Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-07
RAILWAY INDUSTRY
The New Work Employing All the
Laborers Of Santa Fe and
Vicinity.
ALAM0GORDO-. O-.-WHITE OAKS
The Industrial Boom in Otero and Lincoln
Counties Climatic Attractions
of That Section.

There will be no lack of employment
for laboring men of New Mexico this
year. Mr.. Devereaux, who has been a.
the Palace all this week, has by this
time secured over a hundred men to
work on the Rio Grande railroad at the
La Veta pass, and is eagerly looking for
more. If he can get no more men here
he will probably go to Albuquerque
and other towns nearby to make up
gang of 200
Ten more men went UP the Denver &
Rio Grande this morning to work on the
La Veta extension; and a gang is
promised from Cerrllos Monday morn
ing.
Last evening George Harton, of Ell
Paso, arrived here and registered at
the Palace. He, too, is looking for la
borers, having undertaken to secure
men to work on the extension of the
Pecos Valley railroad.
Mr. HartOn was much disappointed to
find that Mr.. Devereaux had arrived
first and hired all of the available men
for the La Veta work. The FL Paso
man represents George S. Good, con-
amogordo Last year he secured very
good class of workmen here, and was
anxious to hire them again. Teams for
hauling he wanted especially. He pays
rock and drill men s1.5O a day. They
have the privilege of boarding them
selves or the contractors board them at
$3.50 per week.
Prosperity has struck the country so
hard that laboring men are difficult to
secure. This will be boom year for
railroad building, but the work will be
hampered by the inability of the con-
tractors to get enough laborers. Wages
are going up in consequence Mr.. Deve-
reaux pays his men $1.75 day, instead
of $1.50 and $1.25 a day, the wages pre-
vailing last year. The men Mr.. Deve-
reaux secured must, however, pay $3.50
a week for board.
Mr. Harton is enthusiastic about the
country the Ell Paso and Northeastern is
opening up. He paints the future of
Alamogordo and White Oaks in glow
ing colors, although already they are
most active and progressive towns. The
railroad has by this time pushed about
Is miles beyond Alamogordo, and the
road to Tularosa is expected to be open
ed for traffic by the 18th of this month.
Six hundred men are employed pushing
the railroad into the Salado coal fields,
and about as many more can secure en-
ployment. White Oaks will be reached
some time in July.
Mr.. Harton left for Albuquerque this
afternoon, to see whether he can secure
laboring men to go south with him
from that place.
Keep your eyes on Alamogordo and
White Oaks" said Mr.. Harton. I'm 20
years Alamogordo and White Oaks will
be the largest towns in the territory.
There is push and capital at work in
those two towns, and it is not merely
temporary boom, but a permanent
their home in that section. Alamogor-
do is essentially a modern and electric
power town. It's citizens are of the en-
ergetic kind that have built cities like
Denver and Omaha. The town already
has electric street lighting, several in
dustries, is building a fine water plant
and possesses splendid park. The
houses that are being built are of
substantial construction, and sign
that the town has come not only to stay
but to grow.
white Oaks Is the prettiest town
that have ever visited in this territory.
There is vast undeveloped mining
wealth around White Oaks, and its re-
sources have been merely lightly touch
ed. The mills at " hite Oaks are at
present merely working the tailings OF
former years with the cyanide process,
and are making good money out of
them. Alamogordo will probably grow
faster than White Oaks.
"Our men recently camped in the vi
cinity of Nogal. Around Nogal l saw
the finest small farms in the territory.
At present the farmers depend on wells
and windmills for water, but with the
construction of irrigation works the
country will bloom like Paradise. 1t is
also an excellent stockraising and game
country.
Making old Fort Stanton national
sanitarium will in time bring thous-
ands of healthseekers to that section.
The buildings at Fort Stanton are in
good condition and will make good
sanitarium. OF course, Alamogordo and
White Oaks will be benefited greatly
by having the sanitarium so near them.
Sublime is the only word with which
I can describe the climate as found 1t
at White Oaks. The White Oaks coun-
try is destined to be a most popular
health resort"