Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-08-14
GRANT COUNTY IS
SWEPT BY FLOODS
At Central Biggest Flood in Its History
Two Years Work of City Fathers at
Silver City ID Practically 0bliterat-
ed in Night.
TWO BIG SUITS FILED IN THE DISTRICT
COURT INSTITUTE CONDUCTORS CHANGED

| Professor f.. II. p. Thomas will no
be able to conduct the Grant count
teachers institute, owing to his elec
ton as a professor in the University o
Arizona. Miss Sarah Ellis of the Nor
NAL school, has consented to conduc
the institute, which will convene in thi
city at the Normal school building ol
in session for two weeks.
A. r. Gibson, the energetic presiden
of the Gibson Development Company
| with headquarters in Santa Fe, is il
the city on business connected with hi!
mining interests in this section.
Andres Mata and Petra Jeminez were
united in marriage by Rev. Mr.. Poole
on Monday. The groom is an employee
of Jones, DoWnes and Company, and
the bride is daughter of Sr. Francis
co JemineZ, of the Mimbres.
James S. Fielder of this city, has
filed suit in the district court against
the Western Union Telegraph Company
praying judgment in the sum of 1000
as the amount of actual damage sus-
tanned, and the further sum of 81 500 as
the sum of punitive damages. He al
leges as the cause of action the delay in
delivery of two kilograms both of
which requested him to go to Deming
to look after important litigation, and
neither of which We're received soon
enough to get there in time, by reason
of which he lost two fees of $500 each.
A 100000 damage suit has been filed
in the district court, the plaintiff being
the Golden Giant Mining Company,
corporation, and the defendants, Sher-
iff A. S. Goodell, and the sureties on
his official bond, John w. Fleming, II.
F. Farnsworth, Jr., Robert Black, NJ.
F. Downes and o. c. Hinman. The ac-
tion grows out of a levy made in April
1901, by Sheriff Goodell, under a writ of
attachment issued out of the third ju-
dicial district court in suit then
pending wherein f. ]. Davidson was
plaintiff and the Golden Giant Mining
Company of New ork, corporation,
and Lawrence Waterbury We're defend
ants, when he took in possession a
large quantity of mining machinery
and personal property, situated upon
the mining claims a Pinos Altos. owned
which property was afterward sold by
Sheriff Goodell at public auction. The
plaintiff corporation claims that the
so attached and sold, with the
the property of the plaintiff, and that
the Golden Giant Mining Company of
New York had not, nor had said Wa
terbury any right, title or interest in or
to the same or any part thereof.
Reports received here yesterday and |
today are to the effect that Sunday
nights rain extended all over the
and was a steady downpour
all night long. The Mimbres and ella |
rivers were out of their banks, and |
there were floods at Fierro, Hanover
and Santa Rita, but no damage was
done. The cattlemen are jubilant and
say that the rain means an end to the
drouth condition. The average rainfall
over the county seems to have been
from four to five inches. The public |
roads throughout the county are in
more or less bad shape as the result of
washouts.
At Central it was the worst flood in
its history. Whitewater creek was a
raging torrent. The fence on the low
er side of Murray Brothers store build
ing was swept away, and also part
of the hay warehouse. The delivery |
wagon which was standing in the store
ward was also carried off. The dam
at the Fort Bayard military sanitarium |
was taken out by the waters. AT the
Link ranch at Lone Mountain the wa
ter was three feet deep in the houses. |
And at Gold Gulch part of the build
ings on the A. A. Hamilton place were
washed away.
In Silver City it is yet hard to esti-
mate the real damage. During the last
two years the city officials have ex-
pended something like $1,000 in putting
Main street in good shape, and the re-
suits of their efforts We're practically
obliterated in single night. The new
recently erected by the
city on the west side across Broadway
was taken out entirely and several feet
of the street washed away. The large
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lower end of Main street in front OF
the Harry store, was also washed
away.
For six hours an immense volume of
water filled the Main street channel
and came so steadily as to render that
part of town a scene of desolation. The
wooden wagon bridge was swept from
It's fastenings and carried down the tor
rent. Also the foot bridge at the COR
ner of Broadway and Main and the
large cottonwood tree which has with
stood the waters since 1872, to which
the bridge was fastened, were swept
down the stream. From this point
down the street the damage increased.
The Kilburn building was damaged to
the extent of about $1,000, and as re-
ported, other property was more or less
damaged. A serious problem con- |
fronts the city, and what will be done
Is problematic. For the present tempo-
rary make shifts will have to be en- /,
ployed to save the property now en-
1angered. as another flow Of water SIM
liar to that which passed down the
gulch Sunday night would result in a
,,ary haayv lose