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Show FACTS LEADING 484 MEXICAN OF NEW HISTORY pany, subsidiary corporations of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé Railroad Company; the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company, the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, and the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company. It has often been remarked that the main transcontinental line of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé Railroad should have been constructed through the city from which the present railway system takes its name.**® Such was the first intention of the projectors and and the contest proved tempting to the board Mr. Strong on that basis. settlement was made of directors in Boston and a pushed the line to Santa Fe by 1880, and to El Paso and Deming in a little more than a year later. Next came heavy construction in Kansas and the Indian Territory. Kansas City was reached from Topeka by acquisition of three lines between the two towns. The Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston road became the Southern Kansas Railway, owned by the Santa Fé. In 1886, the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fé had been acquired in Texas, and lines begun from Chicago and St. Louis to Kansas of the Chicago, Santa California line was pur Calif., Guaymas, speed was too great and no hours and were Galveston, NORCO CORAEAeeetontne Texas. He worked like 8 too long when he hae He was, however, a most kindly and patient man, with the Lm utmost concern for the good will of his employes and the patrons of the system. He insisted on a thorough commissary method. and the Harvey system of hotels of the system and °F » Ps 3 both through and local, to caused a temporary halt 12 a default which led to 4 re-organization. pS , A ~* ee a Oe Clie pa Fs ts confidential ; personal and * followed in matters arising in other jurisdictions. _ He is the son of Lawrence Ludlow Waldo and Waldo. He was born in Jackson 1) Mary Elizabeth County, Mo., January 16, 1844. (Ca fa His Early Bankers of New Mexico 1. William W. Griffin. 2. Jefferson 4. Rufus J. Palen. 5. John Raynolds. W. Poe. 3. Joshua S. 6. E. A. Cahoon Raynolds. . the eae. Pe ee Ld vil TP, eee 4 AS hPL, oe was , ee city, a resident of the and policies > og adviser of Mr. Strong in all matters affecting the interests railroad company in New Mexico. His advice and counsel were also sought 4 Mexico & ee capital eeu J % roe ree ie nd a a O28 Mr. Strong’s was the master railroad mind of his time. He has lived to seé all his theories about the property fully vindicated. At this time (January; 1912) he is living in Los Angeles, California, an invalid from the effects ° partial paralysis. New So 895 Henry L. Waldo, at the time of the building of the Santa Fé in oea receivership and of the business % affecting all branches of the company’s business, gether with the bad business conditions generally, the development te The sudden construction of a vast competitive mileage ss ay OS rules of good conduct. 7 Under his management the company between the company and the public. never accused of any disrespect for or disregard of either technical law or pee oer ee ey and dining halls is the result. He always paid great attention to the forming of a correct public opinion as the best foundation for satisfactory relation® was rf No a task in hand. El Paso physically and mentally. ee whirlwind. Mexico, rs Diego, Mr. Strong was a powerful man : Colo., San sealetaeaaiintenaienionmneeeeen ee 2,500 miles of track in Kansas and about 5,000 miles outside of Kansas, the extremities of the system being Chicago, St. Louis, Superior, Neb., Pueblo, er ee ee Se OR The Southern chased, as also the Sonora Railway, in Mexico. Thus at the time of Mr. Strong’s retirement from the system he had been the prime mover in the work of expanding the system from a line through Kansas to a system with about _ Fé. ent semteDneeRNbttbeiwbtStetncneenerantnnesnicente cisco and one-half by the Santa er eer ee Py ase eeae Pia ake re eS a RE tte AS PR the name Pe ere ee ee oe otPo ba Ph PM line was completed under Be Pet a Se ph Fh Pak ee The Chicago Fé and California. The St. Louis line was built only to Union, Mo, This The Atlantic and property was sold after the re-organization of the Santa Fé. Pacifie was built from Isleta, N. M., to the Needles, Calif., by the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company, owned one-half by the St. Louis and San Fran- PB City. |
