Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1895-08-03
Beautiful Silver City Not De.
strOyed BY Flood.
A Town Of Great Resources and
Wonderful Recuperative Power.
No Appeal Necessary for Ala nom the
Outside World.
A CORRECT VERSION.

Silver City, N. NJ, July 26.-Th- dis
patches and accounts Of the disastrous
hnod which occurred at silver City. New
Mezico, on Sunday, July II, abou, the
m'dnigh, hour, published In papers all
over the country, conveyed the inipres-
sion that the entire city, or - least the
business portion oft, had been destroyed,
large buildings entirely swept away, aud
one dispatch to the effect tina, many lives
wrru lost. The readers would infer thu,
silver City would hsnceforth be only .
smsubrspcs-ths name u place which
hal psssed into his,ory--nsv-r to be
again counted among the cities IL New
Mexico. This Impression is srronsous.
Not . single hannah life vac sscrihced.
II II true that great damage WAS done 10
buildings and . large amount Of goods In
stores, aI,ur.s, farpitrre anil persousl
Objects we're destroyed. but the buildings,
with few exceptions. can bs repaired. and
In another year Il will be forgotten tina,
they we're considered wrecked by the
dood. The loesss fall, mainly, upon thoss
Who hAv. other property AMI resources
and who have On established credit In
the business world. And most Of them
have passed through the trials of bank
failures aud the depression incident Ia
the almost total destruction Of tbs most
important industry In Gran, county.
silver mining.
such men do not cit down. supinsly,
aud bsmoau tbs fate which has brought
this great disastsr upcn them, but are ny
aud doing. leaving no stone unturned "a
retrieve ,asir fortunes and again build
up their city.
A few slore rooms have been Vacated
because the occupants considered thsu
unsafe. bu, other places OF business wsr,
readily secured and In few days thsii
patrons will hnd thsm established In their
new quarters. Others are rspairins dam
ages and taking precautions against fu,ur'
doods. Everybody u hard ., work and
while acknowledging the magnitude %
the disaster, none are discouraged ol
willing TO give up.
Some Of the buildings injured by the
food will have 10 be abandoned ant
pulled down. but - business r~quires !
others will be erected with more rsgart
10 safety, either upon the same sitss o.
elsewhere In tho town.
The district which 10 subjsct 81 noot
comrrises very small AREA Of the tow
VI Silver City. and were II all swept AVA,
there would 70. remain q town equal
many pretentious Villages 10 the south
west. and among tbs homes o. the psopi
ON ,hs hills would Do built tbs necss~Ar!
structure. Tor business purposes.
The Atchison, Topeka d Santa Re Rail
road company 10 making bsrculesn effort
to open the road W this point. and we'll
! may ~ the branch from Dsming to silve
City has b-sn for tbs years the hest pay
ing dry miles Of branch line ON the sant
70 railway system In the west.
The water works company will prols
, bly, have water 6owing through theI
mains by the tisns this article 10 In pr~s'
The very element which wrought cue
destruction In silver City last SundA
y night will bs the moe, important eieinsI
In its recuperation--ws water.
With tbs rsias which have falleu In u
past week the quarts mile Of the gre,
y mineral Geld Tributary 70 Silver City vi
be enabled 70 start up and run full tim
Y producing tons Of gold and silver builio'
I" the gulch miners will wash out man
y ounces Of precious gold and upon u
hills, mountains, plaips and valleys u
grass 10 growing - II hiss mt sor yea
10 fssd the cattle and shssp upon Il
- ranges Many min~s now idis for Lex
Of wassr required In reducing thsir pr
duct will soon be worked With full fore
" and there will b work foe scorss Of u.
NV hls.
:, l, mus not b. forgotten that the min
"a Il the Mogolloas, ninety miles northws
q Of Silver City. producing uorv gold 81
silver bullion than nearly ell the 9th
mtutuH camp W NoW Aoh"S Sc~>Sss~
C. ia entirely tributary 10 this place. s'
70 this Of itsslf will maintain and build up
% city Of magnificent proportions.
10 The copper matte sssslssr o, silv
III City 10 osly temporarily elossd down
y account OF damage By the food. but
TOO vill eoutr,buts materially toward .
cupsrssioa from the recent disaster.
=, Pines Altos will now resume wosk
:. earnest since the receus rainfall. and I
:, STEADY oaspu, a gold buliioa will be .
:. changed in silver City for Supplies .
-. auired IN that camp. A dnssa other nj
a Jog camps are supplisd from this poiI
:, and all the farmers aud ssockmsa Of ,
=. nor,hsrn pAFs q Grant eouaiy trade
silver CITY.
:, silver City 10 and viii siwsys rsDs
" the county seat OF Grant county. On"
The territorial pornAi schools 10 iocAt
~ hers, aud silver City . incompatible 80
the. year round" climate 10 Lsyopd
., reach of foods.
II n probable the, The ioss from !
a. aood will aggregate fully tioo.ooo' VII
:. out s.Axs-rst'oa. but even such d'sAs'
a. can no, destroy 90 ruin . town havi
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