Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-06
ALAMOGORDO AGAIN
ON SUBSTANTIAL
B A s i
CONFIDENCE RESTORED IN
FUTURE OF THE TOWN
Little Scare Caused by Remov-
al of Southwestern Shops Is.
Long Since Over and Bust
ness Is Better Than Ever,


Especial Correspondence Morning Journai.l
A~lamogordo. n. NJ, Sept. S.-When
the Phelps Dodge people bought up
Charles B. Eddy's Northeastern rail-
rohd Interest here and Immediately
gave It out that they would move the
shops 10 ~ paso and the division
somewhere. 30 Il would be taken away
from this place. several OF the bust
ness men Of the town and any guam
ilty of the 'privateers" saw Alamo-
gordo's finish" and in some cases
made financial sacrifices To get rid or
their holdings SO they could get out
Of town before the crash came. In all,
soine half dozen business men got
out along about this time, and the
number of private families cannot be
told. For a while, after the news
went out that A~lamogordo had lost the
shops. offices and everything In con-
nection with the road. every week adj
ded three or four vacant houses 10 the
renters lists. The office boys were
the first ones moved. and as most Of
them were men Of families, II made
quite n hole In AlamoRordo's desirable
population. Rents were Immediately
reduced. and before many weeks the
better class OF houses were again
filled. Then the shops were taken 10
III IHtn ana the nlNiribH " 1dil irbNBf
hut by the time the "scary" ones had
All left those remaining behind AS bus
iness men and private citizens were
compelled TO do so on account OF
property Interests, They were kept
moving along In the even tenor ~
their way for a month or so, and To-
their receipts were very satisfactory.
Just where II came from they had not
stopped TO consider, and her the Ala
...H.al. I sss.4laN g~nfnnuny had "A nHN
day day once a month, and It was a
little like old times, II, Indeed, on a
smaller scale. So to those whose prop
erty interests were here began to get
together aud talk sense. With the
natural advantages nowhere SO gem
erousiy Ehowered upon a community.
the death Of the town, us predicted.
was begun TO be questioned, Another
bank was organized and its doors were
thrown open TO a good business from
the start. This seemed TO give the
people the needed confidence. Alamo
gOrdo Immediately took on a spirit
of go" that has been with her over
since, and Is making the place one Of
the banner towns Of New Mexico. New
buildings were wanted ana there were
men who were ready and willing 10
build them Why build new buildings.
when We have vacant store rooms
now Bat the new spirit had taken
hold OF The business men and four new
business rooms have been erected
on New York avenue, the main busi-
ness street, with ten-fnnt cement walks
IN front Of each. These walks viii
soon be extended the entire length Of
the street on one side. and It Is hoped
the property owncrs On the opposite
side will catch the fever. This now
seems probable for the business men
along The street are trying to get to-
gethef on some kind of a pavement Tor
their street. something that will help
the looks OF the street w. u. Car
mack. one of the business men but not
n property owner. has offered 10 do
nate ten dollars To- get the fund
started. There will probably be some
thing come OF u, for AlnmoRordo a
been undertaking nothing II could not
handle recently and everything Il has
undertaken II has put through-just
as soon as the town found out II could
stand alone and ala not have to be
held up by the railroad shops and Of
ncos. Aiamogordo Is, among other
things. "A resort town. especially dur
ing the winter months, when It's eli
mate Is most delightful To those sur
fering from lung trouble. Il holds out
all n advantages of a tempered at
moaphere with days of sparkling buoy
ancN which cannot fan To affect the
MMAft NfNN NAif ANA Nlf hfAAfAH hNh hAA'
" not all. the hills surrounding the
town are being proapcctod with hopes
OF large returns In time, and a drive
through the country viii show some
az beautiful ranches as can he seen
any place A great deal of Liant has
been taken up hcreabouts recently,
that ~ within the last eighteen
months. and u has been taken by par
Ties Who have gone on n and intelli-
gently farmed II. They are an doing
well.
Everyone who sees 10. says Alamo
gorio b. as pretty a little town as there
w. in the territory. It's streets are lined
with trees. on some sides double rows
of trees being planted, Running wa
ter keeps these trees In fun foliage all
the time. while a park one mile long
nlird with alfalfa n trees. Is
stretched along tho railroad, the en-
trance 90 which is in beautiful blue
grass % various flowers, with a foun-
taiuF IluyinE in the center.
, q Rarrett and S Price have pun