Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-04-01
ALBUQUERQUE DESCRIBED AS
A MOST BEAUTIFUL CITY
A Visitor, Named ". A. MCNeff, Substantial
Farmer Of MartlSvlIIe. Indiana,
Writes Ills Views.

/ have visited the northwestern lum.
Der company plant The plant planiag
mill, factory and lumber yard must
cover thirty acres OF level land. Il
looks as though there was enough lum-
Der in stock to bluid gevoal fences live
feet high from Boston 10 san Ffnncls.
ca. The average days output ol lnm.
Der is one hundred and atty thousand
feet They us6 She endless or band
saw. n takes about three men all
the time 30 dsqss Saws and that is
with machinery. The head aawyora
get ton dollar per day. Tho scale OF
wages ranges down 10 forty cents per
day. The Mexican lumber stickers aud
yardmen get from seyeniy-hyo cents to
one dollar per day The logs are all
fine and are shipped here from the
west by the Santa he railrosd. they
are dumped In an artificial pond OF
water. presumably six feet deep; the
logs are taken from the pond direct
TO the saw My next visit was 10 the
southwestern Brewery and Ice Co.'s.
plant. I went into the general offlcc
and gave my name and place OF resi-
donco, asked permission 10 view tho
plant the superintendent IN OF n court.
NNAN NAHIiNNAANhNt WN hAiAfu NNi VI us
worthy attendants. told him to show
me through, gave him glass and told
him 20 have mo sample the fluid IN
the cold storage Being a cool day
we were not long In partaking Of his
generosity Il was a winding stair;
We stopped on each floor 20 hear his
explanation. and before we got to the
top ! thought 0f the tale OF the spider
aud the ny. The plant IL ave stories
high and has a capacity Of thirty
thousand barrels per annum. Tn com.
pany has a fne Ice plant is connection
with the brewery There 80 another
ice plant both seem 10 bo doing a
large and lucrative business Albu.
QuerQue Is pronounced here tAlbukur.
kee) lt'a been built since the Santa
Fc raiioad. lt has lnigh seventy 80.
looms and I've not seen but one into1.
icaied pereon 10 TAR The city is weil
represented with rooming aud board.
Ing houses. restaurants and hotels.
The finest OF these Is the Alvarado.
part OF it u three stories and rooted
with Tie the pillars OF concrete and
has about one hundred columns OF
concrete 90 support the massive porch
es and promcnades had the honor
To be escorted through II and did not
/ feel the toe of a shoe as ! departed.
They sure put the finish touch ON the
inside. fine on the inside doesn't ex.
press Il. Several other three story
very good hotels; there are two nam
moth construction companies who
I grade for railroads, build dykes and
jevies for reservoirs. There are two
daily papers. the Journal and the CHI.
gen: both have n fair circulation and
do a good advertising business. Have
artificial gas plant, electric street cars
and two steam laundrys.
Commenced building flats now; one
only two stories high will be com
pleted the first OF June TO rent for
four hundred dollars per month. They
have some as hne dwellings as any
city can boast Of: then the little adobe
eight by ten. with one door aud one
window, eighteen inches wide. VII
close for fear 4 becomes monotonoua
w. A. McNEFF.