The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-09-10
RAILWAY EXTENSIONS
IN WEST TEXAS.
SANTA FE OFFICIALS SPEAK WELL OF
DEVELOPMENT or BIG WEST.
Numerous Extensions Of Santa Fe System is
Contemplated May Effect
Canyon City.

NdlVeSlOn, lex. sept D. FROM
inent officials of the Gulf, Colo
RADIO and Santa Fe road returned
to the city on Friday from the
western part of the State, where
they have been looking over the
situation in general and railroad
conditions in particular. From
F. G. Pettibone, vice president
and general manager of the
Santa Fe, it was learned that
engineers are at the present
time making preliminary sur
veys for the San Saba branch,
which branch will be from some
point on the Santa Fe, between
Lampasas and Brownwood, to
the western border of San Saba
county, a distance of probably
fifty miles. 1t is probable that
this branch will extend farther
west and include Brady, and it
is possible that the line will go
even further and include Men
ardville. However, at this time
no definite information can be
had on the extension of the line
further west than the line of
San Saba, at which place the
residents have guaranteed depot
facilities, right of way and bon
uses, in a manner that would in
dicate the real need for a good
railroad. The possibilities of
that country cannot now be es-
timated, for in addition to having
the finest lands, both bottom and
prairie, and branch of one of
the foremost roads in the coun-
try, they are negotiating for and
have practically secured an irri-
cation plant which will cost in
the neighborhood of $4,000, 600
and will irrigate some sixty thou
sand acres of fertile lands. To
secure this irrigation it is nee
essary to assure the irrigation
company of contracts for at least
20. 600 acress for irrigation pur-
poses, of which some $4,000 or
Is, 600 acres have already been
secured. 1t is understood that
the charges for such irrigation
will be almost infinitesimal, that
is about $4 per acre for fifteen
years, after which time the
water will be free. So with
such prospects in view, the citi-
zens of San Saba county, Lam
pasas county and possibly Nc
Culloch and Menard counties,
should feel jubilant.
Another extension of the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe will be
that from San Angelo in a north
westerly direction through
Water Valley and Carlsbad to
Sterling City, a distance of forty
miles. This extension has been
defnately decided upon, and To-
eating engineers are now on the
ground arranging for the prelim-
mary construction of the road,
and it is expected that the actual
construction will be started in
about thirty days and go forward
to rapid completion. That
part of the country is also pos
sessed of rich lands, selling even
now for bottom lands, at $25 per
acre. A branch of the Colorado
River, in addition to several
large creeks, runs through that
section of the country.
Work on the construction of
the Coleman-TeXico lines has al
ready commenced from Coleman,
on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Fe, to Texico, on the Atchison
system line, a distance of nearly
800 miles. This line will be
operated by the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe as far as Sweet
water, Tex, and then on to
Texico by way of Lubbock and
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