New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-23
ALBUQUERQUE
ENTHUSIASTIC
OVER NEW ROAD
BIG BUSINESS MEN HOLD
MEETING IN METROPOLIS
AND DISCUSS POSsIBILI-
TIES; GREAT DEVELOP
MENT SURE TO FOLLOW


That the proposed fail extension
from the San Juan basin to the main
line of the Santa Fe should be divert
ed to Albuquerque and not built to
Gallup, as is now being considered
ny the promoters, Is the sentiment
that Is iast CIystaiiizihs III NiDuquei
que roiio"iHg thG PuDiieatioh III
the Morning Journa, OF Yesterday OF
the news that uaiiup is strong
CONTENDER for tne extension, the men
Oh dilairS III Aiouquerque oesa1 10
get Dusy' As result OF the awakeh- az,
ing II Is iihe'y that there WIFI De a
meeting OF ieao,nG business men OF
the town 10 De heiu at CLOCK tnlS
aitei noon III '"t ,ntii!pI' Vi On
hie,ee or'Iu'hS' a,o that t"'s 'iiectihS
WIN De loii'Wea by mass f1eet,le
OF citizehS III lhe same pace rriuay
AFTERNOON az + cloc, the secohu
meeI,hg naVihg Deer Caiied Yesterday
Dy rreS'ucnt MAX Nordhaus OF ,he
thaiIine' Vi to'l'ine'CI' W. wnd'
steps 10 De taken 10 pace Aipuquer-
tue ,; ~ ,n,,ot;t;nn nVnj,,n fnr % tha Ina e' ,n;,I
doubtIess deve,o, ,v;tbin thn newt
sor.v-o;nb, u ',S horrs C,e th;rn i ccr.
Xxx; 80 .ta, ,,,,. 49, e. h,,s;
nass ,a,' ,r,an - IS A,Iro,ero,n f,,,in oi;ve
20 th,. ;n,nortanr. of the nrniect do
NJ. nronnes 70 s;t ;d,v bv ard Iet II
% mot a,uau f-om thnm y ""N ~ -
~ -.
Las Vegan Is Opt!mistiG
one OF inc most enthns'aStic Dpost-
e's lor 'hc PIopoScu roau rs nary
LID y, r.,
Is ngdu OF .he uroSs Neiiy -" ~
n"'cH op'ra'eS c'a'h OF stores III
me southwest WIN orahch houses
At if'f'dad' Las vegas, santa re-
Nowe ana Atou9uerque' ne mas Dten
over the 9an Juan nasin number
o. t,h'es ana mas personal khow'eoge
OF the pr9ps"''e tonnage ,hat a ra',-
'oau wou'a ieNe'Ve' on u'e AZ ioui-
'urai utVeiopnic"t tna' wo''ie u'r
aouDtediy toliow tne cohstruction OF
road OF 'he mines ,,,. u1at "o9'd DC
opeisu up, , 81 ,,, ,ne "i,i,o"s h ,vod o .e ond
e,f tha ,ra,ar.i nrosnar;tu tI,at would
va sas,II. & 60, @ q. ,hd uap..' nra;ac, '""' "''
,'"' NV :, ,,..
NOT Ahve 10 rose'oiiities
Aibuquer!ue mas Deeh asleep 10
'le' poSs'o,''t'es ol u" %" Juai
country, was MT Nelly 5 Irahk
S.dtei'1e"., wren aSkeu io' d" eHples-
son or opinion as TO the attitude
that hlouquerque shouiu take 70
wara havihe the extension Dul,t IN, 'il-
10 this city' Ill pieteremGe 10 Oaiiup
or any otner po'1t. nave oeeI
over tn proposed iihe on numDer
OF occasions ana no argument IS need
ca 70 convince me Oh the immense
deveiopmeht tnat wouid take pace
.imost imfiiedlate,y toloWins tne
nulldihg OF d roau' Alp"q"erque 10
tne iogical terHinal road' because
greater tonnage couia De secured ny
Dulialns INTO tn,s rs G..y .han TO any
"ther point on the SANTA re, spurs
couid DC Du'it 10 the Jeinez springs
20 the baca LOCATION vast t'nDer
tract anu 10 other nearpy points
~here COAL copper ana other MINER
ais Can DC ueVe'opeu.
80 Miles OF Coalbeds
w. 5. Hopewell, one of the pro-
noters OF the Albuquerque Eastern
and New Mexico Central, caused sew
eral surveys to be made of a pro-
posed line from Pennington to Al
buquerque some years ago and has
personal knowledge of the natural
resources OF the country to be ira
versed by a railway. Mr.. Hopewell
said that for eighty miles in one
stretch the railroad would travel
over coal beds, would run through
great forests, through a country
whlch contains IU'Oou acres OF avail
able agricultural iands OF the finest
KIND.
Build the railroad by all means
and watch Albuquerque grow, SAID
LoloneI HopeweH,
:. Great FOR Whole State I
Familiar since boyhood with the
country to be traversed by the pro
posed line, X. +. Putney, wholesale
grocer. declared that the construc-
ton OF the road would be one OF the
greatest things that ever happened
for Albuquerque and for New Mex
Ico. with ms usual aggressiveness
Mr.. Putney IS strong Tor bringing
the road to Albuquerque and believes
that the business men should take
the initiative IN finding out what is
necessary to be done to obtain as
surance that 1T Will be built to this
city IN preference to any other point
r'ow being considered.
Only last September b. Herndon,
president OF the State National bank,
made a trip into the San Juan basin,
accompanied by several FL Paso cap ,
ltalists, who are interested in min