El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-22

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| tion today, and its coal fields are vet
| undeveloped
Mr.. Eddy, Guiding Point.
I win the securing OF capital sufff-
/ Gent to carry through the big venture
there followed an expansion Of inter.
ests that was perhaps without q mar.
allel in the history Of modern railroads
Separate companies were organized 10
handle the different enterprises but the
p companies were subsidiary to FL paso
* Northeastern. in that Mr.. Eddy va .
a sort Of guiding spirit for them ali
Water. that is almost beyond price
Z in this semlarid country, was found in
f abundance in d CANYON 10 the east of
location that was then designated as
2 "Casey's flats 1t was there that the
company decided to establish its gem
. eral headquarters and shop plant The
AlamogordO Improvement company
/ was organized. and the town Of Alamo
/ gOrdO founded The AlamOgOrdo Water
Z Works company was Incorporated and
the water works system laid out The
New Mexico Real Estate company
: erected many OF the best houses in
Z town, for rental purposes
How CIOudcrOft Was Created.
Going into the Sacramento mountains
and securing vast tracts Of virgin for
est Of pine, fir and spruce, the Alamo
2 gordo Lumber company was organized
and two big sawmiu plants and a plan
ing mill constructed at Alamogordo
The AlamogOrdo q Sacramento Mount
ain railway company was the one
which built the line between Alamo
gordO and CloudcrOft2 and that later
I was extended TO Russia. six miles be-
yond Cloudcroft. to bring the logs
down to the sawmills Five thousand
acres were set apart and dedicated for
use as a summer playground, and Cloud
croft. the resort. was born
Secure Dawson Coal Fields.
Enormous deposits OF coal in ColfaL
county We're acquired. and the Daw-
son railway was built from Dawson
to Tucumcarl- a distance Of 132 miles.
connecting with the main line Of the
Rock Island Tucumcari IS 50 miles
north Of Santa Rosa, and the Rock
Island handled the Dawson coal and
coke between Tucumcari and Santa
Rosa for the FL Paso & Northeastern
The FL PasO < Southwestern. which
since has bought the e PasO & North
eastern, now operates the piece OF
track between santa Rosa and Tucum-
El Paso TO Tucumcari. thence to Daw--
SON
Sale OF whisky Restricted.
In addition TO the subsidiary or al
lied companies which have been men
toned. there were other tOwnsite COM
panies planted along the line, and mer-
camille companies were established. In
Santa Rosa. as well as in AlamogOrdo.
the sale of whisky was restricted, by
the townsite companies, to one block,
and thus there was monopoly in even
the sale OF whisky. However, the mo-
nOpOly never was effective at santa
Rosa as it was in AlamOgordo. al
though the company saloon IN santa
Rosa for years was the leading thirst
Queuching emporium.
Golden Days for Employees
Those were golden days for all who
rendered service TO any Of the COM
panies. Contractors accumulated most
satisfactory bank accounts, and COM
pany employees were the recipients OF
endless faVors and emOluments. IN ad-
dition 10 good salaries. Good fellow
OF the organization. From the treas
ury there flowed multiplied thousands /
Of dollars for which the company never /
received anything more substantial than !
as free as the air A friend OF an en- I
pIoye had little difficulty in procuring 4
free transportation
Rock Island Only NibbIes.
Mr.. Eddy was a builder and a pro- |
moter, but not an operating expert
Profits were elusive as phantons and !
shadows. To find a buyer seemed the /
only solution Of the problem The Rock /
Island nibbled. but in the end fought /
shy, because the management had no !
use whatever for all the outside COM /
panies and interests Finally, in the ]
summer of 1895. FL Paso & Southwest 4
ern. a Phelps-DOdge property, bought /
the FL PasO < Northeastern. and such /
take in order to get the coal fields and
the main line OF the railroad.
PheIps-DOdEe Pays SIs.0OO.0OO.
The FL Paso & Southwestern. or al
lied companies, had immense holdings /
Of copper producing properties and
needed coal and coke Engineers rep
resentinC the companies had been max
ing surveys in Colorado. with a view Of {
building a line into coal fields To buy |
the mines at Dawson. with a railroad
already in operation, was much the bet
Ter way so the deal was closed The
is said to have been
.160OO.OO0 In the transfer. none OF
he Alamogordo companies was in
.luded.
FL PasO Finally Gets shops
With a line which extended no fur /
her west than FL Paso. the logical
place for the general shops and head
iuarters was AlamogOrdO, with its
,Ountiful supply Of water that drifteo
ntO town without further cOaXing than
he application Of the law 81 grs Tity. B
nut with a line stretching from Bisbee,
N the west, TO Dawson, on the east or I
lorth, the location OF general shop and /
headquarters was changed from Ala
nogOrdo TO FL PasO, as q matter Of Op-
rating expediency. AlamogOrdO lost
he shops, the division and general /
eadqusrters- A new shop plant, com
'leted in the latter part Of 1906 was 7
established IN Ell PasO. The division (
oint was shifted to Carrizozo.
Chas- B. Eddy wrought into reality I
he big scheme which jay Gould con ,
eived, and gave TO FL Paso another ( ,
-reat artery of traffic