Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-02-08
SAN MARCIAL is
GROWING STEADILY
Councilman Richards Tells Of I'm.
provements Being Made-Bank
Soon to be Established.

I'm not in the business any longer.
Sold out my ranch q short time ago"
This was the greeting Councilman
Harvey B. Richards of San Marcial
gave representative Of the New
Mexican last evening when asked con
cerning the livestock situation in the
southern part of New Mexico,
Mr. Richards has been in the cattle
raising business for the past twelve
years. Although he Is no longer &C,
lively engaged in the industry he has
not been weaned away from it alto
gether, and he is familiar with live
stock conditions as now existing. He
is now engaged in business at San
Marcial His ranch was located in the
western part of Socorro County
San Marcial Growing Steadily.
San Marcial is putting on metropol-
tan airs and discarding its swaddling
clothes. Mr.. Richards is of the opin-
ion that it is one of the liveliesL little
towns in the Territory. That's why
he is living there. In speaking of the
development of the place he said:
"San Marcial is forging ahead
steadily. There is no boom on. 1t is
Just a natural growth. The town now
has population of about one thou.
sand. The principal source OF rev
enue of course is the Atchison. To.
peka and Santa Fe Railway. as i is
a division point on the line between
Albuquerque and Ell Paso A good
many railroad employees make their
homes in the town and the monthly
payroll is we'll up into the thousands
Electric Light and Telephone Systems
Electric light and telephone plants
have been installed during the past
year in San Marcial The electric
light system is operated by j. b.
Broyles, and the electricity is gen
Grated from the Touring mill owned
by Mr.. Broyles. The telephone sys-
TEN is operated by the Colorado Trlo-
phone Company and it is equipped
with facilities for long distance com.
munication with all of the principal
towns in New Mexico. The telephone
exchange is located in one-story
building all to itself.
"Mr. Broyles is putting up new
building in the business center of
the town with the expectation of start.
ing bank there som etime this year.
1t is being built of brick and will be
one story high The walls were al.
ready up when left there the first of
the week to return to the Capital. |
should judge that the building will be
finished early in the summer. Mr.
Broyles is conducting a banking bust
ness now in connection with his store
which Is the largest mercantile estab,
lishment there.
Livestock in Good Condition.
Our town is in the midst of a cat.
lle-ralslng country and large numbers
OF cattle are shipped from there every
year to the eastern markets. Some
sales of young steers for spring deliy.
cry have already been made in that
locality, but am not able to state ex.
actly what prices were obtained.
The range in the surrounding coun.
try Is in good shape and the indica.
tons are that there will be plenty of
grass for some time to come from the
moisture that is already in the ground.
Live stock generally is in fine condi.
ton and so far the winter has not had
any bad effect upon the cattle inter
ests. The ranchers as a rule are feel.
ing in good spirits over the present
state of the market and the prospects,
for the coming season.
New Strikes in Kelly Mining District.
"The Kelly mining district near San
Marcial and about twenty-eight miles
from Socorro is booming. Large bod
les of ore of good quality have been
struck in various claims and there Is
assurance Of plenty Of work in that