El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-12
Observation-Disclosures
CLIMBING THE CLOUDS.
rp Over the FL Pao Northeastern Railway Wh Oaks Route
Amagordo and Railway Cloud Climbing Route
To the Summit Of the Great Sacramento Mountains
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Only q few of those receiving ManaR-
er Eddy's invitation to become the
guests of the different corporations ne
represents from Monday Jan. yin at
1880 q. m. until Tuesday Jan. iOen AZ
the Hotel Alsmogordo and trip over
the ''cloud climbing route" made their
appearance at the White Oaks depot.
Those who did were Mayor Megomn
and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Brttton Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. n. Russell, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. b. McCutcheon,. Mr.. and Mrs.
J. A. Smith accompanied by Mrs. L.
r. Robinsoo, and Mr.. J. w. Fisher.
The party was chaperoned by
Superintendent A. 8. Greig who after
holding the train q few moments for
expected guests who did not make
their appearance, gave the word 70
Conductor Pollock who In turn gave
Yields the throttle on engine numoer
l of the Ell Psso and Northeastern
railway white Oaks route
The train moved off land the little
party occupying q special coach were
soon at Fort Bliss where br1e1 stop
was made.
A FINE WELL.
Here the company has fine we'll 461
feet deep. The water Is said to give
the best analysis of any water In this
vicinity. A fifty Thousand gallon tank
is supplied by fine Cooks sseampump.
Water cars as we'll as the engines are
filled from this tank and the water dis
tributed out along the line OF the road.
After leaving Fort Bliss we strike
43 mile tangent, one OF the longest
known in railroad building. Along
this tangent is located Captain Helen's
ranch, II. L. Newman's Long Horn
ranch, upon which is Long Horn sta
ton, and Fitzgerald Moore's ranch at
Hueco station. At the end of the
tangent is
JARILLA STATION,
near which is situated the famous
turquoise mine from which A. J. De
Mules expected 90 much at the time
he lost his life 80 tragically few
weeks ago. Here the Eddy Brothers
are working q gold bearing property
called the "Nannie Baird" from
which they are shipping from fifteen
to twenty-five tons Of ore daily to the
Juarez smelter.
MANAGER EDDY's CAR.
At this point the party found Man
ager Eddy awaiting them. His private
car "Paso Del Norte" was attached to
the train and the guests invited to in
spect 1t aud share it with him, up the
IL
the car pronounced q model as It ekim-
med along at the rate .of 40 miles an
hour on the 80 pound steel rail which
was laid from Jarilla north. The con-
tents OF the side board were also pro-
nounced the very best and the guests
expressed the opinion that living on the
rail in private car was at all bad.
OLIVER LEES RANCH
Near TURQUOISE station is Oliver
Lees ranch where the fight took place
between Sheriff Garrett and posse and
Lee and friends some months ago dur
ing which q deputy sheriff was killed.
Nothing further of interest excepting .
~ mile tangent engaged the attention
of the party until the bright little baby
city OF
ALAMOGORDO
was reached at 2:3O O'Clock. At the sta
ton the party was met with carriages
under the direction of Henry Suther-
land, resident agent of the Alamogordo
Improvement company. Mr.. Suther-
land was not q stranger to the party as
number OF years ago he was q
member of the grocery firm at Ell Paso
of Stuart and Sutherland, firm we'll
remembered by. old timers. Mr..
ed at the model new and complete
HOTEL ALAMoGoRDo
where he turned them over to the
tender mercies of host and hostess
Harvey and Clerk Wyld. Mrs. Harvey
was assisted in caring for the ladies of
the party by Mrs. Sutherland and MOTH
ing was left undone to make the guests
feel at home in their preparations for
lunch which they were each and all
anxious to partake of.
THE CITY or MOT1NTAIN AMI prA1N
Alamogordo is truly the city of
mountain and plain. Situated couple |
of miles out on the plain from the foot |
hills it commands q beautiful view of |
the mountains which rise up so grad
ually off to the east. The principal
streets have been laid out and graded
and present quite q city appearance.
A street sprinkler keeps these streets