Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-10-10
ALAMOGORDO Is 0. K.
Good Things In Store for the Thriv-
ing Town Of 0tero
County.
THRUST UPON Her
President Simpson Outlines Some of the
Things THAT the Railway & Coal Com
pany Intends Doing in 0tero and
Lincoln Counties.

C. d. Simpson, president Of the New
Mexico Railway and Coal Company,
operating in Otero and Lincoln counties,
says: AN effort will certainly be made
to round out the work taken up by the
railway and Improvement companies,
and SO far as Alamogordo is concerned
it will receive all the necessary advan-
tages which are now lacking. The east
ern people who are interested in the en-
terprise are anxious to give the resi-
dents of the place everything that is es-
sential to the permanent establishment
of a first-class city.
THE irrigation system which is fed
by the water works will have a plenti-
full supply of the fluid, and it is the in
tention to shortly place upon the mar
ket about 1000 acres of choice fruit
lands, just outside the limits of Ala
mogordo. We will have Tenth street
graded to the marble quarry, about four
miles from town, through the fruit land,
and a tramway line will be run from
the quarry to the depot, thus affording
easy means of transportation to the de-
pot in Alamogordo.
Just prior to leaving Scranton par
ties there presented me with a subscrip-
ton list for the establishment Of a ma
tional bank in ~Alamogordo, capitalized
at $50, 900. By this time the money is
paid in, and the bank will be in opera
ton as o o as a building a be erect
ed.
Among the other improvements for
Alamogordo, a large and elegantly
equipped modern hotel is proposed. 1t
win be erected mainly for the accom-
mediation of the tourist custom.
Building will continue it's past activ-
ity, for there is not a better investment
imaginable than real estate and house
building IN Alamogordo. Despite the
large number of fine houses which have
been erected during the past year, there
is no DOM for the number of people al
ready here, and houses are rented fast
er than they are built.
THE pay rolls of the two mills, rail-
way shops and general offices will alone
distribute enough money here monthly
to make a thriving city without any Of
the other resources. The enterprises
planned or in operation will pay out
$50, 900 monthly. The new mill will be-
gin operations as soon as the new crew
for the woods reaches here, SO that the
mills can be supplied with logs.
1T has been decided to extend the
mountain road fifteen miles at once The
proposed line will penetrate a large ag-
ricultural and timber region, which will
add materially to the wealth of the
country and town of Alamogordo. 1t Is
estimated that the timber opened along
this road is sufficient to keep the two
mills running for twenty years.
"At the Salado Goa fields a town has
BEEN laid out that will prove to be the
center of business in Lincoln county.
We will employ there between 500 and
$50 laborers, and that number of men
always induces a population of between
1000 and 5000 people.
IL bAIy ~ bo0lCo " oICbd IC
opened in the San Andreas we will GER
tainly run a branch line in there. Men
in the employ of the company are keep
ing close watch rel the development
with that end in view. We have been
experimenting with the white sands,
and from present indications we can
make a commercial proposition from
the product. 50 far the experiments in
dictate that we have something new, and
If it is ascertained that we are right
about it, a branch line will be run in
there, which will afterward tap the San
Andreas. The white sands are there on
the surface, and need no development to
ascertain their extent. And If they
prove to be Of commercial value, one of
the largest industries in the world will
be opened ere."-AlamogQrdo News.