The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-09-12
Engineers Have Finished Survey On
The Proposed Railroad Across Plains
Project Promoted by Colonel Powell

Engineers hll. completed th, sur.
yey of the Texas. Panhandle a. Gull
railroad between Tucumcari, y. NJ
and Seymour. Texas, whore connee-
tion Of the proposed railway would
be made with the Gulf. Texas a
Western, supplying an integral part
Of the proposed through railroad
from the Dawson coal fields 70 Fora
Worth. Colonel c. H. Powell, VINO
is promoting the road, and r. );
Noonan. nationally famous railroad
engineer and contractor, were IN
Fort Worth Wednesday and gave out
the information just before leaving
for their Chicago headquarters,
where they win compile their infor-
nation and coordinate statistics pre-
partOry tO securing, financing ana
permit from the interstate com
morcc commission fer The early con-
struction of the line
"it viii require several months for
u fo get our Figures compiled aud
In presentahle condition for sub
mission to financial interests iu the
North and East declared Colonel
Walker. After several months OF
continuous work along the route,
running the surveys and mapping
the route. securing an the available
data as to present and potential tom
mage. we have COMPLETED the huge
task and are now IN position to
take concrete action in the prem
ises'
r. J. Noonan, engineer. declared
that in his entire experience OF rail-
road construction and engineering
he had never been Identified with
a proposed railroad which offered
greater opportunities for capital, for
development Of the country Il would
traverse and FOR making dividends
from the start than the proposed
railroad from rucumcari 20 Sey-
mOur.
Great Opportunity
~ viii develop the greatest latent
cone Of country IN the United
States not now served by rail-
road Noonan said.
II will be road that viii III well
into the railroad geography Of the
country. At Dawson Il will pick up
the immense tonnage of fine coal,
and after ascending the caprock
near Tucumcar Il will penetrate
the greatest wheat country in the
Southwest. not 10 speak of the great
shallow-wster territory where lrriga-
ton * destined 10 play an important
mart IN the next decade The line
will serve the great livestock inter-
ests by providing a short and direct
line with the Fort Worth market ~
competition with the Kansas City
market, now securing the bulk ot
cattle shipments Of that section. Be
low the southern caprock the pro-
posed line will operate through what
has been considered the finest cot
ton country in Texas The entire
line can be built economically and
the bugabear in the form of the
caprock can be sealed by means "a
"A low gradient stretch up Cotton
wood canyon near Silverton.
The proposed Panhandle a Gulf
railroad. as surveyed will have rs
northern terminus at Tucnmcari. II
will intersect the Santa Fc's Amar-
lilo and Clovis line at Frion8, the
Santa Fe's Amarillo and Sweetwater
line az Tulia, the Quanah, Acme &
Pacific line at Paducah, the Orient
al Truscott, and will have its south
ern terminus at Seymour. where d.
rect connections will be made with
the Gulf. Texas and Western for
shipments to Fort Worth, and where
direct connection with Oklahoma
points will be made by the Wichita
Valley.
Has Not Asked Finances
Something unique in the way Of
railway promotion was revealed by
Colonel Powell and Engineer Noon
an in this project. Not single