Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-08-14
TUCUMCAR|
THRIVING TOWN
County Seat of
Quay Growing
Steadily
INSTALLING WATER SYSTEM
Plant Will Cost $4,000
When Completed =. Much
Building Going On.

l.. P. Gamble, of Tucumcari, a
bright and active young man, was a
recent visitor to the Capital He
came to see the Inauguration sights,
TO become acquainted and to enjoy
the fine climate and attractions of the
Capital He arrived at Tucumcari
few months ago from Amarillo, Texas.
BY profession, he is school teacher,
but found this vocation too slow and
that he could make more money in
the real estate business in the thirty
ing Quay County capital. He thinks
that he has made a good choice. To
a reporter of the New Mexican, Mr..
Gamble said:
"Tucumcari is all right in every
way, so is Quay County. Indeed,
am told by surveyors who know that
there is hardly a quarter section of
government land that is sufficiently
level to be ploughed and on which a
home can be built, that has not been
entered under the homestead laws.
The only free government land now
is in the hilly section Of the county
and to that portion the live
stock men have retired. On account
of the heavy immigration and speedy
settlement of the public domain most
of the sheep and cattle that roamed
over Quay County three years ago
have been diminished in numbers and
have gone elsewhere The people
who have come in during the past
few years are of a very good class,
pretty we'll to do and the majority of
them have brought with them i'm
proved horses and cows, as well as
farming machinery and much farni.
ture.
Crops this year will be good, so /
have learned This will be especially
the case with corn and feed stuff.
Tucumcari Growing Steadily.
"Tucumcari is growing steadily and
rapidly Ten new business houses
are now under course of construc-
ton; nine of them are being con-
structed out of that peculiar red rock
that abounds in the vicinity of Tu-
cumcari, and one will be of concrete.
These will be completed before the
snow falls. The cost Of these build
ings when completed will be nearly
$4,000. The business portion of the
city will be handsomely improved by
their construction
MANY new residences of all di-
mensions, sizes and shapes are being
built, something between sixty and
seventy. Nearly all of them are sub
stantial and will prove fine additions
to the residence portion of the city.
"The Ell Paso & Southwestern Rail-
way people are doing much work and
employing many men, which of course
aids business and the growth of the
city. The large roundhouse, which
was at Santa Rosa, and extensive
shops are now in course of erection.
"The grade of the Choctaw Rail-
road, a branch of the st. Louis and
San Francisco Railroad, from Amaril-
10, Texas, to Tucumcari, 112 miles
in length is almost completed, and
we have reason to believe in our
town, that it is but question OF a
few months when the grade will be
thoroughly repaired and completed,
and track-laying will commence. With
this new outlet, Tucumcari is bound
to become one of the largest towns
in eastern New Mexico or western
Texas.
According to the records of the
probate clerk, we expect to poll near
ly 1000 votes in November, 1908.
Big Increase in School Census.
"Our school census for the present
year made by Superintendent Miner
Rudolph, shows total of $500 per-
SOuS VI oSuOOl dSO' lAoC hOauo pOl
sons between the ages of five and
twenty years, while the school cen
sus last year was only about 1,500.
"The Tucumcari Securing Mills are
all kept busy daily. Last year about
100000 pounds of secured wool were
shipped from our town, while this
year | am informed by well posted
persons, that the shipments will reach
100000 pounds.
"Sheep men in our section, as a
rule, are prosperous, although few
Of them suffered loss of lambs dur
ing the cold spell in the spring.
City Grants Water Works Franchise.
"The city has granted franchise
for a new and extensive water sys-
tenn to w. F. Buchanan, president of
the First National Bank, and his asso.
ciates. AT least $4,000 will be spent
to give the city a first class water
system, Water will likely have to be