The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-03-14
lCME, QUANAH AND PACIFIC TO GET BUSY SOON
pr First is Said be the Starting Date from Paduca Lubbock
Santa fe Cut OF is Also Preparing to Begin Work A L.
- GR. Also Active, and Still There are Others

nedn3 10 tne group or western
Texas counties s whose name.
have already been enumerated
in this article.
From Paducah TO ST Louis, the
Frisco gives a practically north.
eastern and south western traffic
and passenger air line whose
intermediate and connecting
business centers include Okla
homa City, Joplin, Kansas City.
Memphis and Birmingham
while the Frisco airline itself is
continued from st. Louis to
Chicago.
TEXAS AND MEXICAN UNION or
TWO GREAT RAILROAD SYSTEMS
The extension Of the Quanah.
Acme Il Pacific railroad has the
additional great meaning Of a
Texan and New Mexican practi-
cal traffic union Of the Frisco
and Santa Fe systems.
The first uniting Of the two
systems will be at Floydada. the
present terminus Of the Plain
view Santa Fe branch with
Amarillo and general north and
south and east and west connec-
tons.
The second union will be Lub.
book, where the Frisco will con-
meet with the Coleman Cutoff
rails Of the Santa Fe Galveston
and general Gulf Of Mexico lines
while third Frisco and Santa
re railroad coalition will mater
lalize when the Quanah. Acme a. |
Pacific becomes functional with I
the Santa Fe in the New Mexico I
Pecos river valley.
A WEDGE AND A PLEDGE
Traversing It's vast and virgin
Iie.d the Quanah Acme a. Pacific
railroad ~ at once an entering
wedge Of practically measureless
wealth and a pledge Of exhaust
ess regional development pro-
yress and prosperity.
IL will alike farming populate
md market deliver the products
If a region which has no natural
superior anywhere in the fertiI.
" Of its soil or the az once diver
'ification and fecundity OF its
In these West Texas
iounties alike prolifcaily Weld
'otton, corn. milo maize, kahir
wheat, oats. rye. barley. millet,
ane, melons. peanuts. fruit and |
market garden vegetables
While cattle. hogs, horses, mules,
'oultry, and dairy products are
II to the region richl, born.
A PERTINENT PURCHASE
A significant pointer in the I
irection Of the early extension
{ the road is the late purchase y
y the Quanah. Acme & Pacific
{ a new and powerful switch !,
ngine-a locomotive which is "
Dt really new in the equipment \.
the road at present constitut- u
|.
A POSSIBLE GRIDIRoN g
While nothing definite is OBJ
Unable in the matter. il is pro.
lble that the Quanah. Acme a
acific-Frisco system will y
develop a gridiron
!ort lines series covering the -,
est Texas counties between VI
lanah and the New Mexico
ate border these lines radiating
ON respective county seats ~
Q Frisco thus following the pl
ample set by the Burlington cs g
llroad system. whose success -
building and developing u
licy is the short line gridiron- ie
z Of its territory. yt
lARILLo FORT WORTH AND IN
DENVER yt
In sizing up the coming situa- pt
N created by the extension of 50
g Quanah. Acme & Pacific
|lroad the important point :.
lst not be overlooked that this az az
I'd will carry with tin it's an' n'
'anah connections with the 81 81
rt Worth & Denver new rail- re
I'd trafc via Amarillo. Fort
nth 3 u Denver. ri
THE s''STA FE CUTOFF si<
While u E Is nothing official op