Semi-weekly herald., 1910-03-14
new LINE
BEBUILT
Los Angeles Paper
Tells About Road
Building to Durango
ROUTE VIA YUMA, PHOENIX,
THROUGH DURANGO.

The Los Anseles Times of few
days ago contains a lengthy article
on The railroad Situation which is
big advertisement for Durango. In
fact. about every paper In the United
States has had something to say about
The building of this road and Durango
Is pointed TO as Ia prominent factor
The Times article Is rs follows;
Los Angeles IS 10 be- connected
through Denver with the east by
new transcontineidal line. which has
been planned. and partly completed
by the southern 1acfic
Some weeks ago the Times pub
IL he'd exclusively the Incorporation
and the merger of tho Randolph lines
/ in Arizona under The name of the
Arizona and Eastern, and late last
night confirmation of tho projected
continuation OF the system was re
ceiyed from Denver.
The Incorporation of the Arizona
Eastern road was for $4,000 900, and
more than $4,000 900 OF the stock is
| left, after the purchase at face value,
of all The Randolph roads in Arizona.
1t now develops that this purchase
IL now the first step for a main line
between Los Angeles, via Yuma. Phoe.
nix and Durango and Denver, over
the Denver and Rio. CTande's Colo
RADIO lines and the Southern fanifcs
liues in California
The now road will cut several hun
dred miles from the distance between
Les Angeles and the east and will
permit this road to compete directly
with the Salt Lake and the Santa Fe
in speed
Two Lines Direct
Two lines are being considered and
constructed Aside from the Phoe.
nix line, the other IS through the Kee-
ler country and northern Nevada. 10
cut off the lime lost through the Sac
ramenio and San Francisco terminals
Official information that has been
obtained Of the plans OF the Southern
Pacific in regard TO the Arizona, Colo
RADIO project shows that this win be
one of the most beneficial OF the kind
started In years
The line. which Is 10 he built to
connection with the Denver and Rio
Grande AT Durango. Is TO be made n
main instead of n branch, and is only
one of several to be constructed.
The Arizona Eastern win he made
into IL system comprising ,S77 miles
of track, or n system about equal IN
size 10 The main line OF the Colorado
aud Southern.
OF the Sf0,000,000 capital stock au.
ihorized, s5,32i 400 has been used to
take over the ella Valley. Globe and
Northern. Maricopa and Phoenix
Arizona and Colorado and the Phoe
nix and Eastern. subsidiary lines Of
the Southern Pacific
A new transcontinehtal line will be
built via Yuma and Phoenix and from
this line extensions VIII be made IN
two directions into Colorado.
ROUTE TO EAST
The new line from Yuma, on the
present main line to Phoenix. will be
60 miles long The Phoenix and East
ern tracks viii be used from Phoenix
to Wlnkleman. from which point new
ffaekg vuiIl ho gougttu,tad 20 .rd,
burg. N NJ another point on the main
line This route viii comprise $50
miles
The main line into Colorado will
start from san Carlos. Ariz., and run
via TalItlair to Globe. thence to the
boundary line between New Mexico
and Colorado. where IL Is intercepted
by the Las Animas river. In Colorado
H. will be extended north to Durango
This line viii be 42S miles long. There
viii be 27l miles OF branch lines to
this road. including one from TalkIaif
northeasterly TO the New Mexican Dor
der 200 miles long.
The second line into Colorado viii
start al the mouth OF the San Fran
cisco river In Graham county, Ariz.,
and run via Clifton TO a connection
with the main line between Aztec and
Pennington, about seventyHve miles
south of Durango. There VIII be 191
miles OF branches and connecting
lines built
The Durango line win connect with
the new transcontinental line through
Arizona and furnish the shortest route
from Denver Omaha and Chicago to
Los Angeles. 1t will save at least 100