El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-08
News From
Alam0g0rd0
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
ALAMOGORDO, March 7-On Mon
day night here the billiard room, bar
Der shop and bakery in buildings own
ed by Kearney & Buck were diseov-
cred to be on fire about midnight. The
night Waterman alarmed the fire de-
APARTMENT and inside of ten minutes
stream was playing on the buildings.
All of the buildings were of pine with
out plastered walls and at first glance
seemed doomed to destruction but the
department put the fire out in five
minutes and to look at the buildings
to-day one would not know there had
been fire. The department is entitled
to great deal of credit for the prompt
manner in which the fire was handled
and insurance companies can rest as
sured that the people of Alamogordo
are looking out for their interests care
fully as we'll as protecting the town
from fire.
! The presidents car, Paso del Norte,
arrived yesterday bringing Col. A. S.
Greig, the general superintendent, who
has been in California for the past
month, and Mr.. and Mrs. Harmon and
Miss Anderson who have been making
a trip through Old Mexico.
J. F. Manning and wife left Alamo
gordo Monday for Las Vegas, where
Mr.. Manning will be manager of the
Record, paper recently started in the
interest of the republican party.
The committee in charge of artesian
water matters have obtained from Col.
which his company have used at the
placer grounds in the Gallinas noun
tains and the boring should commence
inside of ten days.
The Baptist college organized and
I, built by Rev. C. C. Waller here, was
formally turned over to the Baptist
church on Friday night with elabor-
ate ceremonies. The students now
number ninety, and six professors are
giving lectures and instruction in the
various branches. In the College
Heights addition there are now but
La few lots left for sale.
The general Offices of the South west
here from Captain last week, a. J.
King. the secretary, being also mana
ger of the Alamogordo improvement
company, and thus centralizing the
business of both companies here.
R. White is building brick addi-
fion IN hic ctoro m Nou VorE ayeuuc
which will be occupied by the Hodge
Furniture company of which w. G.
Hodge, formerly of Cleburne, Texas.
is proprietor. This will fill long felt
want as since Meehan and company
burned out there has been no furniture
store here.
The Cloudcroft hotel will be under
roof this week. Quinlivan and son. the
contractors, have a large force of men
at work and the hotel will be COM
plete inside of sixty days. The hetel
will be heated by steam and an cleo
trio light plant will be erected at once
to light the hotel. pavilion and grounds
as well as private houses. Within the
next month a force or men will be put
at work clearing the grounds and
painting all of the company buildings
at Cloudcroft, and erecting building
for bowling alley and billiard room,
SO that as a resort this summer Cloud
croft will be much more complete than
ever before.
For the past two months Alamogor-
do has had an influx of people and
there is considerable activity here in
all lines. Both mills of the lumber
company are running night and day
and the box factory also runs two
shifts. new lumber camp will be
started in Cox canon to aid in keeping
the mills supplied with logs and the
tramways are being extended all
through the company's timber prop
critics in the Sacramentos.