The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1905-01-14
JUDGE MANN TALKS
OF ALAMOG0RDO.
Says Its Citizens Labor as Uuit for It's
Growth and PerBsCtiOn-New Bank
Building Exceptional in Beauty.


While in Santa Fe attending Terri.
torial Supreme Court Judge Man was
interviewed by the New Mexican as fol-
lows:
"TeIl you about AlamogordoP
would be poor citizen Of Otero Coun.
tvs growing capital city II I wonld not
tell you all that you would print"
Thus replied Associate Justice Ed
ward A. Mann, when approached for
facts regarding his home town.
"You see," the big handsome young
iurist continued, "the town spirit Of
the citizens Of AlamogOFdo is q large
and positive element in that plucky lit
tie city's growth and Improvement.
Our people are possessed of high civic
consciousness and pride. In anything
touching their city's welfare Alamo
gordo people are as one. have never
In my life observed people so unanI-
nous in anything as are the residents OF
my city in its upbuilding. So long as
that is true we cannot stop growing.
"We certainly had prosperous year
in 1904 and we have every reason to ex-
pect even better things of 1905. 1t is a
pleasure to tell you of the new building
which the First National Bank has just
erected at New York and Tenth Streets.
There is not more handsome bank
building in New Mexico. 1t is built of
block cement, finished with beautiful
native stone from quarries near Alamo
gordo. Its fixtures and interior finish
are all OF solid Flemish oak.
Another building Improvement late
ly accomplished is the spacious annex
to the court house which provides cham
bers for the court OF that district as
well as Office accommodations for the
district attorney and other county off,
clals. 1t is two stories in height, and
is built Of fine pressed brick.
Zone improvement on which the city
prIdes itself is that during the past year
the e. P& N. e. Company has erected
several neat cottages In various sections
of the city which have been sold to
railway employees on the installment
plan. These cottages contain seven
rooms each with bath. hot and eold
water and aii modern plumbing. They
add to the general appearance of the
city. In addition TO these some twenty
residents Of the city have lately built
handsome residences.
"Work is progressing rapidly on the
new territorial institute for the blind,
the walls OF which have now reached
the second story.
sour people have taken up the mat
ter of street improvement and few
months hence will probably see every
prominent street Of the city well grav'
eled. BY Test experiments we have
learned that gravel abOlishes the dust
nuisance which certainly in consum'
nation devoutly to be wished. Dust
has always been our bane and we be-
lieve that the graveled street solves for
us this vexacious problem.
"Socially one Of the most important
features OF the year was the organiza
tion of the Ell Paso & Northeastern
Club by employees of that railroad
They have rented suite of comfortable
rooms in the new bank building anC
have fitted them with reading room
gymnasium and both rooms. For the
successful frultion OF this excellent idet
much credit is due to the efforts O.
Dennis Sullivan, the young superintend
ent OF the road who has shown himsel
TO the right man in the right place II
many instances and who is as popula
with all of his fellow townsmen as he 4
with the roads employees.
"Many improvements are contemplat
ed for the coming spring and summer
Chief amongst these, perhaps, is thC
construction OF a sls5, 900 hotel and ais,
of . large sanltarium. Not few ney
business blocks are under contempIa
tion.
zone factor in AlamogoFdo's pros
perity is that the AlamogordO Lumbe
Company continues to produce 125,OO
feet OF fine pine lumber daily and I
able to boast the ownership of sufficien
timber to assure continuous outpu
for twenty years to come.
s'In the Sacramento Mountains ther
were many snow falls this winter insuI
ing an efIectual water supply for tn
next year with its attendant good crops
"Otero County generally Is prosper
Gus. Its ranchers have plenty Of fee
with the best prospects for next year
growth of hay and range grass. On
sister cities, Cloudcroft, and Tularosa
are both prosperous and growing.
"Several valuable mineral finds hav
lately been made. Perhaps the mos
interesting OF these is the discovery Q
soda 10 large quantities. In all probs
bility Q plant for the treatment OF thi
soda will be Installed the coming year.
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For Thirty Years.