Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-03-18
Albuquerque to Be Main Ter.
minal on Outlet from Vast
Timber and Coal to Semea
and Durango Districts.
MORGAN INTERESTS SAID
TO BE BACKING LIME
Dirt Will Be Flying This Sum-
mer on Construction to the
Northwest; $l5O,OOO Bonus
to Begin on This End First.
BILLION AND HALF FET
OF JEMEz TIMBER TO CUT

Ihat the long projected railroad
system from the vast timber and ssnna
h"ins ot northwestern New Mexicn
ana southwestern Colorado 10 une-
Wen ana theme 10 the gulf coast ~
annut ~ niaierialiSe. and that dirt
VAL ho Tying ON = railroad from here
20 buvungo In few months' time ~
lhe outside may be confidently stated
iouhy on the most unimpeac bln am.
thofity.
Capitalized by the ]. pierpont Nor
san interests through Chfcaco nr,sfn.
u - estimated thar the corablned
I'lilro.'a i'... ana timber and coal devel~
mead Will mean the lnveatment 81
twenty Tstiitor collars III New Mex
lc" ln the next few ycafa.
The building at the raliroaa fro,n
thls city % Durango ~ NOW absolute.
~ assured contracts now drawn up
ana awaiting 90 be signed calling for
tn' peslhuing 81 work OF construction
Nlhln siN months. The raffroaa
nom here "a the northwest viii rsiu
wa Pennington. Canyon Largo. cuba
ana the Jemez river CANYON Ia Her
mlillo the new line paralleIine ina
santa Re thence 10 this city. THE
proposition Includes the taking over
9l 'hc New Mexico Central property.
l"lloWlnE the adjustment OF the auifn
now pending In court az santa re.
the completion " the connecting link
between here and Morlnrtv npd ira
extending of the line 20 Roswell. Ifl-
umhtcl} y viii mean. II is said. the
eompleuon ot bee line straight
through from Roswell 10 the ~ttif
coast ana the Opening OF the great
southern and southeastern markets Ia
ihe stlm1hlN resources noN waiting
TO he developed in the northwcst
j. webb of Los AnReies. now
nothing IN option on the Immense san
pieso sIant ia Che Jemcz country. h
ROW ~ fhe city Mr. Webb SAYS that
no mas completed plans FOR the faklng
areas IN the northwest section ana NJ
eNking an option un the Baca grant
in addition ~ tho san Diego grant.
This it is understood viii mean the
Cutuns ana marNeung 81 500 million
iett af timber from grant lands In
tdulti"n 90 a billion feet cut rom ma
uonai forests The new railroad IN
addition will tap unlimited supplies
of TIMBER in the Pennington and
bufhnsu reRions which cannot get Id
market "a present owing 10 ihn disil.
+ uily ~ getting rates over the Denver
and Rio Grande. The acquisition of
the Denver and Rio Grande road from
Fafmington 20 Durango D. included IN
plans nov rapidly approaching con-
summation. M Webb and ussoqi-
atos. u IN understood. have offered a
bonus of &laU.000 90 the railroad ins
lercsis Ca commence construction
from here northwest first. thus expe-
diiing tho progress OF the great tim
h"r enterprise in ahich Mr. Wc0b
is Interested
Vhr distance from here 10 Durango
ls 2Nb miles on tho basis of aome-
thing like tfu.0n0 Il mile for come
pleied and operating railroad the in
testmeut Wilt climb up over ten mil.
lions for the road 90 Durango alone
surveys have been completed from
ihc san Diego grant 90 Roswell a
party of engineers having arrived TO
report today The surveys northward.
L Is said, VIII hc made az once.
The coal lands iu southwestern Col-
urado and below the New Mexico line,
controlled hitherto hy tho southern
lacihc. viii BE- developed by the new
proposition The southern Pacific has
already expended something like three
mllNon bullHrH in connection with
these coal lands
The people of Durango, Colorado.
have onered "a bonus az 3eO0. 900 Tor
the new railroad