Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-10-01

for the purpose Of making mones
Private parties IN leased buildings con
duct a bakery. a shoe repairing shoT
a barber shop, a laundry. a photo
graph gallery, three saloons, four no
tells and from fifteen to twenty board
ing houses.
No Gamblers In DAWSON
Shortly after the Phelps Dodge i'm
~terests were acquired all the gamblint
was abolished and as a consequence
bank deposits increased so that nor
nearly every employe has a saving
account in the company's bank oI
which 4 per cent interest Is allowed
compounded semi-annually. Their,
are no houses Of prostitution IN Daw-
son city.
The inhabitants have increased
from l.200 two years ago 20 over
1000, and while this rate Of Increase
Is not likely to continue, there ~ eN-
cry reason 10 expect that the CITY VIII
treble its population In the next I'VE
years, and II II does, II viii take rank
with the largest cities Of h territory.
The railroad from I'll Paso through
Tucumcari 10 Dawson. Will be eN-
tended 10 Trinidad and hence To Dem
yer. A large corps Of engineers are
now IN the field. when this opening
north and east is made, the trade Of
Da will be greatly Increased.
Coal 10 Last "a tcntury.
one would be accused Of
ing were he to attempt to give any
idea Of the extent Of the coal meas
urcs which are beneath the surface of
the cOmpany's property. Borings
were had and detailed measurements
and calculations made before the pur-
chase Of the property. Under pres
ent production and all that ean reas-
onably be expected to be produced in
. Hs ftaftsf. HVtth all thu a.. 90. NJ
can be secured and profitably m
ployed, the veins now known cJnnot
possibly be worked out in one nun
bred years.
Americans In lie Minority.
Thu majority. of the miners are
a americans, but there are number Or
Japanese. Italians. Slavs, Huugarlans.
negroes. The government Of tho
treat city with its incongi tour popu-
Is extremely simple.
Government IL simple.
They have one justice of ,he peace
one constable who is also =
sheriff. and strange to say, /
hey have very little 20 do. Mr.. r. L.
an honored empioye Of the
Company. is the peace officer. and
lille quite young, administers iu.ticc
With imparti1lity AID 50 tcmpers II
With charity that rarely does an Of
~ AHIAHtA Nll' " 4 ElIti
hat presumably. his house is for rem.
KINNEY Is fortunate In having &C.
ured for a wife, q young lady. reared
n Albuquerquc. n whose sisters now
here. Her maiden name was
Kirkland and the family will be roe
nembered by many Of our citizens.
Dawson Has No Jail.
As the justice Of the peace Is an
mploye Of the company. he cannot
Rny civil pRffAta "a palngf fhn gRt,a-I
amy. As comparatively little business
& transacted by the citizens between
themselves, the civil docket is small.
IS there are but three saloons, widely
eparatod from each other, and some
What hampered by the fact of having
landlord who does not depend upon
high rental and who deprecates the
fleets OF intoXication, there is COM
aratively little criminal business
Is no jail.
The very desperate criminals who
OCCASIONALLY drift into the camp are
pom the first outbreak sent TO the
.ounty iail at Ration and for the mi
Tor offenses caused by anger or
houghtlessness or carelessness, a
light fine seems a sufficient punish
nent.
II is safe TO say that In no city of
Is size In THE territory Is theE as lit-4e
le 10 occupy the attention of the {
officers as in Dawson. It is
$50 quite possible that the salary !
the company and the consequent !
difference To the mount Of costs 7
objected may be productive Of peace g
} court circles. =
4 Company Built CITY. i
The company here takes UNION itself Il
responsibilities and MANY OF the 1
uties Of a municipal corporation. r
u owns and operates W~1torworks a
telephone and electric lightIl
II contemplates IN the near future n
I electric car line and a steam heat n
< plant to furnish heat for the pub n
F buildings and FOR the homes OF the /
-
II has built n hospital at a cost OF O.
q, O00, which is fitted with all mod n
y appliances. Il employs two ply IA
clans who care for the sick of the a,
nployes and their families. \ charge m
one dollar each from the employees hi
oduces a monthly Income of S1,7OO Ia
meet expenses. nj
.ompany PAYS Ministers Salaries. 4,
II is building two churches at "a i'm
81 Of $1,000 each, n will employ "a
e ministers, n Catholic and one n
-,
II has built and furnished "a COM
opera house at a cost of $40 IN
q. This Is "A public comfort build IA
3, containing besides the opera IA
use. a large and beautiful lodge H..
mn q reading room. a billiard and nj
room. four bowling alleys. "a Ia tri
- reception room and a banquet nm
H. II is a strikingly beautiful build an
/, Just completed. an ornament TO I'M
city and bound 10 fill a great need rio
ITS social life. II was formally 40
on saturday night by the Bos- re-
Ideal Opera company. in perhaps ruI
most finished production Of "The IN,
scot they have ever given. The he
was comfortably filled by IA,
representative audience and one ia
aid travel far before finding an /,
number Of fine. manly looking sol
D n beautiful. Handsomely IN,
med ome
company has erected three 81
buildings az a cost III $4,000. VI
g are modern buildings and with
tern equipment The city Is too
ng FOR "a high school. but kim
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