Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1923-02-23

DctallS Oh Ine routing Oh IHe pro-
posed new railroad through Imperial
Valley were known today in rail
road circles as result of the publ
cation of a legal notice in a valley
newspaper giving a tentative route
of the Staley System of Electrified
Railway, believed to be closely asso-
ciated with the Santa Fe railroad.
Holtville, Brawley and Westmor-
land are three valley cities on the
proposed routing from Yuma to
Indio. The road would also go into
Mexico to the Gulf of California.
1t is maintained on information
filed with the Interstate Commerce
Commission that $40,OO0,O0O has
been subscribed in stock at par val
lie for the new road, which is to be
operated by electricity from pro-
posed developments in the Colorado
river and other places.
The following outline of plans of
the company give important details:
Beginning at q point on the boun-
dairy line between the Republic of
Mexico and the State of Arizona,
about eight miles west of where the
l13th degree longitude west from
Greenwich strikes said boundary
line, and running thence westerly
to Yuma, Arizona. This railroad will
lay over an area of low rolling hills,
valleys, plains and deserts, and will
pass through Tinajas Pass. The hills
and adjoining mountains are to a
great extent underlain with miner
al, and considerable of the valleys
will come in for irrigation under the
Boulder Canyon project when built.
The westerly end of some 25 miles
is over irrigated and irrigable lands.
From Yuma, westward, the line
will cross the Colorado river, on
southerly side of the bridge of the
Southern Pacific railway, and will
extend thence over low raising. lands
for few miles and then descend
rather uniform grade to HOltville
and Brawley. ,
From Brawley northwestward the
line will run on a level, practically
100 feet below sea level, for dis
tancc of some so miles, and will
then strike gradual raise to In
diO, which is 20 feet below sea level.
The portion of this section, which is
not III irrigation and cultivation is
generally sandy or gravelly soil and
affords very cheap construction
work. The entire distance is 1878
miles.
About so miles would be owe,
land which is now under cultivatit II
and with the building of the lSll
American canal the entire mileage,
save possibly 10 miles, would be un,
der irrigation bitches with all land
susceptible to irrigation.
The following economies could b.
effected by Interchange of traffic
between points and railroads as
Eamed:
The present distance between the
Southern Pacific Railway and also
the Ell Paso and Southwestern Rail
way at Tucson, Arizona, and Win
kleman, Arizona, would be reduced
from eli miles to only GA miles.
The present distance between the
Southern Pacific and Southwestern
Hallway, at Benson, Arizona, and
Winklcman, Arizona, would be re-
duccd from 265 miles to only 82
miles.
The present distance. between the
Arizona Eastern Railway, at Win
KEENAN,, Arizona, and the Arizona
and New Mexico Railway at Clifton,
Arizona. would be reduced from l59
miles to only 33 miles
The present distance between Ari.
zCna and New Mexico Railways at
Clifton, Arizona, and the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railway at
Peaceland, New Mexico, would be
reduced from All miles to only 207.5
miles.