Rumored Southern Pacific to Acquire the Orient
Rumors in Alpine and Austin on May 29 suggest Southern Pacific considers purchasing the Kansas City Mexico & Orient. Dispatches describe its strategic fit, noting the Orient’s 500 miles of Texas trackage and potential to connect Kansas City, St Louis, and eastern terminals, with Alpine as a possible hub.
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Mpine
The
Orient
Southern Pacific
Austin
Southwest
Kansas City
Mexico & Orient
Southern Pacific System
Railroad Commission of Texas
Alpine
Tucson
Mexico
San Blas
Port Topolobampo
St. Louis
Conections
California
Rock Island
el Paso
Chicago
Houston
el Paso Junction
Topolabampo
Texas
Trunk line fate sparks vision of steel trains and tropical goods
Judge Van Sickle predicts future rapid traffic as a trunk line stays active. He could see solid trains of steel Pullman cars moving from the Great Lakes to the Pacific via Alpine. Tropical products from Sinaloa would be shipped out and northern goods unloaded here daily, alongside passengers.
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Orient
Alpine
United States
Mexico
A. de Bernadi
A. J. Cleary
Texas
Hufe Paxton
Kemper
FF. W. Schultz
Motive Power
George Rice
DeBernadi
Rio Conchos
Ojinago
Topoblanco
EL Fuerte
Harding
Commission
van Sickle
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Tropics
Sinaloa
Great North
Toronto the rock crusher town near Alpine draws workers
The Southern Pacific rock crushing plant near Alpine’s Toronto employs eighty to one hundred twenty men with a semi monthly payroll of three thousand five hundred dollars. Superintendent W L B Dori leads a courteous workforce amid mountains and pristine water as three steam powered crushers process rock for ballast along the line from Washington to the Pacific coast.
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Alpine
Toronto
Colorado Mountains
Switzerland
Rio Grande
Marfa
W. LB. Dori
Southern Pacific
Dori
Railway Company
Washington, D. C
Pacific Coast
Section Maps of Brewster County for sale in Alpine Texas
Section maps of Brewster County show towns railways oil wells and mineral zones compiled from official Land Office maps for sale by Trans Pecos Abstract Co Alpine Texas.
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Brewster Co
Official
Land Office
Trans Pecos Abstract Co
Alpine
Texas
Wells at Brewster oil fields show all systems go
In Brewster County no major events this week. All wells are reported working and the reporter notes all is well. Developments take time and the drill has the final say. Hovey, Brewster Oil Corp, Gage, Portland Twin Cities are active with promising prospects. Rumors of big things exist but await reliable confirmation.
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Brewster
Hovey
Brewster Oil Corporation
Gage
Portland
Twin Cities
Runnors
Noonday Chamber of Commerce Luncheon At Alpine
At a semi monthly noonday luncheon the Chamber of Commerce in Alpine featured Mayor Benjamin F. Berkeley as the first speaker and praised local women's efforts for a cleaner city. President RK Marquis announced future plans and invited women to share their views with the group. Mrs. C. D. Wood was greeted with applause.
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Chamber of Commerce and Business
Sul Ross Normal College
M. L. Hopson
Leo White
Benjamin F. Berkeley
Berkeley
Alpine
Spine
Marquis
C. D. Wood
Alpine Chamber Luncheon Praises Progress and Sul Ross Support
Mrs Wood lauds Alpine Chamber of Commerce and city spirit at a noonday luncheon. Miss Aynesworth of Sul Ross College calls for publicity for Alpine and Sul Ross, notes essays and letters being published, and thanks the Avalanche for college coverage.
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Wood
Chamber of Commercce
Alpine
Aynesworth
Sul Ross College
Sul Ross
Chamber of Cmmerce
Plumbing prices drop at Wm A Buchanan shop
Wm A Buchanan announces lower prices for plumbing goods and completes stock for plumbing tinning and tanks.
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A. Buchanan
Wim
Alpine Looms as Site for Tuberculosis Sanatoriums
The article argues Alpine could host a proposed 60 million dollar tuberculosis sanatorium and related facilities. A locating committee from several states will visit Texas by August 14 seeking 500 to 1000 acres near Alpine, stressing climate as the key asset and urging local leaders to attract the institutions for the Masonic and WO W sanatoriums and others, with broader regional benefits.
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Alpine
Texas
T the Pitzgerald
Kansas City
Missouri
T. Ed. Patterson
Chatanooga
Tennessee
Masonic Sanatorium
Wo.w. Sanatorum
el Paseo
Maine
Legion
Werville
Masonic Lodge
New Mexico
Arizona
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Southern Pacific Railroad
Mexico and Orient
John Young Land Company
John Young
John Young Jr
Brewster County
Lucnheon
Apine
Normal Hill
Otis Turner
Alpine Light & Ice Company
J. D. Hlx
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