Show ROCK ISLANDS PLANS Great System Preparing to Invade Meadco and Pacific The Tribune quoted a Rock Island official a number of weeks ago to the effect that his company had for sometime some-time been accumulating construction material at Liberal ICan for an extension ex-tension to White Oakes N M to connect con-nect wllji the El Paso Northeastern Northeast-ern said J A Rockwell of Chicago yesterday at the Knutsford Moreover More-over there have been prophecies from time to time that the Rock Island would gain possession of the Northeastern North-eastern Well the Rock Island has already al-ready started to lay track south west from Liberal and officials of tlie road In Chicago tell me that their company com-pany has already bought up the North eastern road and that Rock Island cars afc running between White Oakes and El Paso But that Is not all The Rock Island will get control of the Sierra Madre Pacific road running south west from El Paso 160 miles and ex I tend It to Guerrero and thence to some I port on the western Mexican coast 1 should not be surprised 1C this move would force the Santa Fe to pro tect Its through California line by cut ting across the level part of central New Mexico from Washburne Tex to connect by direct line with the Santa I Fe PAcific at Isleta thus cutting off the roundabout route through south ern Colorado and saving the climb oVer I the Raton and Glorlcla ranges There IIJ I bound to be some interesting level I opments in that counlry before long I l |