El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-15
RAILROAD NEWS.
MANY LINES Of RAILROAD ARE BUILD
INC IN TEXAS At THE PRESENT TINE
Activity of the Santa Fe Makes Many of the Other Roads
Begin to Feel Uneasy-Large Number of Independ-)
ent Roads Are Building in Different Parts of
The State of Texas.

. 10 Cisco, 20 miles, will be accomplished
during the present year. This road be-
longs to the system that is owned by
j. A Kemp OF Wichita Falls and asso-
ciates.
Scurry County Road.
The Roscoe Snyder & Pacific recent
" finished building ar extension of its
line to Fluvannia from Snyder, ScuTry
county, and is said TO have an addi-
tional extension in contemplation. The
, new cutoff line of the Santa Fee will
closely parallel this road and this has
caused the Iatters building plans to
be changed, it is stated
Grading is in progress on the branch
line OF the Frisco that is TO run from
Brady to Menardville, about 80 miles.
1t is reported that this line will be con-
tinued TO a connection with the South
ern Pacific, probably at Del Rio. Moth
ing definite is known as to when the
Frisco will begin the work of extending
its line south from Brady to San An
tonic. 1t is stated that engineers re-
Gently went over the latter route, and
that the survey is finished.
Frisco Extension.
The Frisco will soon begin the con-
struction of the proposed extension of
the Harrington branch of its St. Louis.
Brownsville & Mexico from Sam For
dyce to Roma, 43 miles. This extension
will be up the valley Of the Rio Grande.
B. F. Yoakum is now a part owner
of the San Antonio & Rio Grande rail-
road that runs from San Juan, on the
Harrington branch of the st. Louis.
Brownsville & Mexico, to Chaplin, IL
miles. This road is TO be extended
north to Falfurrias 20 miles, according
TO recent report. It is stated that the
cross-tie and other material for the
proposed extension have been purchased
The Rock Island has practically fin
ished its cutoff line running between
Amarillo and Tucumcari, n. NJ, 10
miles This road is really an extension
of its Choctaw line, and when in oper-
alton it Will greatly reduce the distance
between points west of Amarillo and
in the southwest generally and Mem
pills. as well as intermediate points
reached by the ChOctaw and its con-
nections.
a Short Line.
The Uvalde & Crystal City railroad
is being extended to Carrizo Springs,
which will give it a total length of
about 60 miles. 1t is said that the line
will be built to some point on the Rio
Grande, but no definite announcement
has been made in regard to the future
plans
The Enid, Ochiltree & Western will
have a total length of about 260 miles
It will run from Dalhart, Texas, to
Enid. Okla, crossing the upper Pan
handle. IN amendment of the charter
OF the road was recently filed, provid-
ing for the extension to be built from
Ochiltree east 10 Enid about $50 miles.
Grading is in progress on the San An
tonic Rio Grande & Tampico which is
projected to run between San Antonio
and Tampico. Mex, a distance of about
525 miles. Only the first 90 miles of
the proposed road is provided for in its
charter. The route Of this first division
extends south from San Antonio to-
wards the Rio Grande border
The Bartlett-Florence railway. run
ming between Bartlett and Florence, %
miles. is nearly finished. Its route is
through a rich farming country.
Another Road for San Angelo.
The Abilene & Southern, that now
runs between Abilene and Ballinger, is
to be extended from the latter place to
San Angelo. about 35 miles
Arrangements are said TO have been
made for the building OF the Coleman,
Llano & Southern railroad. that is pro-
jected to run from Coleman south to
Brady, 40 miles.
The contract for the construction of
the Temple & Northwestern railway
was recently let. This road is to run
between Temple and Hamilton, by way
of Gainesville, go miles.
A terminal system of railway will
be built at Arkansas Pass by the Aran-
sas Pass Terminal railroad company.
An extension of the Artesian Belt
railroad is being built from its present
southern terminus towards the Rio
Grande This road connects with the
Southern Pacific at Madona, near San
Antonio.
Quanah & Gulf.
The Ouanah & Gulf railroad of which
L. E. Walker is president, is projected
to run from Quanah southeast to Gle
burne, distance of about IT'S miles.
Arrangements looking to the early
building OF this proposed line have been
in progress for some time.
Financial arrangements are said to
have been made for the building of the
Fl. Worth, Mineral Wells & Western
railroad This line is projected to run
between Fort Worth and Roswell. n
Nj. about 500 miles.
Bonuses are being raised in a numbo+
OF towns in the Panhandle in aid of the
proposed Denver & Gulf that is being
built between Denver, Col, and Dallas.
1t is stated that this road will be as
near an air line as possible. It will
traverse a big stretch Of territory in
Texas.
All of these projected roads have for
their territory the western half of the
state A number of railroad enter
prises are on foot in the eastern half of
Texas, but it is in what was formerly
an exclusively ranch region where most
of the construction operations are now
in progress.