Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-19
.CARRIzOzO HAS
grown With
RAPIDITY
Two Years Ago, Two Houses
and a Depot Today 1900
People, 800 Houses and the
Comforts of Civilization,

CARRIZOZO. n. NJ. Nov. 1S.-Car-
TizozO, one of the newest towns in the
territory, one year ago had two
houses and a railroad station. To-day
1t has over 300 houses, a population
- hG:T'c@: ,@@o z..a zee. . s....ss
and a good newspaper, railroad facil-
tiles and a splendid future. Carlo
EOS growth has been wonderful and
1t has only begun.
Carrizozo is just LA miles from q
PasO on the FL PasO and Southwest
ern railroad. The fact that the rail
road has established a division ter
minus here has done a great deal for
the town. A great deal Of excellent
land has been thrown open to entry
by the government hcreabOuts. Mum
erous fine mining properties are be
ing developed in the vicinity.
CarrizOzO is the distributing point
for Oaks, NOgal, Lincoln. Captain and
other Lincoln county towns. and is
the railroad center of a district mt.
is rich in possibilities. With a lot Of
energetic, determined business men
a hold OF things CarriozO's prospects
are altogether flatterinE
The CarriZOzO bank is one of the
most successful institutions 0f the
kind in the territory. Its officers are
jefferson Reynolds, president, G. l..
tlrick, vice president; Frank J. ga
ger, cashier. The weekly paper. the
CarrizOzO OOutlOCk. is published by
the OoutloOk Publishing company,
and edited by the well known news
paperman. y. S. Rose The plant is
now being installed and presses drIv-
en- by gasoline engines. A fine job
printing establishment is in counec-
ton and the paper has done much to
secure for the town the prosperity
which it now enjoys. The stock OF
the company is held entirely by local
persons
Among the leading business firms
are the following:
The CarTizOzO Trading company.
general merchandise. capitalized at
$4,000, with a large stock of whole
sale and retail goods. ROLAND Bros.
druggists and nCwsdealers. Gallagher
and company. retail grOceTs. T. b.
Mex retail merchandise. Charles r..
Brown. groceries. II. GuioarTa. gro
ceries. \. y. Taylor, hardware and
blacksmithing. George Spence. fur
niture and carpets. thoroughly urt0
daet. J. H Skinner, grain and hay.
Wingficld & Company. one of tn
finest billiard halls in the southwest
Kelly and Wilson, transfer. CarriZ0zc
market meat. fish and oysters. Hyde
and Bourne livery. Lee Oswald Iiv-
cry. The Railroad Hotel The Hotei
Norman. Two barber shops and three
lodging houses.
A very active firm is the CarrizUzO
Townsite company. doing not only q
city real estate business but also nan
ding insurance and outside property.
Ira o. WetmOre is president and a. II.
Harvey manager Mr. Wetmore, who,
was formerly in the stock business,
is an Old-timeT in this section and is
making as great a success of his
present business as stock raising.
The W. c. Mcdonald Townsite con-
pany is another real estate outfit.
Clark Hust is the active and pushing
agent Of this firm and Mr.. Mcdonald
is the Wen known ard wealthy man
ager Of the CarTizOzo Cattle company.
He has spent a great dea! OF money
in Improvements in this section and
expects to spend much more. He is
one Of the substantial men OF the ter
ritOTy.
There are two churches here. a
Methodist and Congregational, and
two public school buildings with four
efficient teachers. The town viii soon
have a splendid water system. the
water TO be brought s. miles from tn
spIashing Rio BOuitO, q pure mount
ain stream with an unlimited supply.
This water is being brought from
4
Southwestern railway at a cost Of ap-
prOXimately million dollars. the pro
Ject being one of the biggest Of its
kind in the southwest.
Fred Lindsay, of Chicago, is organ.
izing the CaTrizOzO Light and Power
company, Chicago capitalists and Car
rizOzO men being interested.
There is a telephone system here
with IS instruments now in use and
more going in daily.
A militia company has been organ
lied with about 80 members.
Three miles from the line of the FL
PasO and Southwestern and six miles
from CaTrizOzO are located the Willow
Springs coal mines. There is no ques-
but that its owners have some of
the finest coal property in the terri
tory. The coal burns without clink-
ers and is almost smOkeless, a fine
domestic coal and also a first class
cooking variety. A. Conner, F. II.
Smith and Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. McIs Ct
discovered and located the mines.
Most of the preliminary work on the
mine has been done by the discover
ers, a tunnel 100 feet into the mount.
ain side showing a foot vein, five
feet Of which is as good coal as can
be found in New Mexico. IL is great
" to the credit of these men that
they went to work and demonsui ate
the value of their property withour
outside aid There is every probahil-
ity that this coal mine will become
the chief source of supply of the
whole southwestern country. 1t is
close to the market. Of a fine quality
and apparently inexhaustfbls.