Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-03-18
ROUND .AiIptI TOWN.

The unsightly condition OF the plaza
is not credituble 10 Santa Fe.
City incorporation is the thing. Let's
have it and start our town fresh gro" tn.
Asitate it, citizens.
Contractors for army supplies will do
well 10 watch the advertising columns OF
the NEW MEXICAN.
There is SAID to be pretty good duck
shooting along the Rio Grande. The mar
row gauge is selling reduced round trip
IL, kets 10 spurt>men.
The burning of lot CT rubbish in q
corral west OF the Methodist church D AIDE
a useless call upon the fire department
about > O'Clock Yesterday afternoon.
| b. Nj. Read remained overto-day to aid
the ii .ht of way committee, and things
are coming on so satisfactorily that he
will leave lor Terra Amarillo tn-norfow.
The first train over the b. u Is. o..
from Durango for three weeks got throu-h
the Cumbres hill SHOWS last ni-ht and
reached Antonito. Judge " hitenan and
the district court officers, also Attorneys
knaebel and Lau.hlu left, this morning
TO open the Tlerl Amarillo term.
Supt. Wynkoop Says The new hospital
at the penitehtir viii not cost the leril-
tory Il cent, as he has old material on
hand suiii lent to erect it, using home
made brick and convict labor. The d.
mensious Of the building will be 3JX2u
leet, one story high. In one room also
i, 10 he located the penltentary apothe-
cary shop. 1t is an improvement long
needed.
The territorial treasurer yesterday
bought in and Cancelled $4,000 more OF
the bonds issued Tor the building Of the
penttntiary. They could lie obtained
only by paving premium OF II cents and
accrued interest This makes $4,000 OF
this class of securities bought in and can
celed by the territory within the past six
months, leaving but $500 penitentiary
bonds now outstanding.
The experimental well contractor said
yesterday that Il petty strong vein OF
natural gas was struck at about $50 feet
down. At the time there was nearly 700
feet Of water i'll the well and the fact that
It was OF sufficient foice to folce Itself up
through this volume Of water would seem
to Indicate possibility that may some
day be turned to our advantage. 1t w,Il
certain y pay to 90 900 feet in explora-
ton Of the und1rsround resources OF the
Santa Fe valley.
While 10 further cuts in passenger
rates east are announced to-day, the local
til ket agents are still holding to the
$40 40 Missouri river rate, and the north
vest cut announced Yesterday is still the
exclusive property Of the A., T. d S. f.,
the marrow gauge thus lar failing to meet
it, There seems no likelihood that the
rates will 90 up 20 the old figures for two
weeks at least, because, under the inter
state law, ten days notice of a raise in
ra es must be given, and as yet none OF
the warriors have given such notice.
Col. Il. c. Ciowry, vice-prcsdt mt and
general manager of the VI estern Union
Telegraph company and j. j. Dickey,
S ipe rintendent OF the Omaha division of
the Western Union lines, are in the city
on business and tour of inspection over
their lines. Mr.. Gamble, of Topeka,
superintendent OF the telegraph lines on
the Santa Fe railroad system a'compan
les the party also M. c. Bristol, supefin-
tendent OF construction and T. p. Cook,
assistant uperintendent, OF Dallas. The
party travel in special car. They have
taken spin through Texas and New
Mexico and will reach Chicago via Pueblo,
Denver and Omaha.