Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-04-28

lly double.i. III. city council makes n
weekly allowance fr the maintenance Il
the department, which IL well equippcd.
The pressu, city officials are Judge
John Howard, mayor, Recs Ling,
clerk, Fred Triu,le. trrasurcri X. N.
PrSiericks. sssss-or and collec,~I Coun-
elm. Goidwat.r. DALE Swan, George
sch.r,nsn Frank Andrews, cluslly d.
vicicd politically chief, George Burton
constable. \. A. Prince, DIR. J. Miller,
city physician All the above except two
councilmcn, arr republicans Vote 900
last siection.
The Cwuricr AMI journal. Miner, morn
ing anil evening dailicr. " prices are
maintained. are dosing . land office busi' |
ness, Judging by the advertising patron. !
aye. FOR cour,.ries extended th. repre-
sentative II TVS CiriEKs will always re-
mcmI-r the publishers ~ the papers
mentioned. May they live 10 add many
more years 10 the sgc II their rrsiec'ive
publications., both rspers having entered
their t.-ns in the number II years pub
ish-d.
The county ufiirials are X Lowery,
(dem.) sheriff, A, q Brsii., (rrp) re-.
cori.r A. "a Oliver, dem J. ireasurrri j
Wilson. tiem probate judge X u
Morrison, (rrp district attorneys J,
Wilson, (drm) school superintendent
Andrrw J iierudop. clerk ii distric,
court, W. A. Rowe. (icm J. W. Smith.
(r-p.) ihumss Reach. trrp SUPERVISOR
Election first Tuesday After trs, Monday
Ia November. Vote poll-i November
is99. 1900 and Registered 3,nii. Court
meets la June TIL" county IN divided
about even politically IN territorial
election. Census II county IN 1890, $500
Since then the county hot part io Coco.
nino, but gained Ia four wears by immi
grafton and native born ArizoniAns, mak-
ing III. population II iavapAi to-day ful.
IL ll.50O. Schol c-nsus IL ls.3 was
i.3+6.
oS To rnKsix
The santa F., Prescott Il Phpnix rail.
way was orcps,i tn regular passenger AL
frrigh, traffic ffnm Ash Fork to Prsrnt,
April nd, abor. n year ago, I'll. building
operations beginning September 8. iSe2
From Meath. eigh, miles out 81 Ash Fork
To Cedar Glade, dt-eu miles beyond, wal
the mos, expensive work IN the line Il
Prescott. the cuts through mAlapai r''cl
aud d,compo~,Sl granite being hari Il
encounter. b-siiss tho bridging On TIM
stretch was extensive. A few miles nortl
IL Pi~SCa, like was done hut not ~ great
Ninety one bridges were constructed II
the distance of sixty miles Ia Prescott,
mainly over bitches. The sixty miles !
easy grade aud the ride = pleasant one
through daylight, always. a wSic exrans
" ranges and farming lands lay exposes
Ia view on either side II III. track
Lime stone IL found in great auantitie
hetw-en Meath aud Cedar Glade whic
!. will add a. the revenue 81 tn. comps ny u
r . shipping supply.
Finy- seven pound sieels were laid q
this division. while south 65.pound vii
be used to Phrnix.
At Prescott u substantial frame ders
was built, this being occupied by Audito
and General Passenger and Freight Ager
Y. A Hsaly. the ticket Office, baggag
room, warehouse, and the office Of Super
int.nlent X. X. Coleman.
In December grazing and track iayin
war continucd. the first work being
long bridge, number W, over u DIR
creek at Prescott, thence westerly owe
three yer cent grade mainly. rising ,
the summit, nine miles out. at the lro
Springs, an elevation II $50 feet, or 6l4
fee, above sea level and falling IN isa
feat in skull Valley, fourteen miles far
tber. In making the circuit over th
mountains ~ Skull Valley. the presen
terminus Of the track, forty-six bridges
several eighty five feet high. were con
=, structed, all of Oregon timber, u gres
many heavy cuts were made throug
granite and malapAi. A number " hors
shoe bends are formed In making th
grades a. easy A possibls under the con
ditions. The stretch TO Skull Valley
considered the most exps nsIve on ia
surveyed route. this part Of the wor
being long since accomplished.
Devirs Gate, an immense rock bArrin
the way. but removed In . measure I
permit the iruo horss N proceed, Ia al III
=, head Of Skull Valley, whore once NOR
the grade becomes easy. In this vale,
I on Sunday last. your correspondent din
3 ed In the boarding car and for som
I. thirty h4inut-s mingled In the camp {
] srscklsysrv inhabited by hundred me
= aud horses.
Skull Valley In ten miles long aud th
. grading was completed It's entire lsngt
. this week. the forces consisting IT abou
D 600 aud the accompanying teams, thss
q being under the direction Of b. Lautry
Sons. the we'll known contractors. sosn
sixty Of the number under . sub contrHs
controlled by Hughes. Five or siz camp
Of these men are scattered out At dis
tances u two miles apart. The trasl
laying force 10 some 1876 men and thos
, engaged in bridging perhaps %, the w.
hundred and these engaged In putting al
telegraph poles from Prescott 70 skull val
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