Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-09-08
A RAILROAD OVER
OLD SANTA fE
TRAIL ROUTE
Picturesque Reminder of the
Frontier Days Will Now
Echo to Chug of Trains
Through Colmor Cutoff.

Kansas CiN Mo. sept 8 -ptii-
CHATS of the Santa D., railroad have
announced that th, rut-ott from
Dodge ,i'N Kan. To- 'ulmor \ NJ
b. Zoo p, built lnd that 0orN upuu b
viU urslu this winter Tho 'ut-"II
will save u1r, 100 miles IN dist'n'"
aud n,oiI, tpur hours IN time for
through trains oi that road. the
new .ut.ou VIII hc tho straight"st
uu. eff railroad W. the world For
d., miles 10 viii boz Js straight as "a
numb line. without curve. ana
without grade that viii exceed s"Ncu
rrct 10 the mile. This air I'm" VII
traverse the level uruiII,S 90 tour "I
the Ii,, rtlrpudlDss counties of khh-
us ipy rul, upon the map Win
u. ,Ir, resting upon uudg" city ANA
'umur draw % straight line between
tho tNu towns. auu ,uu viii have th"
Iuut, of tho new road. In ~ "nur"
I,urth 81 viii not touch " town coz
oven % Village, TuWnsitcs have been
bought by officials ot the SANTA f''
who hope to make q large proiit upon
th" Investment
Everyone IN These counties is talk
iup about the new railroad Th'N
have been hopping tor 70 railroad there
Tor 90 Years several times 100 th's"
years a railroad has started to ~"
through and been abandoned. and
tHcr, hay, been dozens ol paper
roads
In 1852 4 j Soulc. maker Of !"
patent medicine IN Rochester. y
cam, 60 Dodge r,ty and built % rail-
road from there 90 Muut"2uWa. q
distance OBJ 90 miles. Tie Intended 4"
build ON through Goo 'hc P1uu, hut
nc built nip Irrigation ditch and q
college 100 Dodge civ. tuo. ana after
h.s ruld had h,.n u operation t""
wears 10 was abandoned. TN. steel
Wa. taken up and tho SETTLERS hauled
tho ties away tor r,,rusts Mon
t,zuma. which had population of
300. dviudicd to uutNuL Whom the
railroad went and NOW BE- b. house
frs, and deserted. another TRAGEDY of
the s,uu-Iiid plains
wear aru another railroad started
To- buId south through Ua.kyu county
from Garden CT, aud hope 'llrd thc
hoarts of the settlers again This
road null' bridge across tho Nrknu-
up the bridge and abandoned the
project
Np, tho settlers say. "G'u believe
tn, Santa r. is coming when ! see
th, steam cars n-hikiug Through here,
not ncfnr"
Ht Pr.stdoui UipI, SAYS II viii
80, built the route Doe. been tuiy'h 'd
and decided ou. ana the officials of
th. santa O., nat" bought 1900"
acre. af mud iu Gray county 5000
ln Hn4Eru Dc 600 M seward 81 ono
Iu Grant. 90. 600 in Si,.tcns and lnn.-
600 iu Morton county IN" cash mas
been uuid for thr-, lands and th"
deeds transferred 90 uIo santa r."
Land company tn, price paid aver
aged S. uu acre Wh'u thu roma
goes through hoy aims Too sell ~ i"r
an nyetue, OF 500 an acre.
Th, Tine ot the road. os SURVEYED,
uocs from Dodge Dilr sruthVcst
n,ross GRAY ana Haskell counties.
passing sis miles south oi santa F'.
the county seat. crossing three miles
through th, southwest CORNER of
Grant countN, passing 20 miles south
Of Ulysses the county scat crosses
thc northwest corner OF stevens cpuu-
g.. o. miles north OF Hugoton, tn"
county seat and crosses the south
cnsi corner ~ Morton county. 2N miles
from Wchucld. the county seat In
AN OF these county seat towns thcr"
is disappointment and gloom
y reckon wen hpy, 10 move six
miles south 60 the railroad. said a
business man OF santa 70 We've
boon waiting 80 years for "a railroad
in this town. aud. hy iiug II sh'
won't como 10 as ven lust naturally
snake this town down Go her SlN
mites amt much 81 move for q
town Thcv moved the town Of
ULYSSES three miles and set her up IN
better shape that she ever Was ana
done 10 in week. too.
Hut, az Kipung says That's am
other story
\ writer iu describing the old san
"a Pc uaN SAYS
Th, Arkansas river az this season
g. 20 mere thread of water winding like
a silver ribbon thruRh "a wide bed
Of level granitc-red sand. \ 6.ycar-
old boy might ford II now aud not
wade knee deep. Leaning from the
side of The motor car ana pcorins
over the edge OF the bridge YOU see
schools of minnaWs hrcnsunR th'
shallow rlpples that sparkle In th,
sunshine.
When the waters of the melted
mountain snoWs sweep down this val
lry tho torrent spreads nearly a mite
Wide and II runs that way for months
The surface of IT. sandy bed. baked
dry and hard now by the summer sun