Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-11-28
A BIG THING on TEE ICE.


The Santa Re Road 10 Erect In Las vegas
the Greatest Ice House In the west
From the Optic.
Las Vegas is to have thu biggest Ice
house In all the broad west. Twenty
Owe car loads Of lumber will be used In
Its construction, and these are on the
way now from Chicago on special Atchi.
son, Topeka h Santa Re freight trains.
The dimensions OF the structure are 4l6
feet in length, 40 feet IN width, 20 feet
in height. Contractor Brent, Of To-
peka. Is under bond 10 complete IL within
thirty days after the lumber is on the
ground. As every mechanic in Las
Vegas is employed Mt. Brent will bring
from Kansas a score or more OF carpen.
ters and other wOrkmen TO push this
work. Within q week the sight Of this
new enterprise, which Is just across the
railroad tracks from the old depot, will
be the busiest spot In New Mexico. The
building will be painted red. The eon-
tractor for that work is ]. g. Hewett, Of
Topeka, who IL just now finishing up
the new depot and the Harvey dining
station.
WHAT 1T ALL MEANS.
The placing OF this contract by the
AtchlsOn, Topeka n Santa Ne company
means a great deal for the business
solidity and advancement Of Las Vegas.
The railroad company needs ice. and
with each passing year, with the general
growth OF Its business, the increase I'm
refrigerator car service following the
development Of southwestern fruit grow
ing, etc, 1t needs more and more ice
yearly, and after investigation Of the
subject Of cost II finds that Las Vegas,
while enjoying the finest all the year
round climate on earth, is at the same
time 80 peculiarly situated that it can
boast OF more sunshine and more ice al
one and the same time than any other
locality out Of doors. This Is no fairy
tale. 1t is a fact. fully and thoroughly
demonstrated by men OF business, brains
and Drawn in the employ Of the A. +. 4
). +. company. Hence Il happens that
the latter corporation has entered into q
contract with the Aqua Purs water
company OF this city whereby the latter
takes charge OF all the railroad ice
houses. In the southwest, including thosG
at Pueblo and La Junta, Colo, ri Paso
Texas. Albuquerque aud as far west a.
Ash Fork, Arizona.
These will be supplied with the crys
taliue substance harvested at and ship
ped from Las Vegas. This contract rum
for a term Of years under this arrange
ment.
THE HEADQUARTERS FOR ICING
all AtchisOn, Topeka g. Santa Fe cars
heretofore at Albuquerque, will be trans
ferred to Las Vegas. In Albuquerque
however, there is to be built q new stor
age house at once, which will hold LOO
tons Of ice. The parent house here will
have a capacity Of 5000 tons, and will b
the largest in the west, outside, perhaps
OF the immense affair at Argentine, Kan
sas. The La Junta house has a capacit
OF 5000 tons.
|, The Aqua Pura company will haryes
some 1900 carloads of ice this season (
J supply these houses and the local d.
mand. At their reservoirs. In the Gall
, mas canyon Eve miles above the city. the
5 have facilities for loading seventy cars
5 day. The reservoirs are 30 situated
the mountain fastness that the su
doesn't hit their surface as much as on
hour a day from December l to March
s and yet 1000 yards distant the sunshlu
! makes a man tired OF his o~yercOat.