The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-25
SAN ANTONIO WILL
 HAVE NEW RAILROAD Yoakum's Brownsville Road Will Enter the City THE TERRITORY IS RICH Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Will spend Sum of s5,0OO, 900 in Better ment of Road and Extension
 of It's Lines
THE TERRITORY IS RICH

San Antonio. Tex, August 24.-That railroad will build a trunk line into this city Is the definite announcement made by A T. Perkins. vice president of the system. MT. Perkins came to San Antonio for the express purpose to make this statement to the cham Der of commerce. In order to put his road in contact with San Antonio as soon a. possible a branch line will be built from Kingsville to Alice, a sta tion on the San Antonio and Aransas Pass railroad. This done the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico will run its own trains into this city. The branch line in question will be 22 miles in length and will ultimately form part of the main line. Work on the latter will be pushed with all energy and MT. Perkins is confident that it will be in operation within 12 months The dis tance to be covered by it Is 125 miles. Owing to the fact that the country traversed in prairie land of an undulat- ing character no serious engineering problem will be encountered.
 It is understood that the line to be built will form the connecting link In the Yoakum railroads for a short line between St. Louis and Mexico City. Surveying crews now in the field are selecting a route from Brady, Tex. southward toward San Antonio, the for mer being at present the terminal of the Frisco road. The two lines would meet in this city and provide short haul for all through traffic to Mex leo.
 The new International bridge at Brownsville will be open for traffic next November and will give the Yoakum roads physical contact with the Ma tional lines of Mexico at Matamoras. In all probability if rumors are to be believed the Yoakum interests will then build an air line to Mexico City. The branch of the National lines with which the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mex leo will connect follows a rather cir cuitous route and for that reason an effective short line to Mexico City from St. Louis will not be a reality before a road down the east coast of the republic is in operation. The latter, incidentally, would tap one of the rich est districts in Mexico.
 The territory to be opened by the road of which the building has been announced by MT. Perkins is one of the richest in all Texas. Tn the south ern and central parts of it crops are raised throughout the year and dur ing the winter large quantities of gar den truck are shipped from there. The new railroad would greatly stimulate the production of the latter and a large share of its freight tonnage would be made up from it.
 Railroad will Spend Money
 For the purpose of closing the gaps in it's system, the Kansas City, Orient and Mexico railroad will in the near future spend $5,0o0000, raised in London, Eng land, by the issuance of first mortgage bonds The breaks in the companys line between Wichita, Kan, and it's Mexican terminal, Topolobampo, on the Pacific, have been found to operate against the interests of the road to a serious degree
 
 lishment of through lines all over the sys- tenn the earnings will be increased tre- mendously.
 The main line of the road is now in operation as far as San Angelo Tex From this point to station on the Con- chos near Pichacos, Chihuahua, Mexico, there Is a wide gap of little over 300 miles. To connect parts of the system in Mexico a short but expensive line will have to be built through the Sierra Madre, and to come into physical con- tact with the National lines of Mexico a line must be constructed from Allende, Mexico, to Del Rio, Tex. The latter un- dertaking will also necessitate the build ing of another international bridge. Be- sides the gaps mentioned there are a number of short cuts, and connections with other roads, which, when built, will greatly increase the traffic on the system. Work on some of the connecting lines is already in progress. Grading crews are in the field at San Angelo and Del Rio. Tex, Minaca, Sanchez, Topolo- bsmpo and Hornilos Mexico. Surveys for others now being made
 While crop conditions in southwest Tex as are generally good almost unprece- dented crops will be harvested in the gulf coast section and far north as Bee and Oak counties. In many parts cotton will yield from a bale to bale and a half per acre and 90 bushels of corn are said to have been nothing unusual this sea- son. The many citrus fruit orchards set out within the last few years in this dis trict are for the greater part in fruit for the first time and show great promise,