Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-04-05
MINOR CITY TOPICS.
Fine day, a little cold, but bright and

Fine day, a little cold, but bright and
bracing.
As none of the members materialized,
the honorable city council held no ses-
sion last night.
U. S. weather bureau forecast for
New Mexico: Fair tonight and Wednes-
day; warmer Wednesday.
Mr.. c. H. Bennett, who recently es-
tablished a meat and poultry market in
Bland, came in from the Golden COchiti
last evening, and will return to his bust
ness headquarters in the morning.
Santa Fe lodge No. 2, Knights of
Pythias, will hold its regular weekly
meeting this evening at 1880 at Castle
hall. Important business will be con-
sidered. Special invitation to visiting
knights.
The great municipal battle will soon
be over. Probably it would be well
enough now to renew the effort to Sc
cure the establishment Of a beet sugar
factory at Santa Fe. There are many
people in the vicinity who will need en-
ployment after election is over.
The funeral of Mrs. Lorenza Macs de
| Maestas, mother of f. A. Maestas, who
conducts a barber shop on lower Frisco
street, will take place at the cathedral
tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock. The
body of the good woman will be placed
at rest in Rosario cemetery.
Whatever may be the result of the
election now in progress in the city of
Santa Fe, the New MEXICAN will persist
in its righteous fight for improved streets,
more effective street sprinkling service,
better sidewalks and Systematically re-
paired city bridges. The New MEXICAN
Is the friend of Santa Fe first, last and
all the time.
For the past two years the Electric
Light company has furnished about &c
street lights for the city free. This was
public spirited and beneficial. But the
taxpayers and property owners want
better lighted streets and the city should
pay for The lights. A fair appropria-
| ton should be made for this purpose by
the outgoing city council. This would
be in accordance with the wishes of the
taxpayers and for the benefit of the
city.
The filthy gypsy camp over west Of
the Santa Fe depot should be abated at
once in the interest of public health and
also as a proper protection against petty
thieving about town. 1t is reported
that some of the motley collection are
afflicted with smallpox and certainly
non of them are ornaments to society.
The New MEXICAN called conspicuous
attention to this nuisance several days
| ago and hopes not to be forced to allude
to it again.
MI. w. N. Townsend, manager of the
| New Mexico Telephone company and
local manager of the Postal-Cable tele-
graph office, has gone to Bland to com
plete arrangements for the immediate
establishment of his projected telephone
and telegraph line between Santa Fe
and the Cochiti metropolis. In the
| course of 80 more days the merchants OF
Bland will be able to order goods di-
| rect from the merchants of Santa Fe
by wire.
The Golden Cochiti mining district
| continues to boom and the property
owners of Santa Fe appear to be so much
absorbed in local politics that they have
no time to press the movement for the
immediate establishment of daily stage
and mail service between the Capital
| city and Bland. Meanwhile the people
| of Albuquerque are moving heaven and
| earth to secure the trade of the Golden
Cochiti. They gesticulate in politics a
good deal, 1t Is true, but they always
work as a unit for Albuquerque.
Persons, who were prowling around
the city after ~ o'clock last night,
report that several minor scraps
occurred among the active partisans
of the several candidates for pre-
ferment at the pending municipal
! election, but that John Barleycorn was
responsible for all the trouble and that
the most deadly weapons employed were
assaults with words" OF course sew
eral noses about town were painted
redder than usual with co%ffin-varnish,
but practical people recognize that as
one Of the ordinary incidents of q hotly
and closely contested local election.