The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-06-19
NEW MEXICO NOTES.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ,

JUNE OIL, looo.
Mr.. Editor We are having some
fine weather now, although it is get
ting somewhat warm. Wheat and
corn look fine. Wheat is now in the
milk. Cattle are getting nice and fat.
There is no excitement here now, ex-
cept over our new governor, E. G.
Ross, of Lawrence, Kansas. The Gov
ernor is expected here this week and
they intend to have a fine reception
for him. They think that he will
make considerable change in the ar
rangement of government affairs in
the Territory. There are no Indians
in these parts that are on the war
path, nor have not been closer than
eighty miles of here.
Well, we will try to give a slight
history of our town-it might be called
town for it is not incorporated yet,
but we think it will be before long. We
have twenty-four wholesale and retail
stores, three hardware stores, three
drug stores. We have fourteen whole
sale and retail liquor houses and sa-
looms. We have five blacksmith
shops one carriage factory, and one
harness shop which does a lively BUSH
ness. There are only five millinery
stores, and as for Chinese laundries
there is no end to them. We have
two good steam laundries, two plan
ing mills, two good grist mills, one
was built about three years ago, the
other was built in 1866. These mills
do not furnish near enough flour, meal
and feed. We have four diaries here,
besides the milk that is sold in other
ways. The four diaries keep about one
hundred cows, the most of them were
brought here from Kansas. We have
FIVE butcher shops, one Of them is a
wholesale and retail shop which re-
ceives fresh meat from Kansas City
every day, and ships meat all over the
Territory. There are four large wool
and hide houses here. Wool ranges
from six to fifteen cents per pound.
We have three lumber yards that ham
die both native and pine lumber.
There is great deal more native lum-
Der used here than pine lumber. The
cost of native lumber is less than one
half the price of Chicago lumber. The
lumber that comes from our mountains
costs from eighteen to twenty dollars
a thousand feet.
There are five churches here; the
NJ. Z. church, the Southern NJ. E.
church, the Congregational, the Epis-
copal and the Presbyterian which is
the finest, excepting the Catholic. All
are well attended. The old Catholic
cathedral in old Albuquerque is PIG
years old; it has, of course, been re-
paired since. 1t is of adobe or mud.
New seats were put in the church and
a new fence built around it about two
years ago. The sisters of the Catholic
church have brick and stone school
house of two stories, which cost about
S35, 900, and is one of the finest build
ings in town. The professionals have
two schools which would be a credit to
any place; they teach all grades
taught in any eastern schools.
We have five hotels in operation
which are doing lively business. In
fact everything is lively. There are
two large hotels not in operation, the
RioGrande and the one built last sum-
mer. The town is lighted both by gas
and electricity which gives plenty of
light in any part of town. There are
two first-class livery stables that will
furnish all kinds of livery rigs at
lowest rates. Our novelty works en-
ploy as fine workmen as are found any
where in the east. There are two Ma
tional banks. Our Opera House Is not
the largest in the west but is finely |
finished. We have two lines of street
cars; one running from the Atlantic
& Pacific r. r. shops to Railroad ave-
hue; the other starts at Front street
and runs to old Albuquerque, making
N all over three miles of track.
A. KANsITE.