Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-02-17
RATION A BUSY
BUSTLING TOWN
Two New Banks Established,
Many Buildings Going Up,
New Ration Railroad.
Tight LlO on Al GATE CITY

Special Core pondeHCe
Ration. IS. d. Feb This aogm8
a very busy place. but toe natives
claim that there la no boom ON iuaf
"a steady growth with probably a.
little Increase uf irauficnH nf fhe
result of iWO new railroads That are
about io build through collaN coun-
ty
"a tho hotel. me iandlndy told me
chat could hRvC a room just es soon
aa some one got up The house was
full al iho restaurant The waitress
told me that the coffee WaH iuai sold
out and q was only $50 in The
morning. a.sssI
rho building going ON In Ration OF
present an Influential citizen told
lne. constituted about twenty ave
rcsidoucol Eighteen business blocks
ere planned Tor the year, the work
90 begin as soon az fhe weather viii
permit The weather, however, I am
tnld. has been mild during DE great
pnrt uf the winter. and thar had those
who expect to erect business hg'id-
lnrs expected az much, the work
might have prugrosacr through the
winter unhindofed AL Gar az the
Rcaiher iH concerned.
O1s evidence Oi the general prose
prrily and growth OF Ration and Coll
fax county % the birth nf two new
hnnka. the New Mexico National,
capitalized Cor 100000, a pruteg1 of
the Mcnnoqua National bank Of pu-
cblo. Colo. and the Ration National
bauk. capitalized for $4,000. which
iH organized of Ei paro AlamQEurdn.
Albuquerque nnd Ration capital local
people holding the large part of the
sleek. Benjamin ahoirod. uf Aiamos
giido. wi'l ho cashier of the latter
bank
New Railroads.
nuiua new railroads include the
49, Louis. Rocky Mountain a Pacific
and the Santa ro, Ration q Eastern.
Tho 81 Louis. Rocky Mountain q
pacllc Is t2O miles long and extends
ffpm Doa MONIES, on the Colorado A
siuuihcrn 90 Ellzabotht0wn spanning
ti0lfax county from east 20 west pom
etrafing the coal holds Of the county
When completed u will ho operated
ca develop the coal lands recently pur-
chased by the Sd. Louis. Rocky Noun
tain n Pacific Coal company from
che Maxwell Land Grant company.
which Be- reported 20 include the coal
sun about 500 600 acres Of lndd valued
"a siioO0,o0O.
J.. w. Rec0rds, formerly OF Alhu-
uunrQuo aud more recently uf Eatau-
cia, Us master mechanic for this road.
Although the rails are not laid yet,
che equipment, including eight enc
xlnna and ninety cars, have begun 90
arrive iR Ration
The Santa Fo. Ration a Eastern h.
apparently q branch of the Santa Fo
Il is seven miles 90 length and ok
tends into coal Aalds east OF Ration
Ration 10 Growing.
Although the people ~ The Gate
NliY stick together pretty well on the
statement thai the place has q popu-
iaiinu OF 0.00O. conservative osti-
mate will place O. az 5000. The ball
loi boxes showed $40 voters in 1904
Using che usual method of calculnt-
ing population hy the ballot box By
multiplying hv Eve Ration had 300
pupulnflo Ton in 1904. The town saw q
good growth during tho year 1905.
Rent is hiEh in Ration. New houses
10 q. and Z rooms bring from $50 GO
$50 pnr month However. there are
Very fnW vacant houses in Ration.
6lili Maxim Cigars.
Robert Massey, formerly Of AlDu-
queruuo has a cigar shop here. and
says that he o. doing well. SIR Mas
aoy employs two cigar makers in his
shop and work. at tae bench himself.
He finds n local market sudicieut 70
consume the product of his factory.
a District Attorney Worth Having.
The ild Is on tight 10 Ration The
Sunday law is enforced according tu
thc statutes ana the denl2ens OF che
place point 10 the darkened windows
with swelling pride.
Cnlfa1 county has a brick court
house built within hfly feet nl a
mountain Of sandstone said 90 be OF
very good building quality.
Coal brings t2.b0 a ton delivered.
There o. very little statehood talk
in CUlinK county The land grant
and coal corporations apparently are
aaainEt any kind ~ statehood while
fho common panpla hesitate about
expressing themselves either for o.
against Joint statehood
An On olice-hnlder put g. ora
chose fellows who are out that want
a cnanNr"