Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-02-22
BOOMING TOWN.
Santa Rosa Has Natural Resources
Back Of Building Operations.
AGRICULTURE AND STOCK.

more mNuriant emerald of lower lying
meadows. is built the new Rock Island
and Ncw Mexican town OF Santa Rosa.
says correspondent writing to the
Denver News.
The santa Rosa tOwnsito is owned
by the niamogordo. ~ NJ. Townsitc
company. With G. H. Stoarns as man
ager of the Santa Rosa branch fve
hundred acres are embraced in the
santa Rosa townsite. with lots selling
from $40 To 800. he townsite is
plated around plaza one side Of
the plaza square icing reserved tGr
the erection of modern and model
hotel The handsome Rock Island pas
senger depot now in process of con.
stuctiun. Immediately faces the plaza.
while the commodious freight depot
viii bp close at hand
ne Rock island has Just struck. at
a depth of thirty feet a we'll with an
active pumping capacity of 2uu 600 gal.
Ions of water every twenty four hours.
AS this .,nc water source Is within the
town plat limits. IL is the forcrunncr
OF any desired number of wells for ne
townsitc itself, thus assuring Santa
Rosa of Supcrauundant water sup
ply Tor all city purposes
The Santa Rosa sandstone Quarrics
are already of wide name and fame
and half a dozen contracts have al
ready been let for the erection of bust
ess blocks TO be constructed from this
local stone To cost from So 900 toS
Uob per block. the builders including
such wcllknown business men as
Charles llteld of Las Vegas. the Gross
Richards company. c. B Popp of San
IA Fc and the Noise Stern company.
Michigan merchants.
The First National bank of Las We
gas Will also erect a fine stone struct-
IRE for branch banking purposes. while
the big Coors- Moore Lumber company
OF the same city will put in big
Santa Rosa yard.
In the already local business build
ings we End the Guadalupe County
bank viii erect $4,000 at least stone
building, ana G. II. Stearns. O shea &
Pollock ard George II Smith will erect
blocks OF similar construction aud cos,
while the new Stepp hotel will cost at
least $4,000, and the arrangement for
the Continental OH company. tanks.
yardage. etc, represents a handsome
investment.
Reed q Hunter the livery and trans
fer people viii also build extensively.
as viii the Memni X Eakn wholesale
liquor house ard the Healey bottling
works.
BUILDING TO BE PUSHED.
The Santa Rosa round house Is To he
primarily the largest on the system
between FL Paso and Topeka. and will
bc SO constructed as to allow OF early
extension.
The earliest of the above business
buildings viii begin 10y March ]. and
the latest by May /. the middle OF the
present summer seeing all OF these
bag blocks completed.
In addition TO its profuse local use.
the superb Santa Rosa sandstone in
Guiding 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
well development will be active this
season. Santa Rosa is practically in
the midst of the field. thirty five miles
being the outside distance from the
town 10 any given portion of the oil
hearing strata
Tho well OF the Consolidated OIL u
l fuel company. hVc miles from Santa
Rosa, is now down about 700 feet.
while machinery for several other
companies is now on route. with drill
ing to begin as soon as may be.
The fields include developing capital
from I'll Paso. Las Vegas Las Cruces,
/ bakersfield Cal, ana the Standard on
company itself as well as more or less
local money.
President Roosevelt Is one of the
! long list of Santa Rosa oil investors.
/ prominent New McXicans figuring in
the same field including Governor
| Otoro, Judges Long and Mills. Jeifer-
son Reynolds. Charles Allen. Il. V.
/ Rice and pr Harrison, while Operator
Kerr of Pennsylvania, has a s55 600
option on Santa Rosa oil acres and viii
drill five wells this season. putting in
also an asphalt paving plant.
OIL AND COAl.
Millions of acres of oil-cXuding rock
have been located. while the oil itself
IL OF high Illuminating character
Large coal deposits OF wide seam
and domestic measures are found.
while 80 per cent surface copper ore
has been assayed
The sheep values of the region are
immense. il being estimated that he
/ tween 5000 600 and 1000 600 pounds
OF wool will lac shipped from Santa
/ Rosa this season. The wool clips are
of high annual average, and increase
| in weight and lincness. as the original
/ Mexican sheep OF the region are be
/ inc rapidly merged into high grade
strains of both wool and mutton
/ Tho tributary Santa Rosa agricul-
/ tural area is large. with very con
siderable portion Of II still open To gov
eminent entry. Crops flourish. with or
without irrigation, more or less of the
| fertile farming acres being subject to
a natural sub.soil irrigation which is
prolific in harvest production.
/ Peaches. pears. grapes. alfalfa. mel.
ons, corn, sweet potatoes, peanuts and
yario gated vegetables yield in profus-
ion. an especial and valuable vegeta.
BILE growth being found in chile, the
Santa Rosa vicinity annually yielding
millions Of pounds Of this pungent and
| profitable product.