Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-02-28
DUKE CITY DOTS.
A GriSt of Live Items Gathered While
OH IL Brief Visit to the City
Of Albuquerque.
"a Chiefs AMONG YE TAKIN' NOTES,

territory, and Judge Justo R. Armijo GER
tainly deserves great credit for his pluck |
and sagacity in undertaking the building
of this fine structure. That the invest
ment will be very profitable one seems
now we'll assured. Private residences in
many parts are going up and there are
few empty houses. There is considerable
building in the Highlands" very prob
ably for the reason that lots in that part
of town are comparatively cheap. Bust
ness lots, particularly on Railroad avenue
and Gold avenue and between Third and
Fifth streets, are held at what one might
consider very high figures.
Street improvements are going on
continually, and the fine side
walks now being laid impress the visitor
E,ost favorably. The sewer system
should, however, be looked after more
closely with view for the protection OF
the general health of the city. little
more cleanliness would not hurt the city
of Albuquerque, just as it would not be
amiss in the city Of Santa Fe. "Clean-
illness is next to goodness" should always
be before the eyes of the city councils o.
both cities and not only before their eyes
but should be lived up to carefully and
closely.
SCHOOL MATTERS.
The new school houses, one in each
ward, are credit to Albuquerque and it
must be said that every.citizen who is
questioned about them takes just pride
in them.
They are now talking of building an
elegant high school building and will
doubtless do SO before long. The corps
of public teachers now employed consists
of one superintendent, a principal and
twelve lady teachers and the monthly pay
roll for these amounts to $1.250. One OF
the active spirit ON the board Of educa-
ton is Mr.. W. W. Pope the efficient audi
tor of the Atlantic & Pacific railroad, and
Mr.. e. L. Medler makes painstaking and
careful clerk of the board. The attend
ance of children is quite large and the
schools seems to be doing the good they
should.
POLITICAL POINTS.
James A. Lang is candidate for U. s.
marshal for New Mexico. He is book
keeper for John A. Lee and has been
with the firm since 1881. He is we'll
spoken of; the influence that IS to help
him comes through his father, who is a
New York politician and lives near AL
bany; he was candidate for presidential
elector upon the New York state Demo-
cratic ticket last election and received
the highest ma jority of any of the cleo
tors. Mr.. Lang's friends are sanguine
that the old mans influence will pull the
son throughput man proposes and
Cleveland disposes in this matter, and
there IL no telling what will happen.
1t is also understood that N. G. Collier
is slated for judge of the I'd district; Mr..
Collier is popular and is universally
acknowledged to be honest and fair;
some of the legal lights in the Duke city
are inclined to oppose him, but being
from Georgia, having Hoke Smith, the
secretary Of the interior, behind him and
being an ardent admirer of st. Patrick,
Mr.. Collier may have the inride track.
AS to the goyernorship, find that ex-
Gov. Ross has quite support here, and
the Democrats as whole are not OPP
posed to him. 1t is thought in Albuquer
que by those who profess to know that
tn governorship is between Hon. W. I.
Thornton and the ex-governor. The lat
ter is to 20 to Washington at once and
will show Mr.. Cleyeland, in his own
proper person, that he is none too old as
yet Cor governor of New Mexico.
CITY POLITICS.
A good deal of talk is foating about
concerning the coming city contests and
many property owners and tax payers
express themselves as particularly in
favor of Hon. G. W. Meylert, the we'll
known, courteous and popular proprietor
OF the San Felipe hotel, for mayor. Many
Republicans say he is the proper MAJ
for the Republican nomination. The ar
guments in his favor are that he has here
tofore been mayor and councilman and
member of the board of education, also
county treasurer and county coinmls-
sioner, and in all these important posi-
tions, has acquitted himself to the salts
faction of the people. He has intimate
knowledge of all city and county affairs
and would be the proper man for the
Office of mayor at this, to albuquerque,
important time. He is well liked and is
highly respected as an honest and strong
man. Indeed, it strikes the casual OBJ
server that Mr.. Meylert is just about the
best man for the position and that the
citizens of Albuquerque could make no
mistake by nom n ting and electing him
by a handsome majority.
THE NEWSPAPERS.
The papers are getting on we'll, yspe-
cially the Citizen, with Messrs. Hughts
and McCreight at the helm is doing well
in every way--fnanclally, morally, phys
ically and politically, and is the popular
local paper of the town. The Times, the
Democratic morning paper, under, the
able editorial and business management
OF Mr.. w. w. Hite and his talented wife,
Mrs. Olive Ennis Hite, has the support
of the best class of Democrats in the
CITY and it's influence is being felt and
becoming more apparent as time,rolls on
apace. albuquerque is good nswspa-
per and advertising town and this IL a
strong point in its favor and conducive
to its growth and prosperity.
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB.
The reception last Saturday evening to
the visiting Coloradoans was success, as
it seems everything the Commercial club
undertakes, is. The Colorado people ex-
pressed themselves as highly pleased with
both receptions, the one at Santa Fe and
the. one in Albuquerque. The CONNER
cial club is certainly the institution Of our
neighbor to the south and 10 doing great
good for the city. Therein Albuquerque