Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-04
south of the rn,er-ocean hotel.


south OF the Inter-Ocean hotel!
George Oibert went out to Denver
this morning to purchase machiner,
OF the latest modern approved order
for the new bottling department ol
the La Plata bottling works. Olberi
brothers have built up large trade
In the bottling business and hut re.
Gently found the room In the old
establishment was inadequate. and a
new building three times the capacity
OF the old one is now ready for occu
pancy.
1t has been decided by the AnImas
council. the health board concurring.
to reopen the schools. which we're
closed several DAYS ago on account
of diphtheria scare. and Principal
Roedecker will gather teachers and
pupils tomorrow morning and start
IN again.
John +. English began this morn
Ing as the new proprietor of the Pal
ace hotel, w $. McNeeley retiring
To go away with his wife to Califor
MIA for a rest and change OF climate
Mr.. McNeeley, VINO began in the hotel
business in Durango fifteen years ago,
has made remarkable success, start
Ing from a lease on the old National
and finishing with a modern brick
hostelry. Mr.. English is well and fav
orably known as railway conductor
all over the Fourth division of the
Rio Grvnde. and with his acquaint-
ance Will find II easy to take up his
new responsibilities as the host of u
popular hotel
o. ID. Bryan returned from Silver
ton this morning en- route to Pagosa
where he is at the head of the new
hotel company to give the greatest
springs resort In the world new
hotel suited to the fame of the big
hot springs. MIR. Bryan is one OF the
good calcuators among the od-timers
OF southern Colorado. and he has fol.
lowed the history and exending fame
of the Pagosa hot waters for more
than thirty years. Thirty years ago
he was a compositor on the Pueblo
Chieftain, learning his trade under
Captain John j. Lambert. During the
past few years he has been busy study
Ing title and abstracts and purchasing
the interests of heirs In the springs.
The company is now ready TO build
the finest resort in Colorado.
ida and Mr.. Thomas Darnell of Bay.
field were married yesterday after
noon at the residence of the brides
parents, Rev. II. j. Grace of the Firs,
Methodist church officiating. A com
pany Of about 25 relatives and friends
was present to witness the wedding
ceremony and enter into the joyful
spirit of the occasion.
The newly married couple will go
to Chama, N. NJ. where the groom
will engage In the lumber business.
The best wishes OF n large number OF
friends and acquaintances will go with
them from their new home.
This morning p B. McAtee takes
np his new position ms assistant su-
perintendent of the Fourth division
of the Rio Grande. under w. ID. Lee,
the superintendent. Mr.. McAtee mas
been station agent and general all
around man at the Durango station
for more than fifteen years. having at
all times the serious responsibilities
involved upon the most important rail-
way office on the Fourth division to
look after. In fact. for several years
he has been AT the head OF the San
Juan branches of the railway. He is
one of those sturdy. reliable men who
once finding opportunity. improves II
with each day of attention and ser
vice. All Durango and all the people
Of the Southwest will enjoy Mr.. Nc
Atees promotion to higher place
and will wish him to go still higher.
In leaving the Rio Grande station
one of Mr.. McAtee's trusted employees
succeeds to the agency. James II
Brown, who began on the platform
with the trucks in 1892. advancing
step by step through all the changei
of rapidly growing traffic, was check
ed In this morning as agent. Mr.
Brown has become quite as familia
with all the minutate of the San Juai
railway business as his former super
ior, Mr.. McAtee, and begins with tn
charge OF the Durango station toda,
fully equipped to discriminate and dis
charge the duties involved.