Semi-weekly herald., 1912-11-11

upwards of 100000 pounds of wool
worth 1000, or a total of upwards
of $3,000,000 from these three prod.
ucts alone. From five hundred to siS
hundred cars of fruit will be shipped
out, and all Of this production is in
face of the adverse conditions shown
in the report.
We desire to call your attention to
that part of the report designated as
Supplemental" This report, with
the tables connected with it, shows
the amount of coal and coke consumed
by certain of the copper companies to
the south of us. The distance of these
mines from the Trinidad and Dawson
fields, with the rates therefrom, and
the distance from the Durango field
if the railroad were constructed along
the lines of the surveys which have
heretofore been actually made. These
show that, with the present consump-
ton of coal and coke, an annual saw
ing nearly equal to the cost of the pro-
posed line from Pennington to Gallup
could be made, and we think that the
saving upon these items alone to these
companies, would be sufficient to JUS
tify the construction of the road clear
| through to connection with the lines
distributing the coal and coke to these
| consumers.
We have felt, and we believe you
now appreciate that. with the building
even Of this short line of road to a con-
nection with the Santa Fe, Los An
geles can and will control very large
part of the trade of this basin, and we
believe, as we always have believed,
that your body is directly interested
in securing this trade and in develop
ing it as such a road would develop it.
From the report made by your COM
mittee, we think we are justified in
assuming that your body has begun
to appreciate the Importance of this
rosd to you, and we assume, there
fcre, that we will have your hearty
co. operation.
Owing to the Importance and influ-
ence of your body, and the personal
Knowledge of our conditions which
youi committee has acquired, we feel
that we should place this report before
you, before taking any action our
selves. and have your board and your
committee take such action as to you
may seem proper in the premises, as
suiing you of the earnest, hearty and
active support Of every resident of
this basin.
We are determined to have this road
built, and propose to get it built, but
we do not want to take any action
| which might conflict with any plans
which may have been taken up by
your body, or its committee.
| We do think that, with proper pres
"prc brought to bear, the Southern Pa
ciit can be induced to build the road.
We suggest that your body doubt
less has among its members persons
who are acquainted with the copper
situation, and with the managers of
the various companies, and who can
succeed in interesting these copper
companies in the construction of the
road, because of the direct and imme-
diste financial benefit it would bring
to them
A. this time, the Southern Pacific
company can build this road over its
owl lire already completely surveyed
and practically secured, and it will
have the cordial support of our people
and no opposition. But it cannot be
presumed that this condition will con-
tinue indefinitely.
We ask that you at once, in such
way as may be deemed best by you,
bend every effort toward securing the
construction of this road, either by
the Southern Pacific company or some
other railroad company, or by private
interest, if necessary.
Until your committee advises us as
to the plan which it deems best to
follow, we will take no action which
might hamper that committee, or in
terfere with its plans, but we must beg
of you to give this matter your i'm
mediate and prompt attention, and to
advise us in what way you desire US
to cooperate with you to secure the
desired end,
We cannot afford to let the matter
be forgotten, and we believe that you
cannot afford TO neglect this territory
We are quite sure that the merchants
of your city, as well as of Kansas
City, ought to be active in urging the
construction of this railroad, and we
believe that the mining interests re-
ferred to will not be idle when they
see the condition disclosed by this sup
Elemental report.
We have appreciated, to very high
degree, the interest shown by Messrs
Stewart, Weir and Naftzger, and we
appreciate that that interest was
aroused by what they themselves saw
and not by what we did, or could say
to them, and we believe that the facts
which are disclosed by Mr.. Reagan's
ronnrt and which uoa rathorod f,cp-