Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-23
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The SANTA 10 company anends IL.
cral hundred thousand dollars a Vea.
distributing literature In pursuit Of ~
0stensible policy or building m IN,
santa Re Southwest" a southwes
which II Is alleged by many belong.
10 the Santa 70 in iced as well as n
word.
while the boosting Of the
ny this railroad company IL. 81 course
~ the end widely removed from MIR,
~"ltruisfn. nevertheless IL mus, be- ION.
eeded that ia The main the oomnany
mas maintained a broad and liberal
policy IN helping develop the resourc.
- 81 this part Of the n Mr.
Ripley and his lioutenants are sun.
posed 70 be mon Of big IDEAS and IN
putting them into execution. their
methods have generally Indicated Il
iarge grnsp of conditions ard q dis.
position 10 refrain from the pettv
%tyrannIes which IN some quarters
nave econ synonymous with the
word railroad. The Santa Fe com.
pany has generally done things on n
pretty large scale, from raising freight,
rates % assisting IN The irrigation of
the arid iands.
"Fnamwork, according 20 Mr.. hin.
ley, is the keynote.
Perhaps The most Imposing exhibg-
ton Of team work Witnessed In those.
parts Tor some time has been given IN.
A~lhuquerQue during the past week
~finheaded undorlings and brilliant
attorneys have co.operatcd with their.
empire building supcriors 20 deyelop|
me southwest BY obstrncting the most
important public enterprise started IN
Albuquerque in a decade. IN accord
with the broad policy OF developing
Z resources. the santa 70 Officials
here have sal up nights dovisine WAYS
y means 70 block the crossing where
me Highland trolley line ~ 20 pass
nNcr 60 the east side OF the city. abb
Ai~bofdinates have hecn earning their
HAiaries ~ shuntiug box ears and
switch engines across Tijcras avenue
endanneriHg the lives Of passershy on
foot and In vehicles, I%ncipient trans.
portation kings have lost sleep d~lroet-l
ms the work OF changing traeksl
around 50 as 10 embarrns and delayl
efforts Of q body Of progressive
70 make "a bigger and betterl
albuquerque.
IN us latest exhibition OF sharpI
prrctiee the Santa Fe hasl
the movable part of It's switch
on TiJeras avenue just whore incl
tracks Of h trolley company must
cross, This cffectually obstructs the
crossing Il has forced the Citizens
Traction company 20 10 into CONT at
outset of its enterprise. furnish
me necessary bond and contract fur
financial embarrassment which,
the company, with It's small capital.
's unable 10 undertake. Tho railway
corporation. by a contemplate trick,
effeetualy crippled the biz cityI
Improvement az the outset.
This trolley company Il somethinr
n which an Tho people Of Albuqucr-
are vitality interested. II Is an Al
.luqucrque enterprise. not a private
The action Of the Santa Re
aroused the intensest indignation
'mong the people of this city.
The company has Icrpctratod what
nay be- described in no other way chan
IS q high handed outrage against the
ltigens Of Albuquerque.
While the whoie business might he
expected al the Podunk. pumpkfa
enter and pottsville Central. it is
exhibition 10 he made by a
rent transcontincntnl railway system
the santa Fc is 20 adopt a iorkwater
'olicy 81 empire building Il should
tate az much IN its highly atusetivc
dvertising.
The motive. as far as can he learned
to escape further responsibility nt
10 crossing. II Is grave injustice 10 q
ie railroad. forsoofh. 90 give il thc II
monopoly OF only twenty crossings {
ad demand the use or two.
II this be railroad statoamanshIpIi
b. Ripley should be- informed thatl
ic cheapest brand OF peanut politics
rcsplondent IN comparison %
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