Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1895-06-15
A TRADE CENTER.
Albuluerque'S Railroad, Mining, Agri-
cultural ami Educ ational Interests.
LARGEST WOOL MARxEr IN SOUTHWEST.

Old Albuquerque. frnm which the pre-.
ent greatest trail. center Of New Mexico
takes tie name, was founded over two
hundred years ago. and 10 . city Of his
toric interest. The plan aud buildings %
the old city arr identical with th,~e II
scores of other towns and cities Of older
New Mexico. The greater number Il the
buildings were constructed 81 adobe. IN
torn. long, low, fat. r,"fsd. and without
any pr~t-nIionR ~ adUrnm-nt. The only
exception I" this unrightly type of archi-
lecture II seen IN the churches, which still
remain anil attest the durr bility II this
simple, primitive material aud method ~
building, The attempt At adjournment in
the churches IN seen mostly In the cary
architecture. As in the ordinary adobe
building, We see the aboriginal eivlliIA.
tion Of the Pueblos combined with that
"f spain aud spanish America.
Until iSS0, when the Atchison, Topeka
Il santa Fs railroad reached this point la
its pr"grrsa toward th. Pacific, the region
IL country commercially tributary Ia Old
Albulu-rpue h~d changed but little since
the b-ginning of th. century. Back in
the iin'-s and sixties goods w,r- hauled
by OF aud mule teams from Kansas City
and LeAvenworth. "n the Missouri river.
Ia the seventies they were brought nearer
by rail, but rot until 1880 were they
brought Ia the Rio 'irAnde. Ia that year
company Of sn,erprising Amsricanr,
seeing tho opportunity for building mod
srn city in = trade center which hal for a
century maintained one II the lArg-s,
town. in New Mrl leo. locAt.d . town site
where to-day stands the new city of Al.
buluerlue.
Al tho present writing Albuqu-rlu,
has two banks. with = working capital oi
$500. 10000 and deposits u twice that
amount. The city has large Wholesale
and retail houses In all tho different lines,
carrying stocks " irom $5.Ooo.Oo "a
$4,000 %, aud doing business through
"u' NoW "rh'Sb bhu a'N'ues ehu iust
Texas, Colorado snd California, There
arc two Touring mills. two Ice factories,
one large brewery, = private foundry ana
machine shop. employing forty skille'i
wnrkmsn. aud the A. a =. Railroad
shol+, employing from three hundred u
tive hunhr-d men, besides . number N
mknufnIiurinu, sntsrnrin.,a If E,.aaar mag.
ni.ude, The city has an admirable school
system, her fur wAri school buildings
having coat {GO. OO0 ~, aud the building
ami equipment oi the Territorial Univer.
sity. which In loca,ed hsre, much larger
sum. The Sisters Select School aud
Academy, which oilers exceptional facili.
ties Tor the special aud careful training Of
youth, 10 ais" worthy Of especial mention,
Not lees noteworthy n Albuquerque
free city library. containing . thousand
II the best publications., tree 10 all for
the using. aud housed IN = magnificent
modern room, which would bs Appropri-
ats far like purp"sr in . city u two
hundred thousand I.eopis. Aud the city
10 justly proud II i,s Commercial Club
building, which 10 one II the 6nest mod.
.rn structures In the territory. AMI was
constructed 81 . coo, II 100000 W The
Commercial Club 10 eomIs~sd ~ the lns.i.
ing eiils-ns of Alb ,.cT,.e .. ~ ,iAlo,,
professions aud eAll,nss. Il IL ssm,.