Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-08-29
THE DUKE CITY,"


Darby A. Day. the efficient New
Mexico manager OF the Mutual Life
Insurance company, Is handing around
two very valuable books issued by
his company, entitled Accidents"
and "Poisons-Remedies.
A short time ago Mr. Day secured
4ome data relative TO Albuquerque and
the territorial counties from The Citi.
zen for use In the New Mexico special
edition OF The Statement" month.
ly pamphlet issued by the above COM
pany. The front page is illustrated
with half tone cuts of the following
district superintendent: W. G.. Ogle.
w II. Slaughter, Joseph Cox and
Edgar Calfce, while on the inside
rabes appear the half tone cuts OF
Paul Wunschmann and Oscar C. Wat.
son, agents at Santa Fe, and w. Il.
Bobo. the agent at Roswell, and the
latter's favorite saddle pony, Prince"
For some unexplained reason the pic.
ture OF Mr.. Day. the manager, does
not appear.
The article on Albuquerque Is as fol.
lows:
Albuquerque, 1.-The Duke City"
where the territorial agency Of the
company is located. is the county seat
Of Bernalillo county. Situated as II Is
on the banks OF the Rio Grande and on
the Santa Fe railway. II is practically
the commercial center OF the entire
territory and its merchants cover
trade territory OF about one hundred
square miles. thus giving the city a
much larger wholesale and jobbing
trade than many eastern cities four
times Its size. During the past year
Albuquerque has advanced VITA great.
er strides than any Of the western
r'nvt factory a"i has now almost ram-
p.'teI one e.. The ia,'Ast lumber
l,ants in tn, country, nsing hui't Nv
tie Americ. n umber Company. O,her
fa' tories AMI Ii dustr.es are under pro-
lection and IL is confidently predict
ed that the exports will more than
tuuble its IN n - al al IN. Nth
the world during the next five years,
Many eastern people think that by
coming way out west to New Mexico
thoy would he .'utt.ng thcmse.ve: he
yoni the paln ~ civilization. ami fol-
the benefit of those II may be said that
hey would find Albuquerque ABREAST
any eastern city Of double It's size.
fact there are few more cosmopol-
IN cities in the United States and
western quality OF get there" Is
.stinctly evident on every hand. II
s the postal headquarters for the
southwest and the postoffice is the
depository for all the postoffices In
New Mexico and Arizona. II also has
the largest and best equipped club
rooms between Denver and Los An
geles, the Commercial club, and has
under construction still another, be-
ing built by the Order of Elks. This
building will be valuable addition
TO Albuquerque.
The principal shops Of the Atchi-
son, Topeka q Santa Fe, west OF 40
peka, are located mere and AFFORD reg
ular employment to over 800 men.
There are over 20,0O0,Lv0 pounds of
wool handled mere each year. a great
proportion OF which will now be work.
ed into cloths and blankets in the
wooden mills recently erected and
which are now in full operation.
There is much more mat could be
said Of Albuquerque and its surround
ing community. Suffice it to say that
its greatest future lies in the extern
sive coal nelds that are yet undevel-
oped, and the reclamation OF the
mesa lands. adjacent by storage res
ervoirs. now in contemplation, Is des-
tined to make II another garden spot
equal to Southern CALIFORNIA; most
prided sections.