Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1900-05-19
LAS VEGAS LACONlCS.
The Meadow City as Seen by a
Visiting News Paragraphist
SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS,

Jack Dlxson. formerly 81 Aibuquer-
que. is nov stopping In East Las We
gas.
Gross. Blackwell a Go. are erecting
a big wool securing plant n. w. Kelly
states that Il win b. one Of the largest
81 its kind Ia the southwest
". J Emerson. representing the
Equitable Life Assurance company,
headquarters this city Is now doing the
Las Vegas towns
The lodge OF Las Vegas Elks. al a re-
cent meeting presented y. r. Forsythe
and DR. o. r. Gould with handsome
and costly past commander badges
J. q. Hurley the well-kn0wn division
superintendent, who was al Chicago on
business conneC .ed with his officC. re-
turned % las Vegas yesterday
II ls learned that Mas Ridley. a
daughter 81 Matt Ridley OF this city,
r. now lady assistant at the bath de-
partmeni 81 the Las Vegas hot sprinRa
Siegfried Grunsfeid and wife. nee
Mrs. Frank. enjoyed their honeymoon
az the Las Vegas Hot Springs. They
returned 20 Albuquerque on wednes-
dnv.
Al Coddington and ia. P!ckard. dep
uty United States marshals. are at
tending 10 the duties OF the marshaTs
office while the sai Miguel cour' is In
session. They expect 20 return 20 Al
buquerque Sunday night
Jack Murray, FOR many years a pas
senger conductor on the Santa Re. IL
now IN the cdrio business, and has
most complete store opposite the new
depot Mrs. Murray teaches embroid-
cry ana lace work at the store.
Charles A. spiess II making a record
for himself az diatrict attorney for the
Fourth judicial district. over which
Chief Justice Mllis presldes as Judge.
He IL doing his duty toward the prose-
cution OF trsnsgressors OF the law.
East Las Vegas has a hard working
councilman In A. g. MOye. He Is broad
minded ana was quite noticeable on
the streets yesterday directing certain
work in progress lie is an old fir5-
man. and helped materially 10 give the
Meadow City a nrst-clRss hre depart
ment
! g. Mackoi has faith In both OF the
Las Vegas town8 he conducts a pay
ms business In the old town, and Just
AZ soon ns the building boom struck
the east side he put up "A convenient
two-siory business building on some
valuable lots. and soon thereafter was
catering FOR trade on the east side.
The familiar face OF Rusa Kiatier 10
seen around the optic Office. lie Is the
heavy writer on that paper. and by hls
pencil pours some hot shots into the
political and personal nOn-suppOrtern
81 the paper, The Allen boys are the
owncrs-l.afe attending to the mechan-
ical departments. and Charles 20 the
business management
q. r. Albright and w r. McCreight,
OF Albuquerque, were al Las Vegas the
past two days as witnesses before the
United States grand jury in the case
against }. H. Tietlebaum. charged with
violating the postal lava Geo. r..
Money. assistant United States attor-
ney II present TO examine witnesses
before this grand Jury.
McsHrs Is r. Foruythe aud d. r..
Lowry are located In business directly
opposite the new depot They enjoy a
fine trade ana the wayfarer can ind
plenty az first-olass eatables and drink
0hles az their place. one % the mixers
OF the resort IL Capt I'd. French. who
has AN iron-clad agreement with For
aythe a Lowry Ia treat all Albuquer-
que visitors royalty
Col John s. CLARK. the heavy
weight who ofiiclates az the territorial
coal oil Inspector and chairman of the
territorial republican central commit
tee, gives it out cold and solid that
the republicans 81 san Miguel county
are iu fine fighting trim and viii Gerry
that county with a whoop the coming
faEi. lie also has adylces from an over
the territory convincing him that the
next territorial legislature will be safe
~ republican
The location ~ the postoffice 81 East
Las Vegas was settled the other day,
ana Postmaster Carruth will soon
have handsome quarters IN the new
Crockcr building corner Of Sixth street
ana Douglass avenue Several new
business houses have been erected In
this neiRhborhood, and lot owners are
holding their narrow twenty-five foot
ices " ground al fabulous prices.
.. r. Duncan has added considerable
20 his already well-hlled purse since
the Improvement boom struck East
Las Vegas little over year ago.
BESIDES being In the livery business
with Nick chafiin most careful and
attentive partner Mr. Duncan IL also
connected with several other enter
priaes that bring In good per cent on
money invested he came down on No.
" yesterday afternoon and is In santa
Fe to-day
A. result ~ the big and subNtan-
iiai improvements put into operation by
the santa re railway. In the erection 81
The castenada" hotel and most con.
Venient depot, the immediate neighbor-
hood has been turned inRde out, and
converted into handsome structures
on the south, Gross. Blackwell a 60.
have erected large business block
while north OF The Castenada. /"
Browne. AianEanares a Co loom up
with another big business block. Di-
rectly opposite the hotel. Billy Rawllns
has erected a lodging house. with store
rooms underneath. and ~ starts out
well with patrons Others have erect
ed new houses In this vicinity. but peo-