The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-06
SURVEY At
ONCE, MUOGE'S
COMMAND
New President of D.. & r. G..
Orders Hurry-up Completion
of ~Preliminaries to Import
ant Improvement.

President u. L. Nudge OF the Den-
yer a Rio Grande railroad yezterday
issued orders to hurry up the compile
ton OF surveys on 25s miles Of he
lines In Colorado and New Mexico to
be broad gagged, says the Denver
News. aud announced the proposed
construction OF a new two
mile line connecting South Fork. In
Rio Grande county. with Junnits. "a
station on the branch road to Dur
ango. Estimates were ordered made
on both the proposed extension and
the trackage to be broad gUaged.
II Is expected that the surveys viii
be completed within ninety days.
With the construction OF the new
12-mile broad guase track and the re-
construction OF sixty-hvc miles from
narrow guage to broad guage between.
J%uanita and Durango through conncc-
ton will be made oveF standard track,
from Pennington, y. NJ. to Denver.
opening up a broad and fertile terri
tory In Rio Grande. Mineral and Ar
chuleta counties.
lit is proposed to standardize the
narrow gauge track between Antonito
ana Santa Fe, y. NJ. "a distance OF 1876
miles. opening up to better Transport
tation facilities a broad and fertile
territory and besides giving standard
guage connection with the Santa Pc
railroad permitting an interchange %
traffic between the two systems with
out tho necessity OF twice transferring
Go or from narrow gauge cars.
branches Il Remain.
Because Of the mountain grndcs Il
is probable hat some OF the narrow
lines in southern Colorado Will
never be standardized. but this re-
striction Is limited To- branch lines
only. and all parts OF the system that
link with through lines viii eventual
~ be changed from narrow to broad
gauge,
The new link connecting Farming.
ton Will begin with the construction
OF a broad gauge line from South Fork
20 Pagosa Springs. where the present
narrow line runs but which Is not 20
be Used for the new line because OF
the steep gradcs
The new line will swing 90 the east
and run through the valley To a
connection with the narrow gauge
from Alamosa 70 Durango 10 Juanitl
Many Towns Linked.
This line VIII be broad gagged from
Juanita TO Durango. where the road
IL broad gagged To Pennington. a dis
lance Of forty-nine miles.
The distance from South For, toI
Juauita Is seventy-two miles and % Is
sixty-nve miles from Juanita TO- Du-
range.
The Impotence OF the construction
OF the proposed broad s1uge line from
Pennington 20 Denver has long been
recognized.
The new construction extends from
the Rio Grandc eel Norte's south fork
over the continental divide Co puraaEo|
Dy way OF tho san Juan basin.
II not only ahortens the distance
from Denver 90 Durango. and adds "a
section of New Mexico 90 Denver
trade tcrritory. but a. number of bal
grades on Cumbrcs pass are olim.
mated.
II leaves the creole broad gauge
line at South FORK station. and fol-
lows up the south fork OF the Rio
Graudc del Norte and crosses the Com
|tinontal divide az an altitude Of 10000
feet. thiuy-uiue feet lower than whore
the present line crosses tho divide.
ON the other side Of the South Fork
pass there viii Doe q two per cent
grade against a four per cent ON me
present line.
The speeding up Of the plans Tor
building in Colorado b. an evidence OF
faith IN the future Of the property az
shown I'm the recent statement ot Ed
ward r. Jenery. chai:mnn of the
hoard OF directors, when he declared
that the expanding business Of ;he RIO
Grande railroad %throughout Colorad"
makes u imperative 90 spend million.
In the near future boo the extension ana
development Of lines in this STATE ana
and including the broad-Eaug-
ing OF many mites Of track
Mr. Jeffrey and John T. Rowland
secretary OF the company, returned 20
New York last night, following tncir
return from "a tour of inspection OF the
lines In company with President
Nudge.