Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-26
CONSTRUCTION ON
NEW RAILROAD
STARTS SOON
-inaI Locations for New Zine
From Defiance 10 Durango
Have Been Started and Pros
poets Look Bright

Affairs in the railroad world. as FAR
rs san Juan county is concerned, APP
pear to be shaping themselves toward
the end Of new railroad construction
BY the southern Pacific within a very
few months, says the Pennington
Enterprise of recent date. 1t is an
nounced in . recent dispatch from
Denver that final locations for the
new line from Defiance, y. NJ, to
Durango have been started. and un-
less some unforeseen contingency de-
velops the construction work is eN-
pected to follow ut an early date,
l1pes Randolph. vice-president Of
the Southern Pacific Railroad com
pany Of Mexico, and the sonora Rail
way and Arizona Eastern in a state
ment a few days GO, said
we are making the final location
ot our line &c Durango. 1t is not
definitely decided when we viii COM
mence to construct it,
The new line OF The Southern Pa
cific railroad OF Mexico down the
Pacific slope is already doing a heavy
%trarfic, both freight ana passenger,
and is earning n good surplus over
operating expenses. The southern
Pacific enters Mexico at Nogales, and
ii is $50 miles from that place to
Ysgo, the present southern terminus
Of the completed line. The opening
Of the extension between A%caponeta
and Yago in May OF the present year
brought an exceedingly rich tropical
territory in close touch with the IA
The branch line which runs from Cor
to Tonichi. n~inety-six miles, pene-
the heart Of the Yaqui Indian
country, following the valley of the
Yaqul river. This new line is also
doing a heavy traffic.
The road has been paid ~S50,0O0,OO0
Mexican currency Of national bonds
of Mexico as - subsidy up to this
time. This is equivalent to $%25'0OO,-
600 gold. 1t is stated that approx
mately 10000. 900 gold has been eX-
pended so Far IN the construction OF
the line and h "a another $~l0,0OO,OO0
will be required to finish the con-
of the system as now
planned.
Another Interesting piece cl news
is contained in the Information, ac-
cording TO the Tucson Citizen, that
the Arizona Eastern Railroad fllcd a
on all its real ana personal
property Friday in the office of the
county recorder as security FOR u
bond issue OF $40, 600. 900. Tho mort
was executed in favor of the
Farmers Loan and Trust company OF
New York City us trustee. The lssu-
ng OF the mortgage ana its authori-
zrtion by Judge $. LOvctt, head of the
Hartman system, was announced
weeks ago.
The bonds arc TO DC due in forty
foars from date. The purpose OF the
contained in the provisions Of
he document is to enable the immed-
issuance Of bonds to the amount
If 1000. 900. The remainder of the
10, 000. 900 is to be available for tho
use OF railroads from time to time.
The money raised bv the bond is
is expected t. be used in %realiz-
ng the plans Of the Arizona Eastern
or expansion. A large part Of it is
aid to be intended for use in con-
OF the l%ow-grade line
through the box canon of the ella
rom san Carlos to connect with the
proposed line running into the Du-
ango coal fields.
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