Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-04-17
TUCUNCARI..FAST
GROWING TOWN
Seat of the New County of Quay. Great Natural
Resources.-Important Junction of Three Rail-
roads. ..Good Water Question Solved.
CONDITIONS SATISFACTORY
AND STEADILY IMPROVING

zeal moment in the history of Tucumcar
i and recognizing that something had t
be done, Colonel Heman organized
. company to drill well. At depth of 20
, feet, fine soft water was struck in tn
} gravel, the bottom of ah,ot{sriver bed
: The water Immediately rose 175 feet IL
the pipe. kilograms We're sent to tn
railway company's offices and the com
pany set it's drill to work again somt
distance from the town we'll but in thu
same strata. There was discourage
ment again, for at the depth of 800 fee
no water was found, nor at 1926 feet ant
the company was about to give w
feet. At 349 feet the water was strucl
land it rose 220 feet in the 1-2 incl
pipe. A steam pump was set to worl
and pumped. continuously ten hours
succeeding in lowering the water in the
we'll only three feet. The water is es-
pecially adapted to engine use and Tu.
cumcari supplies the New Mexico di.
vision, the Dawson road and part Of the
Santa Fe Central with water at pre-
sent, the supply being inexhaustible
The Pajarito river winds for so miles
along the foot of the Pajarto mesa near
Tucumcari, sinking and reappearing at
intervals, and everywhere around the
| town good water is struck from a few
| to SO feet below the surface. The rail-
way tank at Tucumcari holds $4,000 GAL
Ions. The water company will put up
several tanks and will commence lay
ing pipe within the next 60 days.
SUBSTANTIAL HOMES.
The stranger visiting Tucumcari will
be especially impressed by the many
| substantial and neat homes and the
peaceful and orderly state of affairs
| that exists. Adobe buildings are few,
frame buildings being predominant
| among the homes and stone among the
business blocks. 1t is remarkable too
| that so many homesteaders are settling
right around the town. Sixty per cent
Il
made at Clayton are in Quay county,
and as far as the eye can reach in every
direction, one sees new buildings, new
corrals, and many farmers erecting
windmills or plowing the land.
CHOCTAW ROAD.
The Choctaw road is pushing con-
struction on it's grade into Tucumcari at
rapid rate. All along from Tucum-
carl to Amarillo grading camps are
strung over the prairie and the grade
will be finished by September /, the
laying of steel to follow as the different
sections are graded. The line will run
at an easy grade, in fact there Is no
difficult construction work to be done
along the entire distance, there being
no rivers and but few arroyos to cross.
Water is plentiful and the engineer in
charge Of the construction told the
writer that yesterday few miles be-
yond Tucumcari, the graders scraped
out four to five feet of soil and the hol-
low quickly filled up with good water.
Division offices will be located at Tu-
cumcari after the Choctaw road reach
es the town. The ground has been sur
veyed for roundhouses and shops and
Tucumcari will be an important divis-
ion and junction point. The completion
of the Santa Fe cutoff to LlanO and OF
the Santa Fe Central will send by way
e yy., - nf hn iYp1N1 1
traffic that now goes by way of Las We
gas and Albuquerque, necessitating the
residence at the town Of additional en-
CINE and train crews. The Rock Island
has nice and substantial depot at Tu-
cumcari and an eating house at which
good meals are served. Tucumcari VIII
lby ,next year enjoy with Santa Fe and
Deming the distinction of being one OF
the three towns in New Mexico with
three railroad lines. In ract, Tucumcari
| in appearance very much resembles the
Windmill City. The Dawson line is
| running as many trains as it. can Sc
| cure cars for. Passenger travel is ac-
commodated by passenger coach at
tached to freight and coal trains.
GOOD COUNTY OFFICIALS.
Quay county is we'll satisfied with Its
county officials appointed by Governor
| Otero. They are working harmoniously
and are doing their best to enforce the
laws and to place the county on sub
stantial business basis. Col. Theodore
W. Heman is probate Judge; Nazario
Gallegos, clerk; J. A. Street. sheriff;
'Donald Stewart, treasurer and collec-
tor; Harry R. Neal assessor: Minor
Rudolph, superintendent of schools;
John Campbell, surveyor; Isaac Barnes,
chairman, and Jose Pablo Martinez and
Alex. D. Goldenburg the other mem
bers of the board of county commits
sioners. A peculiar situation develop
ed when the new county. officials de-
sired to take their oath of Office. There
was not a notary public to be found au-
thorized to act. The creation Of Quay
and Leonard Wood counties made II
necessary for all notaries public Of the
old county of Guadalupe to get new
commissions, but as they had to de-
posit their bond in the Office Of the
probate clerk before receiving com.
mission, they were unable to secure
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