Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-06-26
APPEAL IS MADE
BY ARTES|A FOR
A HUNDRED CARS
Equipment Is Needed to Ship
Alfalfa and Other Pro-
ducts; Oil Company at Fl.
Sumner Is Incorporated.
Especial Correspondence to The Lo"rraIl

Especial Corresponden"e to The JournaI. !
Santa Fe. June 25,-While in the
southern part of the state State
Corporation Commissioner Hugh
Williams was in Deming attending
the meeting to consider the rates
on certain lines of hardware, in
GLIDING nails and other of the
small goods, to Deming from Pitts
burgh. The last meeting TO take
up the freight rates was held sixty
days ago and this was the time
limit for further consideration. b.
F. Seggerson, formerly connected
with the state corporation COM
mission, represented the f. p. & $.
w. railroad at the conference 1t
was decided by those Interested
that all rates considered would be
accepted except those on hardware
as the difference on these goods to
Ell Paso and Deming put the latter
place at a great disadvantage. The
idea was 20 put Deming on a basis
with FL Paso.
The Romero Dome Oil company
of FIT. sumner has filed articles of
incorporation with the, state cor
poration commission. The capital
stock is $25O,0OO with $500 shares
at 500 each. The incorporators
II L ;1ly
John T. Holman, w. f. Mann, all
of FIT. Sumner, and Thomas Mich
ner of Cuervo.
A request has come from Albu-
querque to the state corporation
commission to take up at once the
question of the crossing of the A.
7. & $. f. raj road at Tijeras ave-
nue.. The city, according to the
application, is at great disad-
vantage in the failure TO make the
improvement and it is desired that
something be done to hasten the
matter.
There is a movement on foot to
get the A. r. 4 s. +. railroad to
build the line of road up TO Ele-
plant Butte and Los Palomas,
changing the present line to ac-
complish this. The officials of the
road regard this as impossible but
suggest the feasibility of running
a branch line from Hatch, touch |
ing these points. It is urged that
the business which would be done
in this section would more than
compensate for the expense in |
building the main line and a petit !
ton has been sent by the residents
earnestly asking that they be given
this great benefit
Judge Mechem has rendered a
decision in the important case of
the American Savings Bank and
Trust company. trustees for NJ. +,
Hickey, VS.. a number of lessees of
oil and gas leases in Otero county. |
This action is in the nature of a
suit to quiet title in favor of plain
tiff and to have declared void oil
leases issued by the com missioner
of public lands. The effect would
have been if the prayer of the
plaintiffs had been granted. to hold
void and imperative the mineral
rights to state as contained in pur-
chase contracts. The decision of
Judge Mechem against the plain
tiffs' contention will have the eff
feet to uphold the stand taken on
this matter by the attorney general
and the commissioner of public
lands.
Artesia is still calling for more
cars to get the farm products out
and asks the further aid of the
state corporation commission, to
get chance for transportation. Ar |
tesla is asking for 100 cars to get |
out the alfalfa now ready for ship |
Inen' from the first crop harvested |
and the second cutting is about to ,
begin. The railroads say they will
try to get the necessary cars in an
swer TO the urgent petition of the |
state corporation commission.
j. F. Shaunnessy has sent word |
to the state corporation commits
sion that he has filed with the In
terstate Commerce Commission a !
complaint on behalf of Arizona, |
New Mexico and Nevada against
the interstate passenger rates. 1t |
is intended 20 have hearing on
this question in Los Angeles in Sep
TENDER, or at some point near to
the three states interested.
The Mountain States Telephone |
and Telegraph company has noti-
fled the state corporation commits
sion that list of station to station
day rates between points of connec-
tiCn and Socorro County Telephone
company are voidcd as all now be
long to the Mountain States COM
pany.
WESTERN UNION HAS
S5,000,000 CABLE TO