Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-02-01
TERRITORIAL.

ganized in Taos county, and are caus-
ing some excitement.
A new hotel for Ration is one of
the projected enterprises that is to
be carried into effect this coming
spring.
The A. T. & S. f. company's mp
town Office will be opened in few
days, just as soon as the furniture
can arrive from Topeka.
The Santa Fe Southern's big en-
CINE No. 3, is en- route from the D..
& r. G. shops at Denver, as good as
new. 1t cost $4,000 to overhaul and
rebuild it.
The ladies Of the Ration Catholic
church will hold a fair at the rink on
the evening of February 22d. Chief
Justice O'Brien will deliver an ad-
dress.
Yesterday afternoon the Anderson
property on the Highlands was pur-
chased for sanitarium by local
organization. There are twelve rooms
in the building, but others will be
added as oucasion dcmands-Citizen.
+. A. Blake, secretary of the San
Pedro town company, is in the city
Strengthening out his books and get
ting ready his annual report for the
stockholders. This town company
looks forward to lively times at San
Pedro this spring and summer.
There are two surveying corps in
the field near Cerrillos. Engineer
Booker, of the A. y. & S. F., is at
the head of one of them, and it is
claimed that the other represents the
narrow gauge. Nothing positive as
to this can be learned, however.
Parties in Santa Fe claim to have
positive information that the Santa
Fe Southern will not be sold to the
A. T. & S. f. 1t may, however, fall
into the hands of the d. 81 r. G.
shortly after the visit of Mr.. Moore,
who is now en- route to this city from
New York.
President Jeffrey, of the D. &c r.
G., is being generally commended by
the press of southern and western
Colorado because of his'liberal policy
in making reduced rates so that
productions of the soil can be
shipped out in competition with
Kansas and Nebraska products.
Ground was broken Monday morn
ing for the new Hewitt stone block.
Instead of a one-story single store
building, it has grown to two-story
with basement under the whole build
ing. Dimensions, 65x50, double store
and offices above. White Oaks Build
ing 81 Lumber company and Geo. T.
Ovard have the contract at $4,000
White Oaks Eagle.
The Goss Military Institute is now
an incorporated institution, whose
object is to establish and maintain
an institution of learning, where the
young men of New Mexico may
acquire knowledge of art, science,
literature, physical culture, and mill.
tary training. Following is list of
the trustees or incorporators: John
w. Poe, Frank Lesnet, w. S. Co
bean, J. w. Butcher, j. G. Lea, r. S.
Goss, q. A. Richardson.
The face of the big tunnel that
will cut clear through the Magdalena
has been squared up ready
for the machinery which is now be-
ing built in the east. When it ar
rives it is expected a hole will grow
so to speak, right through the noun
tains. There is now no question but
that this tunnel will be run, and that
it will develop large bodies of ore is
confidently believed by its proprie-
-ors.--Socorro Chieftain.
NJ. Heck, the old-tlmer, was in
town the other day on his way to
Las Vegas, He says the late cold
spell and long period of snow was
equalled in the winter of ls64-5,
when a government train that he
was with got caught in storm near
Rabbit Ear mountain and held there
for tu-o uonfhg althouoh lie 6aotino