The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-09-01
NUMBER As.
FROM TEXAS.
El Paso, August, IS, 1883

Ed. LEADER Thinking a few
lines from this place would be ac-
ceptable, | will endeavor to give
you what items ofinterest that pro
sent themselves to me.
The first impression one hss OF
Ell Paso is, that she puts on as
many airs, and is stylish enough
for city Of ten or fifteen thousand
inhabitants. This does not refer
only TO the fine business blocks,
the large and handsomely furnish
ed stores, but particularly to the
ladies Of FL Paso.
This city is naturally a railroad
center and when the several pro.
lected lines are completed along
with the El Paso & White Oaks
road there will be no place in the
west that can compete with El paso
as supply depot for the trade Of
Mexico and also that of the sur
rounding towns, mining camps
etc, Of our own country. One
thing that is quite noticeable oflato
is the large wholesale houses locat-
ing here. THIS alone indicates the
future of FL Paso, viz. a second
Kansas City.
Looking back two years, one can
see Ell Paso was nothing more than
Mexican village. To-day she is
m Americanized city Of, from four
to five thousand, having water.
works, electric light, and street
railroads, besides having five lines
Of railroads entering the city; also
there is talk ofgas works, telephone
exchange, and other enterprises.
But there is one thing Ell Paso is
oehlnd the times in and that il
schools. hospitals, etc, but steps
are being taken to have suitable
buildings erected at once. Every
one here seems anxious to have the
White Oaks road begin operations
At once, they want to see the White
Oaks coal begin to pour in here, AZ
they are tired of having to pay
eleven and twelve dollars per ton
Sor coal that they could get for
six or seven, if the road was built.
the Eagle Spring, or Gorden, coal
ields do not come up to the expec-
cations, as the Southern Pacific, r.
X. Co., experimental With it, but
they could do nothing with it. 1t
was also tried in the city, by the
engine that rms the electric light,
thew found that it burned quite
freely but that it took about double
the quantity as it did of Trinidad,
or any other coal, and as the White
Oaks coal is said to be- equal or
superior to the Trinidad coal, there
is but little doubt that the El Paso
X White Oaks r. R., will be built
in a short time. During my short
stay here have met quite mum
ber of prospectors that have been
in almost every camp Of any i'm
pOrtance within a circle Of five or
six hundred miles, and they ali
with but few exceptions are head.
C | back for the White Oaks dis
trict, as they say she is the cbief
of all.
l have had the pleasure of meet
ing quite number Of Lincoln Co.,
boys, (this seems to be a central
point for every one) down on bust
ness etc. Also w. H. Tuttle, =
former resident Of White Oaks,
who seems to be doing the largest
painting business in tho city.
Ell Psso has had a wonderful
growth, and is keeping it up not
with temporary wooden buildings,
but with substantial brick blocks
costing from ten to elk thousand
dollars, and built with all modern
improvements. Ifevery one inter.
ested, or that would be benefited,
would pull together it would be
but a little while betove the Ell Paso