Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-11-14
Busy Railroad Center Springs
Up in Little Over Twelve
Months Big Water Supply
Project Under Way,
ACTIVE BUSINESS FIRMS
AND A GOOD NEWSPAPER
Willow Springs Coal Mines Six.
Miles From CarnzOzo Among.
the Most Promising Proper
ties in the Territory,

Especial Correspondence Morning Journal.l
CalTizozo. n. NJ, Nov. 12.-Carri-
zozo. one Of the newest own in the
territory. n year ago had two
houses and a railroad station. Today
Il has over 800 houses, a population
Of between 1900 and 1900. "A bank
and a good newspaper, railroad facil-
tiles and a splendid future. CARR
2ozO's growth has been wonderful and
it has only begun.
Carrizozo Is just IA miles from
lei Paso on the El paso and South
western railway. The fact that the
railroad has established n division
terminus here has done n great deal
for the town. A great a OF excel
lent land has been thrown open to
entry by the government hereabouts.
Numerous fine mining properties are
being developed in the vicinity.
Carrizozo Is the distributing point
for Oaks. NoRal. Lincoln, Captain II
other Lincoln county towns. and Is the
railroad center of a district that Is
rich in possibilities. With a lot OF
energetic, determined business men
hold of things Carrizozo's prospects
are altogether iattering.
The Carrizozo bank il one of the
most successful institutions of the
kind IN the territory. Its officers are
Jefferson Reynolds. president: q. l."
Tlrick. vice president. Frank j. Slger
cashier. The weekly paper. the ar
rizozo Outlook. is published by the
Outlook Publishing company, and ed
tied by the well known newspaper
man, n. 5. Rose. The plant is a first
class one. the company having just
purchased a Monotype machine that IL
now being installed and presses driven
by gasoline engines. A fine job print
ing establishment is in connection and
the paper has done much TO secure for
the town the prosperity which y now
employs. The stock Of the company H.
held entirely by local persons.
Among The leading business firms
are the following:
The Cariizozo Trading company.
general merchandise. capitalized at
$50, goo, with a large stock OF whole
sale and retail goods. ROLAND Bros.
druggists and newsdealers. Gallagher
and company. retail grocers. T.. b.
Meek. retail general merchandise.
Charles III. Brown, groceries. NJ. Gull
harra, groceries. n. B.. Taylor. hard
ware and blaeksmithing. George
Spence, furniture and carpets, thor
oughly ~up-to-date. j. ii. skinner.
grain and hay. Wingield aud COM
pany one OF the finest billiard ha!ls
in the southwest. Kelly n son.
transfer. Charles Hinton. meat mar
ket. Carrizozo Market. meat. fish and
oysters. Hyde and bourne livery.
Lee Oswald, livery. Tn Railroad
Hotel. The Hotel Norman. Two bar
Der shops and three lodging houses.
A very active firm is the Carrizozo
TOwnsite company, doing not only q,
city real estate business but also ham
ding insurance and outside property.
Ira O. Wetmore is president n A. II.
Harvey manager. Mr.. Wetmore. who
was formerly in the stock business. h.
an old-timer IN this section and is
making AS great a success OF his pres
ent business as stock raising.
The w. c. Mcdonald Townsite COM
pany is another real estate OUTFIT.
CLARK Hust Is the active and pushing
agent OF this firm n Mr.. Mcdonald
is the well known and wealthy man
aver Of the CarrizOzo Cattle company. |
lie has spent = great deal of money in
improvements in this section and ex-
poets TO spend much more. He Is one
of the substantial men of the terri
Tory.
Churches and schools.
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 35 miles from the
splashing Rio Bonito. a pure mountain
stream with an unlimited supply. This
water is being brought from the Rio
Bonito for the FL Paso and South
western railway at a cost Of approNl-
mately "A million dollars. the project
being one of the biggest of its kind
In the southwest.
Fred Lindsay. OF Chicago is organ
ling the Carrizozo Light n Power
company. Chicago capitalists and Car
men being interested.
There Is a telephone system here
with e5 instruments now in use and
more going In daily.
\ militia company has been organ-