El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-24
IS RETARD|NG
COMMERCIAL
E PAS()
A. w. Reeves Urges Strong
Protest Against I. & G.. n.
Bill.
FIGHT SHOULD BE
MADE AT STANFORD

A. W. Reeves, traffic manager of the
chamber of commerce, believes that Ell
Paso should have representative at
the West Texas Commercial congress
which is to be held at Stamford, Tex,
to protest for west Texas against the
enactment of the obnoxious l. & G.. n.
law by the state legislature. Traffic
manager Reeves believes that this law
has done more to injure Ell Paso's COM
mercial supremacy than to any other
city in Texas and that the Frisco line
would have been extended to Ell Paso
if if had not been for this adverse leg
islatiOn.
without doubt the enactment OF the
T. & G. N bill by the Texas Legislature
has done more harm to FL PaSo than
almost any other city or town in west
| Texas" traffic manager Reeves said
| 'oThere seems to be every reason to ex-
pect that the NJ. K. & T. interests,
which purchased the Texas Central
railway. would extend that line from
Rotan to Roswell, y. NJ. which, no
doubt. would mean that the New Mex
| leo Central would extend from Tor
rance. n NJ, to Roswell. This would
| give FL Paso a more direct line by way
| of the Southwestern and New Mexico
Central to the Pecos valley than it
now has. There is just as good or bet
ter reason to believe that the Frisco
line would be built from Quanah to
Roswell with the purpose of extending
| to Ell Paso.
This would mean another short line
to the Pecos valley into which section
| the business interests of Ell Paso are
very anxious to reach and give the
| CITY another eastern outlet. with the
shortest mileage, to. st. Louis, and one
l.
is perfectly reasonable to suppose that
the Frisco line is very anxious to reach
FL Paso, which will give that system
! connections here for all points north
of Torreon in the central portion of
| Mexico. connection with the Pearson
line to the lumber and mining district
reached by that road aud ultimately to
the West Coast, with the Southern Pa
cific lines to the West Coast of Mex
| leo. and with those lines to the Pacific
coast.
'Tf reports that the Southwestern
and Rock Island interests are to build
to the Pacific coast, or that they are
to build TO Phoenix and form a traffic
alliance with the Santa Fe. are true, no
doubt the Southern Pacific and Frisco
system would have a close traffic ar
! rangement by way of the latter into
Ell Paso.
l With different legislation by the
Texas lawmakers and less antagonism
! in this state against the railways. ii
stands to reason that there viii be such
railway building in west Texas as will
! change the map of this section of the
country, but with adverse legislation, il
! is not TO be wondered that money in
| terests refuse to build lines of rail-
ways where returns cannot be had for
| several years and at the same time
| know that they are counting trouble
1 from the very start.
West Texas is in a period OF devel-
! opment and needs as liberal laws af-
| fecting railways as any state or terri
/ tory in the union, and with such laws
/ and the proper encourag cement, the
western section Of this state might be
! developed very rapidly. 1t is to be
! hoped that there will be a large and
representative gathering at the West
Texas Commercial congress, which is to
meet in Stamford, and that they will
place themselves on record in no un-
certain way"