Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-01-06
FRIONA WOULD
Be UPON new
RAILROAD LINE
spccisl To The New,


FLAlN\lEW Jan 3, Following b.
q sarroN ,l ro.sHus why rriuua.
Texas dr~u 81 o.. nr OBJ OBJ. proposed
F,ri Worth lu South Plains railway.
according Co., information compiled hy
delegates from that Dity at the meeting
hold here Tu,slly
First -phnvirw b. g,ugaphictlly
IN, logical rnn, such e roal 60 enter
tn" Plains county owing Co.. 'hr tact
that tho Santa Fn system mas surround
"a vast triangular shaped territory
81 IN" finest agricultural land Boo the
world uuseryrd hy any Railroad. and
fhiryict BE- 'h' best place from which
q new road can most evenly split q
route and would ho the natural gate.
way In the vast and rich farming couu
." living beyond tho state line iu New
Mexico
Second tn" geographical location of
Friuna makes % the logical shipping
point and trade center ~ q vast terri
tory extending from twenty 90 thirty
miles both north south and east and
ives, Of town. Livestock and all kinds
~ agricultural products which are pro.
duccd nearer 90 other railroad points
can hc more easily and ,nclply brought
90 Friona for shipment an account 81
thu better conditions ~ the roads for
either hauling or driving No sandy
roads
Third-From plsinviow 10 Grad New
Mexico via. Friona. Is n distance of an
proNimat'N $50 miles and road built
through Tho middle ~ the triangle bc.
fore mentioned would have a patronage
belt ~ approximately twenty five miles
on each side 81 the rnad thus covering
territory from plainview through Fri.
ona 90 GRADY. fify miles wide and one
hundred and nftv miles long and con.
tanning 1900 sections or $500. 90 acres
~ the finest farming land in thu state
This strip ~ territory IL practically 100
per cent tillablc
Fuurth-lt has been estimated that
there rs more tillahlc acres ~ hand 10 be-
served IN the route here outlined from
Grady New Mexico Co plainvicw. Texas.
than there will De- found on an tn re-.
mainder Il the proposed route from
Phinvew Co. Fort Worth
Fifth From Grady Il Is compare.
lively short build for such = road a.
reach tho coal fields ~ New Mexico.
SNth-ln naturalization Of the above
claim fnr Ffions as a shipping point
and trade enter "a, quote the following
figures which show the tonnage II shin.
ping or the year ~ 1921
out COINS tonulge. wheat l3l cars.
uaITr and tlnr q cars cattle and
other livestock 81 ears making a total
~ 5e- cars In bound freight coal
g. cars lumh,r cars. salt ears. live.
stock l5r c1r.. machinery ears lime.
brick and cement : ears. cmmigiant
cars &. masking r. total ~ 2i5 cars q in
bound freight and grand total 5ge
cars CO.. ih, y,1r lH addition % the
above Iu0rl nd during Tho scar 1927
800 tons OF '..ii freight whi.h tiold. i
au ,arHue OIL. HuHr. t.mafe'Y $4,000
seventh lHH huf nH Iott b. thC
opunsfsfIt. lHe u.sf 81 constructing q
iaad ottf OBJ. fnHfr Hh0fr rreUmmenled
ppinr fn ff. fru nature of thr sol
L.I, t0. raI H.I ''H r.f d. 'kr.ilel
ard th, aImnf perfectly ita surface
81 fhs hrf uIH r.iurt fh' 'Dsf ~ gIad
inr sbsnufsit fa fhf minimum Thr'
q. n0i nn. ssnd hu n h.1 ~ and FL
De- encountered Ir fhf entire distance
from TisiftIrr TssaH A. GHfdf Sea-
Nssleo a. hIkilna Goo rod ihfHurt
Prisons.