Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-01-29
~CLARKvlLLp CAMP.
. Gallup Correspondent Denies State
ments MADE BY Mr.. Jones.
SAYS IT Is A MODEL CANT.

lne uhilup correspondent Oh the MOrn-
Ing Democrat denies the statements
made by Mr.. A. A. Jones to The CITIZEN,
aud says:
The article seems TO have been In
spired by Mr.. A. A. Jones, who makes
certain wild statements regarding mat
ters when he CITIZEN has received
without taking the trouble TO investigate
1heir Reliability or truth.
Mr. Jones made the statement that
Mr.. BrethertOn had made II impossible
Tor him 70 remain AT the camp. That Is
untrue. Mr. Brethert IA found him work,
aud no conversation or transaction ever
passed between Jones and his employer
In all the time Jones worEed at the camp,
until the morning Jones called al the
Vf1ce for his time. he was upon the
same terms rs the olher electrical en-
gineers ~ the work., and had no cause
for complaint. The fact that Jones was
ischarged from the Crescent compsny's
service t1st before going 10 Ularkyille, be.
cause 80 the superintendent said, "he
wanted TO run the whole works." Ia an
ind cation OF the calibre OF Jones.
About the boarding house: The un-
married day employees Of the company
are required 10 board here. but the coal
miners are allowed TO board with any
private family with whom they eau hnd
room In h camp. The management
has had some difficulty Ia securing good
cooks all the time. and there has no DOUBT
been some cause for complaint. Your
correspondent has repeatedly been
through the kitchen aud dining room OF
he boarding house and has found the
best OF food In varied and abundant
supply, and the menu will at all times
come up 10 the average boarding house
In any camp In the Rockies. The idea
that there IL a shortage OF food, or that
there IL a scramble at the table for what
IL provided Ia absurd. Every person who
will think the matter over for q minute
will know that no American citizen
would stay twenty minutes Ia q place OF
that sort. All complaints on the score
OF food or waiting are carefully attended
20, and there are never less than two
walters 10 assist the cook. IL there Is
my cause Tor complaint IL IL not on the
score OF food provided, for II IL excellent
N quality and abundant and varied In
quality.
As TO the taxes: There Is only one tax
levied at thu camp which il not laid at
every camp In this district The hospital
tax IL one from which an allowance IL
made TO sick aud injured miners and
which meets the expenses OF those -eri
Dusly Injured at the mine, for nursing,
board and the like, and Il levied at ali
iailnp mines. The school tax l. Just, az
Il IL TO provi Q for the education OF the
workers at the camp. The only tax not
levied ut the other mines In the library
tax. M. Bretherton has expended sew
aral hundred dollars In the purchase OF
books, n thousand OF which are on the
shelves or on the way. Over n thousand
dollars were expended In erecting q IL
orary building, which was recently
thrown open. Here are all the maya
Zines, periodicals aud leading newspsp.
80. The library l. open all day and II
"ysning, and In II TIE members may
read, write. smoke, play games OF shat.
II Ii a workingmsn's club and Is worth
iys times the monthly fee OF 80 cents In
IL newspaper and magazine privilege.
A. In the store: The Clarkyille store,
like those Of the other coal companies IL
built for the employees. Its prices are
,bout on pa with prices In the Gallup
torres. None OF the coal companies here
will give employment 10 a man who
1sbituslly trades at any store AVE its
fNAs II W. bh0AiT hFN roy tbfys
Let a a spend his money with the
people who employ him, provided he re-
ceivaa practically the same values as he
would receive elsewhere" II IL untrue
that the employees are watched either
night or day to prevent their purchase OF
articles Ia Gallup.
As TO rents: Any man who wishes to
real "a room to himself has the privilege
Of doing o.. providing he pays the rent
for the room. But II he wishes 10 cut
down the cost OF his rent by sharing II
with others, then the rent Is divided be-
tween them. What nan In Albuquerque
san hire a room 10 himself cheaper than
81 or 81 a month";
Ii Is true that the mail wagon running
% town IL not for thu use OF any person.
We know OF no company that IL running
a free bus for its employees. But In all
cases OF sickness, necessity or urgent
convenience, all that IL necessary Is an
intimatiOn. and the conveyance Is at the
service OF the n 10 needing II.
About the school: Miss Clusters left
ClBrkyille because she failed 10 give sat
isfactiOn In her work. She has been fol.
lowed by Mr.. HOdgson, who teaches the
school not for less money but for more,
and who Is paid an additional amount
for acting as Librarian. He IL not hired
TO do any Sunday school work that Is his
own voluntary service.
As to the cry OF the needy and 30 on,
with which The CITIZEN closes its attack,
II is true the world over that a man can
not have his money and spend IL. Those
who live with the same economy here az
they do elsewhere a save money. and
do. The only man who needs Ome out
in debt to the store Il the one who would
some, out In debt TO any store anywhere.