Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-06-27
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
Brief Reference to the Many Enter
prises That Are undermining
the Historic City.

j. H. Rapp, of Chicago, architect and
superintendent of the capitol re-
building work, arrived in the city yester-
day and at once entered upon its duties.
He says the work of construction will be
pushed with all possible dispatch.
AT the National cemetery some forty
men and number of teams are now en-
gagged on the various contracts which
have been let. The total expenditure
called for in these contracts is $4,000.
M. j. Nagle's teams are busy grading
the grounds for $4,000 addition to the
st. Katherine Indian school.
At the peIitentiary the manufacture of
brick, fire-clay pipe, ETC., is being pushed
during this fine weather. The demands of
the territorial insane asylum and the
capitol will consume all the brick that
can be made between this time and fall.
Plans are being drawn for $4,000 ad-
dition to the Santa Fe Indian school,
Col. Jones has greatly beautitied the
spacious grounds this spring and aside
from having put in a large acreage in
grain and alfalfa, has some 500 fruit
trees growing luxuriantly. Spots of
lawn and many shade trees also add to
the attractiveness of the place.
Mr.. Geo. p. Money, assistant U. s. at
torney, has purchased sixty feet of 'front.'
age on Palace avenue, adjoining Col
X naebePs residence, and will this fall
erect fine residence thereon.
At cost of nearly $1,000 the firm of
Digneo Bros. have Just completed a cut
stone altar at the cathedral which adds
much to the interior of that imposing
editice. The stone is from Cerrilos and
is beautifully carved.
Supt. Sparks, of the Telephone com
pany, who recently purchased the Atwood
orchard, is building neat home thereon.
J. H. Blain is just finishing neat brick
cottage, stable, ETC., on his lately pur-
chased property on Galisteo street, the
old Ellison place.
Work is progressing steadily on Santa
Fe's mammoth new water storage reser-
voir in the foothills just north of the
Palace hotel. This is the fourth reser-
voir of the splendid system being put in
here by the Municipal Investment COM
pany of Chicago, and its capacity when
finished will be sufficient to irrigate thou
sands of acres of valley land. This reser-
voir will cover 26S acres and at its deep
est point the water will be sixty-five feet
in depth.
The St. Johns M. E. church and par
sonage have recently been rlastered and
finished in rough coat of white. The
wood work has also been newly painted.
The effect Of this improvement is marvel
Gus, converting scene of dilapidation
into one of order and beauty. The men,
bership join the pastor In card of
thanks to those whose contributions made
the above mentioned repairs possible.
At the historic official palace Secretary
Miller has had workmen engaged for two
weeks past and hes greatly improved the
property both inside and out.
Mr.. Sam Cartwright has converted his
newly purchased adobe house on the south
bank of the river into modern brick
with pressed brick front and all the ac-
cessories that go to make up a comfort
able residence.
Mr.. F. M. Jones has recently finished
new dwelling on his fine orchard prop
erty west of town and now makes that his
home.
Official announcement was received
from Washington yesterday that the Ra"
mona school would be opened next month
as a school for Indian girls. The uni
versity trustees will at once begin the
necessary improvements.
The Municipal Investment company of
Chicago has purchased $50 acres Of valley
land just south of the United States In
dian school, and has seeded 1G0 acres of
it to alfalfa which is growing nicely. The
intention is to cut this land up into five
and ten acre tracts and dispose of it to
settlers along with perpetual water
rights.
Santa Fes new electric light and power
plant was inspected yesterday by Hon. L.
F. Parker and number of st. Louis vis-
itors who pronounced it the most com
plete system they had ever seen. The
economic principle involved whereby the
water from the big reservoir in the canon
Is made to produce this light and power
without waste is feature that was highly
commended. When the present contract
with the city expires the company pro-
poses to put in an arc light system that
will make Santa Fe one Of the best light
cd cities in the country.