Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-06-11
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

Work for Santa Fe's advancement, |
now that the start has been made in
earnest.
Santa Fe is in fair way to have direct
railway connection with the mining
camps. There's hen on.
\ new street railway, an electric light
plant and big city addition are among
Santa Fcs enterprises now in hand.
Keep the ball rolling.
The first of the governors public recep-
tons takes place tomorrow evening from
8 to II o'clock. No invitations, ARE issued
and the people generally are invited.
Frank Rankin, a new conner from Kan
sas, is quietly putting few dollars into
Santa Fe real estate. He thinks now is
the time to get in on the ground floor.
On Thursday the plaza concert will take
place from to p. III. owing to the en-
gagement of the band for the orchestral
concert in the evening at Fort Marcy
hall.
The fire department has arranged for
an excursion and basket picnic in the
Santa Clara canon on Sunday next. The
Santa Fc Southern company will run a
special train, leaving here at in the
morning and returning at 7p. N. Fare
for the round trip is -, children half
price.
Modern homes are still in demand.
Twenty new brick cottages with spacious
grounds for lawn and garden could be
Immediately rented for profitable figures
if ready now. As tits, the people have to
put up with short and inconvenient quar-
tiers, and it retsrds the city's growth in
no small degree. Build more and better
dwellings.
! The Republican central committee OF
New Mexico will meet at the Palace hotel
at O'Clock tomorrow afternoon to take
action Oh the question OF delegates to the
state constitutional convention. The ter
ritorial Democratic committee will meet or
a similar mission at the office of its chair
man, c. H. Gildersleeve.
Hon. S. p Foster, OF Sierra, and .
party OF friends took in the capital city il
4 carriage this morning, driving about thu
suburbs and noting the improvements IL
progress. Santa Fe is evidently prosper
, ing" said Mr.. Foster upon his return. g
note many improvements in hand. Hel
growth Mt the present time should b.
highly gratifying to her people"
t Billy Guyer was to-day notified by Col
McGrorty that the secretary OF the treas
, ury had appointed him janitor at tn
= federal building. He took charge of tn
new building this afternoon. The salar.
1 is $3.50 a year. Mr.. Guyer is being gen
orally congratulated over his appoint
. ment he is a worthy man and will do hi
: work well. Two assistant janitors an
i one engineer for this building are yet t
be named by the secretary of the treasury
= Mr.. Guyer will have charge Of the builC
4 ing under the supervision OF Col. Nj
@ Grorty, who is government custodian.
# the structure.
/ Lieut.. Schwatka, who is writing lnteres
e ing letters from the Sierra Madres, of Oh
! Mexico, was a north bound passengt
yesterday on his way to Chicago. Ho
70 delighted with the section of countr
u which his expedition is now visiting. L
, resources are simply marvellous and II
scenery and its peculiar inhabitants, tt
ic cliff dwellers, give novelty to it equal
r the exploration OF any unknown countr
/. The data which he will be able to lay b
y fore the public will be invaluable and VI
% undoubtedly lead to the occupation of tn
. section and the development of its VOL
derful resources.
Hon. Jehu Baker, of Illinois, one OF Il
e grandest old men in the country, lie
S Santa Fe this morning for south Santa
< county, where he will spend few hou
o and then probably proceed to Las Vega
and thence TO his home on the other sic
h of the big river. Mr.. Baker has been {
g interested sight-seer in the historic capt.
l. city of New Mexico for the past few day
|, and he leaves us with most favorat
opinion, not only Of Santa Fe, but all Nc
- q Mexico. He has thought seriously
= coming to New Mexico to make his HON
Of but that will probably depend largely
Or the state of Mrs. Bakers health. T.
latter has been for many years suffer
er from asthma, but is decidedly adverse
moving west. The people of Santa
" would gladly welcome this interestil
family to their midst.