New Mexico Boomers Push Santa Fe Statehood Plan
Santa Fe thrives on booster talk as judges and officials promote New Mexico statehood. Judge Thornton and Gov Prince tout San Juan county wealth while Harry Clancy and peers testify on San Juan fertility. Proposals urge land grants and school support, with Hasledine in Chicago and Washington urging Congress to admit New Mexico as a state.
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Santa Fe
Old City
Judge Thornton
Albuquerque
Cerrillos
Harry Clancy
San Jean
N. B. Laughlin
Bartlett
Clancy
George Cross
Cross
San Juan County
Games
Prince
Hazeldine
Chicago
National Capital
Promising Rail Development Seen for New Mexico
The article notes a tense status of railroad feeders for Santa Fe D&R G and three trans Missouri lines. It argues that extensions by major lines like C B Q Rock Island and Missouri Pacific could open Colorado and New Mexico to unprecedented growth, turning an apparent setback into a boom in regional rail development.
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New Mexico
Santa Fe
trans-Missouri
Colorado
C. B
Rock Island
Missouri Pacific
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
Projected Railroads and the Narrow Gauge Debate
The Sun explains the limited hope for extending the narrow gauge system to Cerrillos and Albuquerque. It cites D R G’s Colorado focus, Santa Fe Southern ties, and the impracticality of independent lines under local capital. With AT SF and D forming control, compulsory extensions seem unlikely, but city development remains possible without them.
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Santa Fe
Cerrillos
Espanola
Las Vegas
Jemez
Albuquerque
Colorado
New Mexican
Santa Fe Southern
Sansta Fe Southern
New
AT. & SF
Remiscence of Bou Lang er in America
obituary style reminiscence recounts General Ernest Boulanger’s death by self-inflicted wound in Brussels on September 30 and recalls his prominence in European politics and his 10 year prior U S visit as a French military delegate. It retells an Philadelphia court scene where Boulanger testified amid a Continental Hotel theft incident.
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Boulanger
Brussels
Europe
France
Germany
U. S
Continental
Geo. S. Graham
Ernest Boulanger
The
Republic of France
Republic of
Yorktown
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Santa FE Boomers
William C. Hasledine
Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company
Willard’s
Washington Post
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N. W. Corner Plaza
Santa Fer
J. W. Ollinger
Thos. P. Gable
Southwest Corner Plaza
Santa Fe, XN. M
Equitable Life Assurance
OF the United Surs
Broadway
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