The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-02-21
TUCUMCARI
RAILROAD

Returning on Saturdays auto stage
from Torrance, Edgar l.. Bedell Sec
retary of the Commercial Club, brings
good railroad news from his meeting
by appointment with President II. u.
Nudge, of the Rock Island system, at
TucIEncari. Mr.. Nudge considers a
railroad from Roswell to TucCmcari
a natural feeder for the Rock Island
and until he can investigate it more
fully before giving the proposed road
his absolute endorsement, will lend
temporary aid and do everything in
his power toward it's successful pro
motion and further. upon completion
of the road, will either enter into
traffic agreement or the Rock Island
will operate outright.
Mr. Nudge stated to Mr.. Bedell
that he will endeavor to make Ros-
well and the Pecos Valley a personal
visit sometime in April This will
be primarily for the inspection of the
valley for the Roswell Tucumcari
railroad additional to the personal
pleasure il will give him from the
fact that he is well acquainted with
many Roswell people and has person
al interests in the valley. This trip
is of vital Importance to Roswell for
the reason that upon the result of
tais inspection depends his endorse
ment of the proposed road. Mr..
Nudge visited Roswell several times
while he was president of the Santa
Fe, his last visit having been five
years ago, since when the valley has
undergone wonderful development.
the supposition that the Rock Is
lands lease on the road from Santa
Rosa to Ell Paso soon expires is eT-
roneous, President Nudge says, as
the lease is for 99 years. However,
the Pecos Valley line as a feeder and
for the coal trade of this country is
greatly desired by the Rock Island.
Mr.. Nudge believes that the Frisco
viii build from Quanah to Roswell
the road now started at the Quanah
end He is now going to San Fran
cisco and will there meet President
Ripley and learn whether the Santa
Fe intends building a line from Tu-
camcari to Clovis. From his stand
point he believes that the building of
a Tucumcari Clovis road would bring
cneap fuel to the Pecos Valley and
thus would be a detri-nent ~ the
TuCtfncar1 hOSWel FOdu
Secretary Bedell left here on the
auto Wednesday, reaching Tucumca-
ri at 1:1O Thursday morning He
spent that day with the leading
znen of that place and at four o.
clock met a business mems meeting,
called to hear what he had to say
and to show the feelings of the peo-
pie at that end of the line. Mr.. Be
dell states that the people OF Tucu-n-
carl are equally as enthusiastic as
the people of Roswell relative to the
construction of the road, IL not more
so. for the construction of the road
insures that Tucu.ncari will be one OF
the leading railroad towns OF the
western plains country. The people
there accorded Mr.. Beden every at
tenticn and at every point showed
their interest in his mission
On Thursday night President
Nudge came in from the east In ais
private car and, through Mr. Beder
N meeting between the president and
the business men of Tucumcari was
arranged for Friday morning. At this
meeting the people of Tucumcari a.
gain showed their interest in the rait-
road movement. After tlis meeting
Mr.. Nudge left for Ell Paso. accom-
panied by Mr.. Bedell, and ii was ON
the ride from Tucumcari to Torrance
that Mir. Bedell learned the matters
Of t-uportance relative to the railroad
proposition.