Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-07-17
THEY DON'T NEED
ELEPHANT BUTTE
DAM IF RAINS
KEEP Up
Heaviest Precipitation in
Three Years Fell During
Months of June and July;
Work Going Forward
STANDARD GAUGE IS
NEARING COMPLETION
Especial correspondence to Herald

/ Especial correspondence to IicrnldD
EJ,pnau, Butte. y M july H.
mJgug uy tho amount of rain which
has mllcn this mouth this place is
mot within the arid area. During
1 june l.6 inches fen ANA during July
| 30 inches have fallen. IN, hills are
gr.,uor than th,' have boon i"r three
| ears and the Iced Is su good that
! some uf tho McNIcaus 300 camp who
| own horses are pJl iug % boy to herd
: them
WORK is progressing steadily ON
! several features Th, running track
| fur the standard guuE, railroad un
| the west side. ~ py used 300 haulu-
| materials oNpayut,d f'r the iuuudu-
| uuu for the flume Co tho dumping
| grounds O. littl, over fourth uf %
mile away. b. 100 operation. Three
switches lead uff from this track and
are used Tor luudiug tracks IN"
| equipment consists uf dinky lIrp-
| mutiN, cot rs toms weight ana o. sin
| ward dump cars GuN r1rI is cugi-
ncpr.
christ ktDbucr has bis gang 0J
| work ,NuuN1uug FOR the foundation
| tor the power hpu-, and ruoliug tow
or.
u. H. Clurk has gang building
concrete piers for thr foundation for
| the machine shops
| Thc carpenters are working ON the
new blacksmith shop. which BE- near
! the macmu, shops This new shop
win tab, Oh, pm,, "f th' on, uuN loo
! Ash canyon flat
Dan Taylor aud cams haN. repaired
| tho Il road Whrr, the Slid, occurred
last v,ck This happened after %
heavy rain This ls tho first occur
| reno, of the Kind ana 10, ruuds ON
| These steep NIllsid,s hat, stood nee
| marknbE we'll
Was, Jones' has about finished dig
| gIng tho telephone pole holes for th,
| new t,lcphuu. lines Co th, summit ON
tn branch railroad This is b,ng
built Co facilitate an, operation OF
thu motor car There viii br t,lo-
phone station ut the summit and auy
| train coming from tho main uu, win
| stop aud inform th, office here.
! H,ad-ou collisions should h, avoided.
tn, new corral ut the new town is
nearing completion. rb,r. ur, .ur
large sheds Tor stables and large
HAY shed. Hrg, grynlr and HuuN
huus, for th, t,tW~tDr. Jack puu.
Hips haas had uhafgr of h, carpenter
work
The new m,r.autil, -tor, at tho
now town is now under ROOF bot Ittl,
has been don, uu th, moss mess uuild-
ing
The ucv mess buIdus near ihy off
flee is practically completed This
has "a lurg, dining room devoid ot any
pillars, ana ou Ju'E l very pleasant
dance wus enjoyed D., mrg, uum-
Dor of invited guests. This was given
Dos thD order uf the ROYAL Elephants.
- local sooi,ts of which Thomas Mat
son was chairman for Oh, occasion \
lunch was served SO o. O'clock. ON,
OF th, novelties Ia connection with
the affair vas the program The
cover contained a picture OF The build
mp. with Elephant Butte m the disc
! tan,r This was made by our local
photographer Nj Banner
ON last saturday uight "a number ot
u"uul. met again dt tho uce mes,
han and had an informal dance This
! was ALSO greatly ENJOY t'.
ON Jul, 8 tho camp had its first
wedding This occurred al the home
of Mr. aud Airs swan r. Olsen. and
Lester Moutoith. the popular time
kr,pcr. ANA Miss Fluiss. Martin were
the contracting parties. Hcy. Buell.
| ufficHtcd About 5u Wor. present.
The house was yer, Hastily decorated
\ reception following. given by Mr.
and Mrs William Martin oi Curhillo.
| The young couple went Go their home.
which the groom had previously FUR
nishod. The boys iu camp made up %
handsome purse for tho bride and
| groom
Miss Edith Burke. who has been
visiting Mrs. Herbert Yco. returned
tu Las Cruces on Tuesday.
W VI Reed. district engineer. ig I'm
El Pnso. This is his first trip from
camp since the motor car accident.
! j. - FautelroN engineer In the
| United states reclamation service. has
lately become general suu,tiut,udont
The river sun rrmaius high but has
done no damage since DO took ont the
/ tom purar, foot bridge, II has
! changed ils channel % very er,ut deal
about four miles below ramp
Tho new officers uuaftorr arc now
under roof and VIII ID, completed In
about three vr,Fa
Engineer Harr, stanton. Dr.. leaves
today for au extended tour u ohio
| PonnsN hnuia ana NpN Iersc,.
|
Wigwog Tho sr.r,t of "a happy