Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-18

turned last night from trip through |
San Juan county. N. NJ. stopping at
the Palace. Mr.. Wiley. in the course
of a conversation, said that the prev
alent opinion in Albuquerque regard
Ing the railroad. the survey for when
Is being made south of Durango. ~
that It is to be built by the Santa Fe
Central He believed the survey was
being made for that company, not
withstanding 1t has been generally
credited here to the Rock Island OF
ID. r. q. Regarding Albuquerque.
Mr.. Wiley said that town was still
growing at rapid rate, thirty or forty
brick buildings being at present In
course of construction. The little city
is enjoying great prosperity. Much of
the building being done is the result
OF branch line running from Ann
querque eastward about $50 miles. aud
known as the Albuquerque Eastern.
The special conveying a party OF
railroad officials of the Gould system
arrived over the Southern last even
ing, chaperoned by Supt Meldrum
In the party were Vice President bird
OF the Missouri Pacific and the Rio
Grande, his wife and daughter; Prol
Kingsley, wife and daughter, and the
Rev. Mr. Boyd and wife of Evanston.
H.: Col. A. s Hughes, general traffic
manager of the Rio Grande system,
The trip Is one of inspection on the
part of the two railroad men. while
that of the ladies' is of pleasure. This
is Mr.. Birds first visit to this section
of the state Last evening the party
walked up town a few minutes. also
visited the smelter This morning at
$3.50 the special pulled out for Silver
ton, chaperoned by Supt. Wittenber-
ger OF the 4th division, returning at
l2:40 this afternoon, stopping only
short time before continuing east.
Col Hughes expresses sincere regret
over the morning accident. He also
inquired of a Herald representative rs
to conditions existing in Durango and
he southwest section, adding that he
believed we were entering on a sea
son OF advancement and prosperity.
Silverton Miner: The editor OF the
Durango Wage Garner is n funny old
geezer, and some of his editorials are
models of unconscious wit Fer in
stance, in the last issue he says that
Mr.. w ]. Patterson, the excellent and
worthy treasurer of La Plata county
is very efficient officer and would 40
well II reelected, but, there is seri-
GUS objection to him in that he does
not belong to the dominant political
party" by which he means that he
does not belong to the Democratic
party The question which naturally
arises is how Mr.. Patterson comes to
be holding the Office if he did not re-
ceive majority of votes. Did he take
the office away from the other fellow
by force? There has been an impress
sion for nearly three years that Mr.
Patterson received majority of the
votes of La Plata county. and If so, ne
certainly belonged to the dominant
party at the election which placed him
IN office. And there is further i'm
preston, which bids fair to deepen
into a conviction, that not only Mr.,
Patterson but the entire Republican
ticket will be elected by the dominant
party of our sister county this fall,
At last the commercial interests
of this city are going to be pushed to
he front and Durango and the south
west advertised to the world To
this end the interests composing the
Durango Credit Mems association and
the Citizens Alliance have secured
the services of Mr.. +. p. Van keuren
OF Denver who has had years of eN-
perience in looking after the inter
ests OF commercial bodies, Mr.. Van
Keuren will act in the capacity OF
secretary and have direct charge Of
the work connected with both organ
iZations to the end of bettering CON
iitions and securing the hearty co
operation of the various interests.
Along the same line it is the intention
Mr.. Van Kuren in charge of the
work. There are many important
matters coming up all the time re-
quiring the attention OF our citizens
which are neglected because there Is
no one to give the matters the nee
essary time. 1t will be the duty OF
Mr. Van Keuren to keep in close
touch with the commercial interests
OF the entire section tributary to
Durango. assisting in promoting friend
ly relations with those engaged in
the various industries, seeking to pro-
mote the welfare of every hamlet as
well as Durango on the ground that
what helps our neighbors helps Dur
ango. BY having a distinct head to
go ahead with the work who Is per
rectly familiar with it those backing
the movement feel that Durango Will
receive direct benefits in many ways
= II would be a matter of surprise to
, n large majority of our people If they
knew the number of letters of inquiry
received by the newspapers, but more
! especially the postmaster asking for
J information regarding this southwest
I section. 1t is only proper to say that
/ hundreds of letters addressed TO the
, postmaster have been turned over to
, Judge McCloud, who has devoted his