Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-09-21
ANCIENT LANDMARK
s DESTROYED
BY FIRE
Warehouse Of L. B. Putney on
First Street and Roma Ave-
nue. Laid IN Ashes at Early
Hour This Morning

Fire 81 an unknown origin discoe.
cred I'D 1890 o-claek this morning al-
most e~utifoly DESTROYED d large frame
warehouse. situated at the corner Of
flrst street aud Roma aVenue. the
property of Il Il Pufney the whole
sHle grocer. ln che warehouse We're
stored Two OF three carloads of all
fHlfa and grain. together with tive
hundred cRses. more or less Of cHu-
ned goods. Practically an the produce
and other goods We're destroyed aud
the huilainE and contents VIII be a
tofai loss. u WaT impossible 30 obtain
an estimate ~ the loss this omrning but
u VIII not be very heavy. the greuf
fulk ~ the Puinev stock being stored
IN an adobe building IN The rear of
ths burned structure. and In the new
Putney building on East central awe
nue..
The fire WAS discovered shortly be-
forf 1858 by the engineer az the
tf4atat tes company piant acruss the
ALLEY Thf flames wore ALREADY shoot
ing high Into tho alr ana by the time
The Two fire companies had arrf, ed.
the entire building was = seethfue
fn'tsa ~ Gre Tho airemeo hraNcly at
tackled the blAze ana oou had sef-
eral streams OF water playing on it
Old and dry as 81 was. however. the
structure was rapidly derOured IS the
Tire and nothing bat O mere shell pf
the building remained after twenty
ftFf minutes. The Santa lie fire de-
IfaritA#nf ran to She bla1e from the
shops bat arrived too tate 10 offer ANS
material assistance.
Attracted hv the alarm sounded by
The fire whistle and hy the bright
tlRhifa rhich Aghfea mp tile heavens.
hundreds az people rushed to the
serene pf the fire and watched The
old ~Aaiidnnark slowly pass into history
people arrived on foot and in Huto-
mobiles. hacks. carriages and an bi-
fNcire ARA motorcycles. some az them
came from the faF Sesifh Highlands
fnd the %i9wlands. making Is trim uf
several miles Almost hair 81 th6
foWd were ome
T9le burning uI the pttney ware
hnuse marks the passing ~ one IF the
oldest 81 nof the oldest frame build
inNs On Ire new towu ~ Albuquerque.
The bnliainr Nas erected Ia 1881 pn
the northeast corner ~ First street
ana ttnfthl avenue ana was naed as
a general uhaieaale store hv D.. b.
lutnev. When the Aiyarado hotel
was built. the santa rc railroad conn
iafN* #iH nnt renew ihe lotse faf the
ground upon which the bidding stood
and b Was moved e. First and Roma.
a modern pressed brick structure was
ete'teN Ns Mr. putuey on East Central
avenue in 1907 nnd tine Old warehouse
sses used for various storage purposes
The old buildine had am Interesting
and varied oaFeer Originally com
strueted lp Trinidad in the early eos.
81 WAS later removed To Las Vegas
when the SANTA ie railroad reached
that point After doing business 10
ine Vegas Tar q uumher 90 Years the |
elder Mr. Putncy decided that Alhu-
glcrqut offered "a better field for his
activities Building material and la
Dor ln Aibuquefaue in Those days
were difficult So secure ana Mr.. Putt
ncy was worried Meutioning his
troubles ta "a Santa le conductor that
official uffrtra q ready solution of tho
problem load her ON q llHt ear
aud I'm halii hor over the division (
for YOU" snid the railroad man. who
had newer heard of the interstate
commerce law ar government rogula-
tion OF iroiRNt rates This was done
and the building WIS brought to this
city II was set up at Che lnterscc-
ZION Of Railroad uNeuue and the right
~ WAY. There il stood Tor many years
the center of "a thriving ~mercanUlc
business MS day ana haven OF VISITING
Pueblo Indians hN night