Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-05-29

Secretary willard Z. Holt Of the
Deming Chamber Of Comerce. receiv-
ed this week an interesting letter
from B. r. Adams, a prominent at
torney Of Albuquerque, which refers
to the recent decision Of the United
States Supreme court, in which the
CONTROVERSY between the Denver and
Rio Grande Railroad company and
the Arisona 4 Colorado Railroad
company Of New Mexico over a right
Of way from the Colorado New Mex
leo boundary line to Pennington, was
decided in favor Of the latter.
Mr.. Adams displays great interest
in Deming, which is greatly apprecia-
ted. and suggests that the decision
may ultimately benefit Deming. A
portion Of his letter follows: II
notice your map shows the railroad
connections Of Demine. Now as a
matter Of fact the Southwestern is
now running trains over its line in
to Deming. and over the Santa Fe to
Whitewater, and then over its own
line to Tyrone. According to the
court decision, it is my impression
that the D. 4 R. G. r. r. must vaeate
IL the A. 4 c. build their railroad
within the next ave years. Now il
the A. 4 c. do not intend to build the
line they would have not gone to the
expense Of carrying the case to the
supreme court 10 get the right Of
way.
at occurs to me though that as the
Phelps Dodge people owns a great
deal Of coal land in northwestern
New Mexico and they need coal on
the Southwestern road. and in their
mining and smelling operations in
Arizona, that il is more than prob
able that they are really the financial
power back Of the litigation; that
they will extend from Tyrone north.
tap their great coal field they now
own, and bring the coal to Tyrone.
Leopold. Douglas, and other places.
whether or not the Phelps-Dodge
people are financing the A. & c. there
is and can be no question but that
Deming will benefit more by any rail-
road built north and south through
western New Mexico than Phoenix
possibly can
The following is what the Arizona
Gazette, published at Phoenix. AriE..
says Of the matter:
"The Arizona and Colorado Rail
road company. which won the suit. is
none other than the company or
gained by Col. Epes Randolph some
years ago. with its northern terminus
at Durango, Colorado. Durango is
Just few miles north Of the New
Mexico line and Pennington is sever
nj miles southwest Of Durango in the
state Of New Mexico.
The line as originally surveyed
comes via Gallup, New Mexico. to a
small town in ella county called Rice.
ON the Globe Bowie road. Should the
road as surveyed ever be built, and
the line Of the Arizona Eastern road
be extended through the famous box
canyon. as some positively assert
that it will. the town Of Rice will be-
the logical connecting point Of the
Two lines.
"Just what significance this deci-
sion has. so far as the railroad sitna-
ton is concerned no one can guess.
The building Of railroads is like play
ing an immense game of chess. an
those. who play the game. do not give
out their proposed moves until they
are ready TO make them.
The country between Pennington
and Gallup is an open plain. and rail-
road construction would be a COM
paratively easy task. as railroad
building goes. The construction of
that line and Of the connecting link
Of the Arizona & Eastern would place
Phoenix on another main line of road.
The fact that this suit has been
pressed TO a conclusion is susceptible
Of only one meaning. That is that
the Arizona & Colorado company has
not abandoned its original plan to
construct the road. sooner or later"