El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-17
BUTTE
BUSY PLACE NOW
Railroad Terminal Grading
Completed; Many Houses
Being Built.

Elephant Butte, n. NJ, April IL
Grading for the railroad terminal has
been finished Daniel Taylor, who had
charge of this work, is now superin-
tending the grading for the tracks and
yards. where the concrete blocks will
be made which are to be used on the
faces of the dam
stiff leg derrick has been set up on
the west side of the Rio Grande to
facilitate the handling of material for
the foundation of the dam
William Hardness, foreman OF the
gang of men grading for the west
tower, has gone to Cloudcroft to spend
few days at his home there He will
return in a short time in company with
his family. They will reside at the town
site.
Very little work has yet been ac-
complfshed In regard to excavating for
the flume on the west side of the river.
Two dinkey engines and a lot of heavy
steel rails are being transferred from
the Yuma project, and when the track
is laid and the engine put to work
hauling out the excayated material
from the proposed flume greater pro-
gress will be made Twelve six yard
cars will be used on the track
Heavy winds have been daily visitors
here the past week Very little dam
age has been done, however
Junior engineer Herbert w Yeo is
the first to occupy one of the official
cottages on the hill The cottage built
for the fiscal agent of the reclamation
service is ready for occupancy. but Mr..
Olsen and family are in Salt Lake City.
Utah, on a visit They will move into
their new home upon their return the
first OF May. The third cottage to be-
occupied by c. NJ Wells, is nearing
completion. Work is progressing rap
idly upon other cottages. The one being
erected for Mr.. Reed, of Ell Paso. and
the one for Mr.. Hill, of Phoenix, will
be completed in the near future.
Mrs. a. Mari, who had been quite sick,
is now able to be up again.
Mrs. w H. Conrad, who has been Ill,
is some better.
The osIise force is beginning to
think Of moving as the new office
building is nearing completion At pres
ent the offices are in house tents,
down on the flat.
Few daily papers are read here ex-
cept The Ell Paso Herald, which has a
wide circulation
new telephone system between the
present camp and the town site will
soon be established.
DR.. J. D. Graham has returned home
from Artesia, where he accompanied the
body of Mrs. Graham who died here
over a week ago.
The foundations for a number of the
cottages on the hill have recently been
The new mess at the townsite was
opened the past week and many of the
American men boarding at the mess
here were transferred to the new one.
'Jo," the well known Chinaman cook.
Will be the cook at the new mess.
Baseball is a feature of amusement
for old and young these evenings.
r. G. Putnam had occasion to run
Town an employee of the reclamation
service, who left camp suddenly TAX
ng with him some money belonging
% friend. The man was overtaken
hear Engle and paid over the money
Ind was allowed to go free
Apples hauled by wagon from the
White mountains were delivered to |
amp residents here a few DAYS ago.
The distance which they were hauled |
vas 125 miles.
Easter flowers were in abundance |
here for Sunday, but Easter hats were |
few. The cacti and numerous wild |
lowers decorate the mountains and |
canyons.
z. r. Bowman, the barber. has been
lick for the past week
A number of men have been at work |
IN the new wagon road joining the |
,uchilla road to the bridge to be erect |
I'd over the Rio Rrande about midway |
between the townsite and the damsite. |
One of the diamond drills has been