El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-09
GOV, AHUMADA IN NEW YORK.
He is Receiving Marked Atten ion il
the East.

Governor Miguel Ahumada is row
in New York and the Journal has the
following article with an elegant three
column portrait & bout his visit to the
eastern metropolis:
Unique Ahumada, governor of Chi
huanua Mexico, accompanied by his
wife aud Two children, Miguel, Jr. q,
agsd IA, I'd Guadalupe; d charm ing
little girl eleven ye ars old, are staying
at the Hoffman House, where they ar
/ rived after an extended trip through
The west.
Governor Ahumada is one of the
| brOadest and most progressive men in
Mexico, ard unoer his admi istra' ioo
| the state of Chihuahua ha, benefited
to an enormous extent.
Miguel Ahumaoa was first elected
governor in 1892 for four years. AT
| the expiration OF his term he was re-
e.ected.
':He is a n an Of striking personality
-standing Fix feet four in his stock ing
feet, broad shouldered and robust in
prOport on.
"Governor Ahumala has brought
about many reforms and improve nents.
Iu the short period of his admi uistr a.
tiOn he has founded seven public
schools, aides the Industrial school
for young ladies', whei e girls ale
taug ht Biography, type writ my, book
keeping and Eng iish, and the school of
Arts and Trades for men. Both of
these Institutions were opened 5 pit em-
Der Ii las.. The former school has al
re ady 2OU pupils and The latter in,titu-
tiUn $50.
ION the same day the great public
hospital, the POrtiriO Diaz, wa, Thrown
open. TT is hospital occur les whole
block, and has teen built with every
mod Ell Improvement.
He has also perfected the sewerage
and drainage system OF the city, which
is now carried and emptieu into the
ChubiScaS river, three miles below the
city. The water supply is today per-
feet, and very Interesting feature is
that at every street corner hydrant
is placed, which. owing to the steep in
cl1nation of the slope on which the
town is situated, is capable of throw
ing Il stream OF water three inches in
diameter more than thirty yards.
In the last three years more than
three hundred miles of railroad has
been built, including the line from
Jimenez to Parral, and that from Chi
huahua to Guerrero, which it is pro-
posed to extend clear across to the
Pacific coast. distance of 600 miles,
For all these improvements Cover
nor Ahumada is responsible. He has
Furthermore been instrumental in in
teresting foreign capital in many min
ing and rallroading enterprises.
Governor ALuuaua will be re-
membered as the man WI o stopped the
Corb tt-Maher fight in 1895.
when se4n yesterday afternoon by
Journal report Governor Ahunada
said that the state of chihuahua was
at present III moe prosl erOus and
hourishiDg condition that it mad ever
been before, and that the outlook was
very promising.
" There is one natural source of
wealth which has so far been entirely
overlook =" he said. L refer to the
great mountains of solid marble and
onyx, which are VI tDuched. Il, e
marble is white and of telutiful close
grain, and tue onyx is more beautiful |
lban that cOmiog from the south of
Mexico, ard which is the only one at |
present imp rte1 into this country |
This Is Governor Ahuma?a's first
sit tt the east TIE gover1 or was
today the guest of j. Fo.ter Higgins. !
OF t. e firm of d Morgan q Co. at !,
the Downtown club, where at lunch /
given in his honor be met several pto- j
minent business men Interested in .
trade with the sister republic.'