Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-22
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

Many strangers in town.
More water is the demand of the hour.
The city hotels are doing an excellent
business.
Germania lodge, X. of P, meets to.
night for degree work.
Meeting of the Santa Fe backwoods city
council this evening.
Fine rain last night and one can almost
see the luscious peaches growing to-day.
Soehnchen & Co. are repairing the
bridges and city street crossings. IT'S
we'll.
A regulation merry-go-round struck the
town last night and has pitched its tent
on Gaspar avenue, opposite Reaser's.
President Bartlett, OF the Board Of
Trade, has presented one of the large
fruit photographs to the Albuquerque
Commercial club and one each to the
two hotels there.
Quite copious rain occurred last night
having the appearance Of being general
rain covering probably the whole terri
tory. The amount of rainfall at this sta
ton was .3S of an inch.
Geo. L. Stapleton, general agent and
manager for the Massachusetts Benefit
Association for New Mexico and Arizona
has appointed Mr.. j. r. Hudson Ioca
agent for Santa Fe county.
What's the matter with keeping on
cleaning the streets, gentlemen of the
city government; or has the non-progres
sive majority objected to having the
streets cleaned and you all obey the com
mand?
The governor has appointed notariet
public as follows: ]. F. Darlington
Elizabethtown; G. E. Conway, Eddy; j
G. Kuhn, San Marcial; E. G. de Baca
Las Vegas; E. L. Medler, Albuquerque
John T. Roe, Carthage; James H. Purdy
Santa Fe.
The bureau of immigration to-day
shipped to. Hon. T. B Mills, at Lai
Vegas, and w. S. Burke, secretary of the
Albuquerque Commercial club, u 900 copies
each of Governor Princes recent address
at the fair and 900 each of recently ISSUED
small pamphlets dealing with New Mex
ico's resources.
The gents furnishing establishment O.
Capt Sol. Spiegelberg is now in excellent
running order with large and fine stock
of everything in his line. Capt. Spiegel
berg has added merchant tailoring to the
other departments in his store and guar
antees perfect fits in suits.
Col. Barclay, president and manager o
the Colorado Loan & Mortgage company
is expected here tonight in special ca
over the Santa Fe. His company hal
large realty interests in New Mexico, ant
after looking into some business here h
goes to the City of Mexico on trip.
Thomas Moore brought in sampl
this morning of yellow egg plums raise'
at the Cienega, southwest of the city
some twelve miles. The fruit is yer.
choice, the color being exceptionally fin
a bright golden yellow. Mr.. Moore
/, orchard produces some 400 pounds Of thi
/: fruit
Says the Denver Sun: Santa Fe ha
won the first prizes offered for fruit at tn
e. territorial fair at Albuquerque. Som
$500 pounds of fruit were on exhibition
including thirty-four kinds Of pears an
many kinds of currants, raspberries
s plums, grapes. apricots and peaches an
t forty kinds of apples. Santa Fe will thi
year ship 100000 worth Of fruit"
!. With proper water development; tha
is, with the water now in sight fully uti
y lied, 10000 fruit growers and truck fal
:, mers Can be located in the Santa Fe va
ley within two years. In fact, were th
water necessary to irrigate the vale
= lands assured, the rush would begin i'm
+ mediately. Therefore water may be cor
IS sidered as the very basis of Santa Fe
prosperity. The New MEXICAN is graf
u u flied to note the general awakening Of th
i. people of the city on this subject.