Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-02-15
SANTA ROSA
AND TUCUMCAR|.
Two Towns in Guadalupe County Which Are
Growing Rapidly and Have Very
Promising Future.
BUILDINGS AT SANTA ROSA
The Development Of the OIL Fields in Guadalupe County
-TucunlcarI Will Be an important Railroad JunC-
ton Point-Ccod Water Has Been DeveIoped
in the Town Of Santa Rosa.

in the Town Of Santa Rosa.
| The following bright and enticing
picture of Santa Rosa is drawn by
George r. Caldwell. a travelling indus
| trial correspondent for the Denver
! Rocky Mountains News:
| On the pinon clad slope of the Pecos
river, with a charming vista of the
more luxuriant emerald of lower lying
meadows, is built the new Rock Island
and New Mexico town of Santa Rosa.
| The Santa Rosa townsite is owned by
| the Alamogorda Townsite Company,
| with C. H. Stearns as manager of the
| Santa Rosa branch. Five hundred
acres are embraced in the Santa Rosa
townsite, with lots selling from $40 to
| $500. The townsite is plated around a
| plaza, one side of the plaza square be-
| ing reserved for the erection of mod
ern and model hotel. The handsome
Rock Island passenger depot, now in
process of construction Immediately
faces the plaza, while the commodious
freight depot will be close at hand.
The Rock Island has just struck, at
a depth of 30 feet, a well with an active
pumping capacity of 100000 gallons of
water every "a hours. AS this fine wa
ter source it within the town plat linn
it's, it is the forerunner Of any desired
number of wells for the townsite itself,
thus assuring Santa Rosa of super
abundant water supply for all city
purposes.
The Santa Rosa sandstone quarries
are already of wide name and fame,
and half dozen contracts have alrea-
dy been let for the erection of business
blocks to be constructed from this local
stone, to cost from $4,000 to 100000 per
known business men as Charles Ilfeld
of Las Vegas, the Gross-Richards Co.,
G. B. Popp of Santa F'e, and the Noise
Stern Co., Michigan merchants.
The First National Bank of Las We
gas, will also erect a fine stone struc-
ture for branch banking purposes,
while the big Coors- Moore Lumber Co.,
of the same city, will put in a big Santa
Rosa yard.
In the already local business build
ings are found the Guadalupe County
Bank which will erect a $4,000 stone
building and G. H. Stearns, O'Shea and
Pollock and George H. Smith who will
erect blocks of similar construction and
cost, while the new Stepp hotel will
cost at least $4,000, and the arrange
ments for the Continental Oil Com
pany, tanks, yardage, etc., represents a
handsome investment.
Reed and Hunter, the livery and
transfer people, will also build exten-
sively, as will the Mellini and Eakin
wholesale liquor house and the Healey
bottling works.
BUILDINGS TO BE PUSHED.
The Santa Rosa round house is to be
primarily the largest on the system be-
tween Ell Paso and Topeka, and will be
so constructed as to allow of early ex-
tension.
buildings will be started by March 1,
and the latest by May l, the middle of
the present summer seeing all of these
big blocks completed.
In addition to it's profuse local use,
the superb Santa Rosa sandstone, in
cluding solid red, white and gray col
ors and variegated hues is to develop
a shipping industry of wide radius and
profitable returns.
The already noted Santa Rosa oil
fields comprise an area as far as yet
prospected 75x2O miles and general we'll
development will be active this season.
Santa Rosa is practically In the midst
of the field, 35 miles being the outside
distance from the town to any given
portion of the oil bearing strata.
The well of the Consolidated Oil and
Fuel Company, five miles from Santa
Rosa, is now down about 700 feet, while
machinery for several other companies
is now en- route, with drilling to begin
as soon as may be.
The fields include developing capital
from Ell Paso. Las Vegas, Las Cruces,
Bakersfield, Calf, and the Standard
Oil Company itself, as well as more or
less local money.
President Roosevelt is one Of the long
list of Santa Rosa oil investors, promi-
nent New Mexicans figuring in the
same field, including Governor Otero,
Judges Long and Mills, Jefferson Ray
nolds, Charles Allen, R. v. Rice and
DR.. Harrison, while Operator Kerr OF
Pennsylvania, has a $55,0O0 option on
Santa Rosa oil acres and will drill five
wells this season, putting in also an
asphalt paving plant.
OIL AND COAL.
\ Thousands of acres of oil-exuding
rock have been located, while the oil
itself is of high illuminating character.
Large coal deposits of wide steam
and domestic measures are found,
while 35 per cent surface copper ore
has been assayed.
The sheep values Of the region are
immense, 1t being estimated that be-
tween 100000 and 100000 pounds of
wool will be shipped from Santa Rosa
this season. The wool clips are Of high
annual average, and increase in weight
and flneness, as the original Mexican
sheep Of the region are being rapidly
merged into high grade strains Of both
wool and mutton.
The tributary Santa Rosa agricultur-
al area is large. with very considera-
bic portion Of II still open to Ecvsrn-