Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-08-13
new BLOCK FOR
. THE DUKE CITY
Plans Have Been Completed for the New
Building Which is to Face Railroad
Avenue and Second Street-To Go
Up at Once.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF FAIR ASS0-
CATION HOLD IMPORTANT MEETING
Special Correspondence New Mexican.
Albuquerque, N. NJ, August II.

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Albuquerque, N. M, August l2.
| Architect j. l.. La Driere has COM
pleted the plans and specifications for
the new business block to be erected at
| the corner of Railroad avenue and Sec
ond street by Joe Barnett. The build
| ing is to be of brick, three stories in
height with basement. The dimen-
sions will be l42x50 feet. The whole
lower floor will be fitted up as q store.
The second story will contain fifteen ele-
CANT office suits, most of them having
three rooms. On the top floor will be
three Office suits and q large hall. The
contract is to be let this week.
The executive committee of the Ter
ritorial Fair Association held an import
ant meeting last night and listened to
he detailed report made by Secretary
McCanna. Letters were read from
number of Colorado horsemen who wish
to bring flyers to the fair. Nego iations
were entered into with the proprietors
OF a Ferris wheel, now proving big at
traction at Electric Park, Kansas City.
Harry Bay, OF the Cleveland League
team, wrote asking for place in the
base ball tournament. He is counted
r
He will be secured. The official badges
were ordered last night. Everything is
moving along nicely with the fair ar
the committees.
Mrs. Frank Zinc has returned from
her outing in California.
j. A. Nagle, general manager of the
Sonora railroad, and a party OF capital
lists were in the city yesterday They |
are on their way to Chicago and New |
York on important business concerning |
the road.
Word comes from California that w.
l.. Hathaway, for several years until re-
Gently manager of the Mutual Life In
surance Company here. who was COM
PEELED to resign on account OF health,
has almost entirely recovered.
Will Monts, owner of the Bland Her.
aid. has returned to the city. He brings
word that J. M. Hunter, to whom he
sold the paper on credit has departed
for parts unknown, and that no further
attempt to publish the Herald will be
made.
Ortiz & Co., carriage builders and
blacksmiths, have decided to erect on
their present location large two story
brick building.
Frank Workman, who had been en-
ployed by the company which owns the
gasoline lights of the city disappeared
Yesterday morning taking with him $40
of his employers money The man had
lived in the city for some years and had
always borne good name.
Frank Lawr ncc was arrested last
night charged with stealing two watches
from his employer Mrs. Olin, owner of a
diary farm near the city. One watch
was found in J.awrence's possession, the
other he had disposed of to an Arabian
ieweler. He confessed to taking the
watches, but said IL at Mrs. Olin would
not object. Tho woman was summoned
ard asked that Lawrence be let off. AS
the man has bad record the officials
decline to be lenient and will themselves
enter complaint Lawrence spent the
year OF 99 in the penitentiary at Santa
Fe, having been sent up for stealing a
firms it that the couple were to have
been married this week.
Frank Johnson, wealthy cattleman
whose head ranch is located twenty-five
miles from San Marcial, is in the city.
He says the recent rains have placed the
ranges in his district in excellent condi-
lion and that stock is getting fat He
reports general rains through all his
section.
United States Marshal Foraker and
lis deputy, Fred Fornoff, returned last
hight from Gallup, where they appeared
before United States Commissioner Hen
y against Mrs. Peter Erolani, charged
With selling liquor to Indians. The wo-
nan was bound over to the grand jury
lnder bond of $500. The case is the
second against liquor sellers tried within
,hree days, and in both cases the United
States commissioner found enough evil
lence on which to hold the parties.