Show NEW SANTA FE LINES IN THE SOUTHWEST the santa fe system is building several new lines this year in the southwest the branch from kirbyville Kir byville tex east 45 miles to deridder la a point of the kansas city southern is being rapidly completed pl eted it will penetrate the louisiana pine belt contract is now being let for the big bridge across the sabine river grading has been done on an extension of the phoenix eastern from winkelman to in the salt river valley arizona near dudleyville Dudle is the noted mountain pass for which the santa fe and a competing railway have been contending in the courts the indian territory branch from owassa to tulsa will be opened this spring although only thirteen miles long it will give the santa fe access to a very rich territory the arizona california railway is now building west from wickenburg ariz a station on the santa fe south of prescott the track has been finished for a distance of seventeen miles grading has progressed twenty eight miles further this branch will open up a valuable mining district whose development has been retarded by poor transportation facilities other lines have been surveyed in texas new mexico and arizona but the above are the only ones where dirt is actually flying or rails have been laid part of the recent bond issue of the santa fe may eventually be used to build some links which are needed for a of df the new handling handing ot of overland economical in more ore freight such as the A abo bo pass cutoff cut off near albuquerque the problem is to get lower grades without increasing the distance too much |