El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-19
DEVELOPMENT
CONTRACT SIGNED
FOR NEWR RAILROAD
Shops, Roundhouse and Gen
-eral Offices to Be
at PecOS

Pecos. Texas. Dec. IA contract has
been signed here between II j. Healyi
president of the Panhandle, PecOs &
Gulf railway Of Texas, and F. W. John
son, VIII P. Brady, ]. 9. Love, j. w
Moore, R. S. Johnson, T. Y. Casey, sam
PreWitt, w. A Hudson, A II. Philips
and jas GOOde. representing the city OF
PecOs by which the road was guaran-
teed a bonus OF s75, 600 under certain
stipulations, for the building into this
city from -TeXicO or Tucumcar1, n. NJ,
by way Of Knowles, n NJ" The rail-
road Is to maintain shops, roundhouse
and general offices in this city, and to
be completed for q distance OF 80 miles
north from Pecos, IN the vicinity OF
Knowles n. n, by within Is months
A preliminary bond of $1,000 is prOvid-
ed in the contract to guarantee me
raising of the bonus and compliance
with the terms Of it by n j. Healy.
representing the railroad The road
IS projected between PecOs and Dawson
Fields Colorado, on the New Mexico
Colorado state line. The first ccnstruc-
ton is to occur between Pecos and
Knowles, n. NJ and the distance be
tween the two towns, apProxima rely
80 miles is to be the first to be built
the time limit being Is months
When this road is built II viii give
Pecos a larger number Of railroad oot-
lets than any city in Texas west OF
Fort WORTH except Fl Paso, and VIII
give the whole lower PecOs valley and
the South Plains a new and more d.
rect line to north Texas, Oklahoma ana
Kansas City
To Rebuild Peeos Exchange.
c. F. Stratton and Dean D. Clark,
officials Of the Tri-State Telephone
COMPANY. with headquarters at FL Paso,
are in Pecos in connection with 5 Fast
amount Of new development 0'7Tork
about to be undertaken by this ccnpa-
ny. which includes practically the re-
building Of the exchange in this city, on
which work has been in progress for
several months The company also plans
building q line from PecOs to Carlsbad,
n NJ there connecting with the com
panyfs ROsWell-DenTer lnes connect
ing up with Dallas and Fort Worth
Southwestern Telephone cOmpany's
lines at Midland, and practically re-
building the various small systems pur-
chased in the PecOs valley and in the
vicinity Of Alpine and Maria
An appropriation of more than Sl25,-
600 has been made for this Work, ana
for the first time in its history the Pc
cos valley will get direct telephone con-
nections with FL Paso and north Texas
The work viii be well under way
within the next so to 90 days
To Boost Pec0s Valley.
The Santa Fe railway PeCOs valley
lines announce the inauguration OF
very extensive and cOsuyA advertising
campaign for the PecOs valley OF Tex
as and New Mexico. The plan includes
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zines: quarter IA ge ads in small city
dailies IN the middle west and classi-
fled ads in farm papers, to which is in
cluded the regular advertising work Of
the Earth" ma gazine, the regular trade
and Industrial paper Of the Santa Fe
system
Express Company to Build.
Officials Of the Wells-FargO Express
company announce that they will con-
struct their own building here. erecting
one Of concrete and brick and locating
Il on the Texas &, Pacific rightOfway
on First street. The building will be
built Immediately adjoining the city
park and the park viii lie between the
new station and the Wells-Fargo build
ing.