Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-04-19
A. R spoEord Librarian
"ADOBE TOWN"
Six Millions OF Brick to 60 into New
Buildings in Santa Re this Spring.

Six Millions OF Brick to 60 into New
Buildings in Santa Re this Spring.
"Our new governor IL welcomed to
adobe town." is the language used by an
Albuquerque sheet in announcing the re-
ception OF Gov. Prince in Santa Fe, and
on the same day this item is printed in
an Albuquerque paper:
The large two story adobe residence
OF Jacob Irisarri still remains unfinished. "
Now let us see about this.
Not TO mention number OF brick
dwellings and store houses already COM
pleted this spring, it may be well to
figure little on the brick and building in
dustry in the capital city at this time
Tomorrow, according to the advertise
ment, Mr.. Kahn will let contract for the
construction OF business house that will
require 100000 brick.
Yesterday the contract was made for
l0l 900 brick to go into new Pr3sbyte-
rlan parsonage.
Mckenzie has been awarded the con-
tract for erecting Santa Fe's second brick
Indian school, which will consume tMee
quarters Of q million brick.
Hon. S. B. Axtell is now clearing the
ground on Hillside avenue preparatory to
the erection OF four neat brick cottages
and thus far he has contracted for So
900 brick.
The foundation walls are in for the new
Missions boarding school, and the con-
tractors say it will take 200 900 brick to
do the job.
Hon. T. B. Catron has contracted for
100000 brick for q new business block on
the old post office corner
Berardnelli has paid the cost for 1885,
900 brick for enlarging the X. Of 2. hall,
and has ordered l75, 900 more to 90 into
two new dwellings.
/ Messrs. Donoghue Il Monier said to-day
that the lst of May would find their yards
in full blast, as they expected to manufac-
ture 500 900 brick this spring.
The Qbove figures represent total of
over 3,5H0,O00 new brick already con-
tracted for in Santa Fe this spring, and
which will loom up in the shape of fine
modern buildings before midsummer rolls
around. No account is here taken of the
many small dwellings in contemplation OF
erection, requiring from 10000 to 10000
brick
A conservative estimate would bring
the number Of brick to go into capital city
Improvements this year at about 5000 900
Here is the size OF the Albuquerque
brick boom az announced in one of its
local papers:
About twenty men are employed at
the brick yard in Albuquerque, making
and burning new kiln OF brick"
Indeed, comparisons are sometimes
odious Eth?
Since the above went into type it is as
certainpd that DR.. Longwill has gone into
the brick business himself, to some ex-
tent, and has contracted for 100000 brick
which it is understood will go into a new
business block on the plaza.
At noon to-day ". A. Mckenzie, who
has the new Indian school contract al
$27,0 99, let the stone, brick and plasterinG
contract to Berardinelli & Palladino fol-
$l3, 500. Berardinelli says he'll get the
brick if he has to make them on the
ground, as he won't be caught in any
speculative deal which has for its objec
the cornering of all the brick in town.
The above are few facts relating t
brick in Santa Fe. How do they strike
the average Albuquerquean?