Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-01-03
ON THE FLY.
McCreight, Of the Citizen, Sees Santa
Fe and Tells Albuquerqueans
About It.

W.T.. McCreight, the energetic news
scribe on the Albuquerque Citizen. thus
writes Of Santa Fe affairs:
The Santa Fe Water & Improvement
company is pushing work on their i'm
mense enterprise few miles up Santa
| Fe river, and L. A. Hughes, president of
the company, expects to have everything
! in working order and the city supplied
with good water anG plenty of it by the
1st of June, 1s93 The city plant will cost
over 100000, and when completed Santa
Fe can justly lay claim to having the
most complete water system in the terri
tory. Over $50 men are now on the pay
roll and are at work on the immense
reservoir, while forty teams are at work
constantly. The principal officers are
Mr.. Hughes, president; P. E. Harroun,
secretary; j. NJ. Howells, engineer.
Messrs. Hughes, Bartlett and Palen are
,, the home directors, the two other direc-
tors being Chicago capitalists. The
Citizen man was granted drive to the
works, accompanied by Mr.. Hughes, and
pronounces the ENTERPRISE stupendous in
every particular. At some future day we
will give minute description of the en-
terprise and the difficulties encountered
in carrying on the work according; to the
company's plans.
THE NEW MEXICAN.
The New MEXICAN keeps grinding away
and gives all the Legislative and local
happenings every afternoon. Col. Max
Frost wields the powerful pen on the
editorial side of the sheet, while George
Cross, assisted by NJ. A. Downing, looks
after the news of the city and the legis-
lative doings. James Hughes is the book
keeper, and Harry Stevens, capital
printer, is foreman of the news depart
ment. G. E. Wright presides over the
job printing department, and he has
good force under him. L. Muehleisen is
manager of the bindery, and for the past
six years has pleased his employers with
his fine work. Fred Miller, late of Albu-
querque, occasionally assists him, and
Miss Cora Skinner is also very handy
employe in the bindery. She is indis-
pensible as a worker and thoroughly un-
derstands her duties. When there is
rush, Mrs. Muehleisen offers her assist
ance. The New MEXICAN is truly big
concern, and Santa Fe can't do without
the establishment and Col. Max Frost.
THE pEN1TENT1ABY.
Since taking the management of the
institution, the superintendent has added
many needed Improvements, and is now
building a brick wall around the entire
enclosure twenty feet high and twenty
six inches thick, which is placed upon
most substantial stone foundation. At
every corner of the wall is a guard or
lookout house, while there will be several
guard houses in the enclosure. A new
building for the manufacture of clothing,
shoes, etc., is contem plated, and on the
top of this building will be new and
commodlous hospital. There are at pres
ent in the institution 129 prisoners, two
of them women; forty-eight are confined
for the crime of murder, eighteen of whom
are in for life. Rev. j. H. De Foari his
Catholic services in the penitentiary
chapel the last Sunday in every
month, while Protestants ministers hold
services occasionally on the other
Sundays. There two singing choirs
amoung the convicts, English and Mex
ican, and the superintendent has regular
practice afternoons for them. The in
stitution is conducted on an economical
basis, nothing wasted, and Mr.. De Mier
knowns how to carry on the business.
GOOD OFFICIAL.
The manner in which Secretary Alex
ander oficiates in his important position
and has arranged the two branches of
the legislature deserves especial mention.
The council is comfortably quartered in
the corner room of the new Catroh build |
ing, and the members are well pleased
with the attention shown them by the
secretary. The house ia at the United |
States building, occupying the territorial
supreme court room, and everything for
their comfort is heartily extended by the
secretary. Mr.. Alexander is a pleasant |
gentleman, and has the work of his Office |
always up with the closing Office hours
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