The land of sunshine; a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . --?3^. THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 293 The El Paso and Rock Island Railway also crosses theeastern part of the county, but east of the Santa Fe Central,entering near the junction with the Santa Fe Central atTorrance, in Lincoln county, and leaving it near Pintada, inLeonard Wood county, a distance of thirty miles. TheEastern Railway of New Mexico, which the Atchison, Topekaand Santa Fe Railway is building to Puerco, will traversethe county from east to west for 160 miles, crossing the RockIsland, the
The land of sunshine; a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . --?3^. THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 293 The El Paso and Rock Island Railway also crosses theeastern part of the county, but east of the Santa Fe Central,entering near the junction with the Santa Fe Central atTorrance, in Lincoln county, and leaving it near Pintada, inLeonard Wood county, a distance of thirty miles. TheEastern Railway of New Mexico, which the Atchison, Topekaand Santa Fe Railway is building to Puerco, will traversethe county from east to west for 160 miles, crossing the RockIsland, the Santa Fe Central at Willard and the Santa Feline from Albuquerque to El Paso at Belen, forming a junctionwith the Santa Fe Pacific at Rio Puerco. When these linesare completed, and they will be in 1905, the county will haveabout 400 miles of railroad. The county has about 200 milesof telegraph and a telephone line extends from Albuquerqueto Belen and Los Lunas. The lands under irrigation are very fertile and the climateis good for the raising of grain, vegetables and fruit. Wheatfrom Valencia county c
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