Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-07-21
RAILROAD MAGNATE
|NCOGNITO IN
ROSWELL
r. D. Yoakum, Vice President
of Frisco, Makes Secret Visit
to Pecos Valley Town (;
Delves Into Future Tonnage
ROSWELL RECORD SAYS
STORY is A FAKE

m, following story recently pub
lisbpd In the RrRistor-Trlbuno in
Roswell. regarding an alleged visit
ut railroad magnatr g. interesting.
even i' u is given given th, cry of
nSs' by the Roswell Record: a. u.
No1kum. vice president ~ tho Frisco
railroad. brother of the his railroad
maenato. ~. +. Yuukum. aud conf
dcuti1l agent for samuel Lazarus. the
ru1nD.rr back OF the Quunth, Acme
md Pacific ana other ioJde belong
ing Goo the Frisco sysi"m. was In the
city coming I've SUNDAY evening ON
the regular train. and remaining over
, night leaving the uoNi morning for
/ the north
Ills visit 90 the city was uuhc-
| known CO. any one excepting l,ro-
! iossor Alexander Mcpherson, fuymor-
! lN confidential agent FOR the Union
Pacific. Southwestern and other rail
! roads, but now export aErtuturist
| for the Horr,udo Irrigated Farms
| company
Tho railroad tInoncicr registered
700 the G1k.sul, under the name of
a. - Young, - Louis. Mo taxi
ing one ot THE cheapest rooms in tails
classy hotel. 10 avoid suspicion.
| After getting dinner hs immediate
| ~ called Mr. Mcpherson and talked
with him nn hour before telling him
/ his real name
Much of the data Mr.. Yoakum
wanted the expert agriculturists did
not feel it duty 10 give. undrr cir-
| cumstnnccs, that wore somcWhat
strained a. man VIII be under an
| assumed name.
Mr. Mcpherson told him this. go
t1u visitor CAV. IL his nam, was Yoa-
kUu that hc wished to know d., fu-
turc of this country. and IN, possible
| tonnage that this country would pro-
due, hy lutcusiv, farming. and fruit
raising. aud many other things q
railroad maguotc would ash
He stated that h' was travelling
| .ncoguito as ho dil not N'.S tho
| newspapers To- get hold OF his visit
| and he did not wish publicity
MIR Mcpherson told him that io.-
| unO acres Of orchard would bJ put
in orchard IN this Vicinity iu short
time. ana MAT the maximum prpdur-
| ton would Do car Of fruIf tu tho
! rcry. that mo alfalfa crop this year
| would be- O0O ears and told uf the
| many thousands of acres waiting for
| tho cultivation Go make this tonnage
| many times the present of tho ear.
/ loads ~ cnntdOupes that VIII be
! shipped this tn first Ncar OF the
! crop. and the undisputcd production
uf hundreds OF ,1rs in short time.
! They talked FOR several hours over
! the condition. OF the futur, which
( Mr. Mcpherson wont into ninutclv
| rudo3yuring Co prove to the visitor
| that the tonnage production of tho
country was but a trtly which 10 VIII
! De- il o. snort time.
MIR Noakum WaA surprised 40 the
! prospects for the future
Tn, visit OF Nh. YoaNum % the city
is mo- colloctur, ~ II SnoWu that the
Santa Fc and ihc Frisco are ou tho
best of terms and have agreed Co n-
cuitnty traffic os th, TWO roads. the
$ MIA Fc using On, Frisco tracks into
81 Louis, and tho Frisco running
over the Santa Fo tracks 90 the
coast.
Following this arrangement 10 is
not unwisa to think that the activity
thD Frisco officials ir This valley the
past three weeks Is but consume
ton OF the .gr,Dmont and that the
Frisco Viii build from some point on
the Santa Pc near Lubbock. Texas. to
Roswell, running over the santa Fe
tracks Go Art,sia via Hope into El
paso, Texas,
/ While the Arcsiu people are deal
ing with III pHso parties 10 build the
road from Artcsia via Hope into m
Paso, there ~ an underground cur
, rent whispering that the Santa Fc Is
aack of the movement
Tho proposition means much 90
| Roswell, even though Wc will get
| only IN extra rreight ana passenger
service. and more ready market for
our produce
After the passage 0f statehood. We
viii have railroad rate commi ssion
aud the rat, matter viii adjust thcm-
selves
The Santa Pc realizes IL ls under
stood that the extensive fruit grow
ing. ana tho Immensely Of other crops
is going 20 be- iuduoivc To- other roads
and that the Arrangement to get the
| Frisco 90 run over their tracks. "a
tho same tim, the, using the Frisco
tracks Win adjust matters moro sat-
| istactor.ly than Co hay, an ayowsd
enemy competing with them
Nnakum Visit u Fake.
Tho alleged "incognito" visit Of
Yoakum Co Roswell is Enormously
denied ny the Roswell Record. which
claims 90 have thoroughly nycstipat-
ed the affair by telegraph Tho Ros-
Woll Record of q recent date lns the
following 10 say.
Following are copies of tcl,grams
sent ana received In regard 10 the
"phony' story published by the Reg
istcr-Trihunc to the effect that
Railroad Mggnate visits Roswell
lncopnito."
The one that was sent:
Roswell ~ NJ. July IS, 19t1.
Geo. : Grover l72 Plymouth Ave.
| ~ Louis Mo"
presumably fake story published
here today that Il. u. Yoakum. under
tho assumed name OF q. y. Young