other will be ready to move
the crop now maturing.
The company will then begin lay
ing steel at Memphis and push west
to the caprock making about thirty
five miles in this county just as fast
as money and energy can put ii there.
The grade work has now goLten ac-
ross Indian creek and the work from
It will make rapid Roadway. 1t is be-
lieved that the next thirty days will
put 1t into Lakeview from this way.
Four miles of very Inc grade has
been completed with a splendid six
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contract with our committee only call
ed for a fourteen foot crown 1t indt-
Gates that everything Is being made
in the most substantial manner We
now rave no doubt that Mr.. Kennedy
will be laying steel on this division in
side the next three or four months
and it is very possible that Lake
view may yet get her winter GAL and
supplies over the A. r. & f. p. line.
Mr.. Kennedy also expects just rs
soon as the Santa Fe reaches Lub-
book 10 run a large lot of steel and
ties in there and lay the rails east to
Lockney and Silverton. The caprock
section and the reach between here
and Wellington will be the asst gaps
of steel Il be laid on the Texas por-
tion of the road.
The American Express Company
has received the contract for hand
ling the express matter along the line.
This Is n OF the largest express com
panies in the country and has the
contract on the NJ. K. & T. system.
AS the road at Altus with
the Wichita Falls and Northwestern
branch of the NJ. X. & T. 1t may be
a straw to point that this line is also
To be operated by the Katy interests.
In fact ii now looks very much like
this was a fact. In tiny event this
road Is making UGH a showing hat
wen the Childress Index will soon
have TO acknowledge that IL will ne
bulk. Still he nay be Xix the fell
low saying they couldn't put a man in
jail that was already in. V after
the line is built some people MAY still
insist that it cant be done.
The estimates on construction work
as in for June and the committees are
arranging to make the pay nents
promptly. as the subscribers VIII no
doubt be prompt with the payment Of
the light new call of Is per cent to
cover these matters. Let t:e good
work go on and a few rs VIII
show a great revolution in Me-. plis
toward a mO.ern .I-s.--iIall County
Herald.