The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-01-27


IN the annals of uhweer Woven the
"hev"ment i the big man beautiful dream tran.
formed "reai " nrough ibs mans hope aud
"Ie"s efforts And after his biz having used th achieve
,ea o. p,t; ,. .5,-ri .,e. ,,.i.-, 80, ,u".
town had a Ta1 romance of : own.
Charles Eddy funl, and builder of Alamogordo
'rtist dreamer iieas But with She faculty Of signing
he combined the power to build and ourheve Tu when
Nr Eddy rod" the punrher. Iut he realize that life
i things which were brh r'nurer,tv and better suited
70 his
which Is Of the Te Finding that the
peraon of the road resulted profit he sold the property The
transaction left him with capital to float enterprises. With
undaunted he turned his Golden West the land
promise, and moved forward.
His a road from FL Paso White Oaks the
famous old gold mining in the heart of the White Mountains
He secured the capital in Scranton Ppnna from Mr.
Simpson and colleagues and began constructions
actually under difficulties of the kind
encountered Many of the of White Oaks think
ing that they had the their assumed
bitrary attitude and o pat" for "hod.up game They
lid not know Eddy.
Unwilling aud unable contend with the imposed
White Oaks and therefore shut his original ohjecve point
Mr. Eddy conceived the still bigger project of building
Rosa with the hope of prevailing upon the Rock Island extend
its line to that point an thus another
highway He the proposed line the wes skirted the
base of the mountains aud down through Coyote Pass
He left White Oaks maroonel, high and dry. mountain
asnes 1t stands today, still inaccessible as com
mere con erned decayng monument to the greed of some
citizens.
This little of the promotion and building Of Paso North
Railway he incidental beside the point: il is
just in that it illustrates the spirit and characte
the founders and builders Aamogoro Aamogordo Improve
Company subsidiary of Ell Paso Il Northeastern.
both companies owned and controlled by the same m
,orrie Of daring capitalists.
With part of the line constructed under operation t
question changed from right of Water water
With the whole world gwen way and no water
could be The railroad engineers those sturdy adj
guards of material Development rausacked deoured th
valley for the scouts Of army recnuoter tn
enemy And the situation just critical Then they foun
he water Up Aamogodo Canyon they springs vc
then promised and still furnishing bountifu supply Of cry
,'al-pu water
Here then the LOGICAL place t. build great and beautu
which should be used for the big general shops and the gen
era headquarters.
That in 1898. Aamogorlo then primitive desert T.
who knew the locality at all Caspys Flats Tb
en- quick recognize the possibilities of the location
Given hand by the Company they work with will The
Of 10000 expended in planting Open your eyes
any the 36 and will find abundant evidence that the
designers aud builders of Aamogodo performed their mission
faithfully and well, intel gently and artisticaly
With the big shops full crewed the general carrying
large and gr, awms running double time Aamog
ordo infant enjoyed payros which aggregated million
dollars year There property burn and at the
birds.
They princes Who in command Among the railroad
officers Eddy Greg and Ddman whose hearts We in Ala
osoro They wnever be forgotten long old guard
And always they will be remembered with kindness
tenderness.
Then there A. j. King, the manager Aamogordo I'm
Co.. sategst dpomatt and gentleman always and
by every right King has crossed the Big Divide but he has
left to his people q untainted, unsued.
Naturally enough der the conditions effort whatever was
settle and develop the surrounding From the
record those days impossible infer that anyone knew
the tributary country bopeesy and
sterile wonderfully fertile and productive Why? Because
paen every good thing that desired needed was
in abundance here within the limits Of Aamogordo
FL Paso Northeastern Railroad never dividend Garner