The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-27

Lubbock IN 10 nave Nv" P"'
senger station
Tt il mighty strange week that
does not bring forth some new con,
truction announcement that VIII
run into a hundred thousand or 90
dollarg-and the funny part OF II All
,s that the actual construction Work
exceeds the announcements, before
the lob IA done For more than
year the Chamber Of Commerce mas
been discussing with the santa re
The absolute need for additional pas
sengcr facilities for this city.
Tn. Santa Fe officials on thi1~pl,
vision have repeatedly recommended
The expenditure necessary 70 erect q
station TO meet the needs % the
r,tv. hut due 10 the well known imam
eiai stringency al industries nave
heep facing for the past eighteen
months nothing has ever been uohe
beforc But announcement was
mnde this past week that BIDS nave
been asked for for a new passenger
xtatson-Or rather an extension OF
che present one 20 practically douple
,ta present capacity through the az
dition Of a separate waiting room 70,
mcn and women for white people hhI
separate waiting rooms Tor soioree
y,en and women. Also additional
alatform space, pavement between
he other tracks in front Of the sta
tjon and considerable general I'M
nrovemcnt around the passenger sta ,
dor 10 bring u 20 the capacity ann
standing the increasing volume OF
traffic demands.
R,ss have been asked for on tnis
.,.tsnn and II Il expected that the
~ontrac, will be let within the next
zen to fifteen days. Work VIII De
rusbea IN order 20 complete the en-
isrvement in time for the heavy vol
80 ~ traffic 20 be handled through
the cotton season.
An industrial or wagon track prsc-
tieally a mile long, ~ under cons,rue-
tion now through the Santa re yarus
% hello care Tor the growing volume
~ freight handled through the yarn'
With the e wholesale houses N Lub-
bock and others announced Tor tne
near future the present track fAc,i-
ties are entirely inadequate 20 hnnhie
The volume of freight moving N ana
out ~ Lubbock
III me UNfUWNN "
.ht., 4, sattsfacforily settle the INST
ter Of traffic they have under n,a
eusDion with the railroad oiii,lnls,,
there u no reason why LuppvSN
should not have more than Do "hnle-
aaie houses within less thAn '"o
years. .,. II, 49,.
n modern inclined unloading platform
Tor both end and side doors, Tor tne
handling of automobiles, heavy hhrn.
w,,e, tractors and such equipment
that requires such platforms Tor I'M
Around 800 workmen viii arrive
m Lubbock sometime during July 70
replnce the present ttecl on the
main line south Of Lubbock 70 sweet
.ater with the heaviest steel curto-
rarily used IN railrosding The san
IN Fe not only maintains their road
hed and equipment IN serviceable
condition Al All times, but constantly
improves its equipment 10 meet ihe
growing demands ~ the sections tney
EVERY town in West Texas can
shovs YOU maps. blue prints and give
you weighty argument proving pc
yond The possibility Of doubt that
Inc roming r. Worth Cor is u 10 be
Dailaa11 Plains Railroad ~ going 20
eome through their town. Lubbock
has never gwen much time 20 Wild
claims upon the WHY'S Of such a
road-but has ever let 4 be known
that when the proper time comes
for definite ACTION toward the
ronstruction Of such road that they
would be there with the stuff that
t.takes 20 build railroads.
Students OF business. railroading
and related matters throughout the
n.t,on predict two additional rail-
rord connections for Lubbock,a least
inst as soon as conditions will per
nit Of the construction Of additional
railroads. One Of these is, Of course,
a ". Worth or Dallas connection:
The other is just a. Important
not more so-in the development OF
Lubbock and II conditions break Just
right may even be expected before
the IT. Worth and Dallas connection
and that IL feeder, due west into
Cochran county or even into the New
Mexico Plains country.
Hockey and Cochran counties
and Eastern New Mexico offer the
greatest opportunity for development
18th the run Of business conditions
40 be found in the United States
and a fifty mile railroad West Of
fnbbock il practically a sure thing
IN The very near future.
Certain calamity howlers paint
sireful pictures Of poverty, stsrva-
t,on. stagnation and whstnot else as
n result OF the rapid growth Of the
eitv Of Lubbock They point out 70
xo1. IN doleful tones. that the city
ha< already outgrown its trade ter
r;tory-that twenty-eight grocery
~fores are too many for any town OF
tbis size and that u Is merely a mat
her Of a few months until not only
viii construction stop but the town
viii actually start backwards