Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-11-02
NOW IMPORTANT
RAILROAD POINT
Santa Fe Has Expended in
Excess of Half Million
Dollars There

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Slaton, Texas. Nov l-Slaton.
Lubbock County. Texas. Is nov
known as THE Wonder CITY" not
only OF the Texas South Plains. but
of almost anywhere else.
Located on the new transcOn'i-
mental line Of the santa Fe railroad.
city construction was commenced on
June IS. 1911 the Santa Fe rail-
road itself Immediately building ma
chine shops, a depot round house
coal shute sandhOuse. division Off
ces. water plant a $4,000 Harvey
eating house. many railroad employ"
tenement houses and % miles OF
aide tracks. etc. This speedily com
pleted construction representing an
expenditure 81 over one half million
dollars
Additional Railroad Constitution
Since the completion Of the above
named buildings. the santa Re has
built and opened one Of the finest
smploye reading room structures on
its entire system and viii shortly De-
gin the erection Of splendid pas
enger depot. the building TO include
modornly equipped railroad division
M office headquarters. and also
b,g yard office.
while tho railroad has been mus
alike active and elaborate IN alatoh
building construction. Slaton citl-
tens themselves have we'll needed
the progressive Injunction Go thou
and do likewise and brick CONNER
eial blocks. graded streets. cement
sidewalks. churches schools, hand
somc residences and public utilities
have sprung into existence as even
under tho waving of a magic wand
"The wonder Clty at an age oil
less than - months. now counting
1000 people
A Railroad Center
win the completion Of ia" nov
building Santa Fe Cutoff between
rexiro. n NJ aud Lubbock. Texas
3iat0n viii be double divisional
santa Fe railroad point While pre-.
urinary surveys Of other rail"a'
systems indicate the city as a ia
turc extensive railroad center.
Late improvements
Late Slaton i'm. royements are
$4,000 modcrnly equipped bric'
hotel and about 5000 additional eN
pendituros by the Western Telephone
Co, including a new office buildini
and 5000 feet ~ new cable
Request For Correspondence
Tho new hotel is now about roa
dy for occupancy aud correspondence
With a view 20 leasing the buildin'
is requested by ! s Edwards here
An $4,000 Catholic school building
Tho German Catholic colony ~
prospcrously farm located near Sla
ton will erect this fan and white
IN the city an $4,000 school building
Tho First State Bank and the Pau
bank are now carrying deposits ag
grcratiug 100000. which viii 10
largely Increased between nov am
The first Of July next
Tho Slatonitc ls one OF the fore
mos' papers of 'le Plains slate
has recently been advanced from
fourth 10 third rnss postoffic.
Even Uncle sam himself bias o..
eagle eye on tho Wonder city
Among the live wire and substau
tial buflncss firms of Western TcNa
are Murray brothers. owners OF N
south Park Addition aud iWmIgra
ton AGENTS FOR tho shallow waite
land in the Sla,ou county The drr
is composed OF VI $ Murray q
Kansas City. Mo. lrd n ! Murra
NJ Slaton They have their genera
offices at kansas city and their 81.
rious agencies spread over Nissouf
Kansas and Texas This firm ha
been alive 20 the issue and are
great asset 10 the city OF Slaion au
The South Plains country Zoo adF,l
Using che wonderful conditions an
rccours,s that exist here and IoQ
ing settlers lH selling their Son,
Park addition tbpr have made
e2aHr- lrllIy easy for tne raI'ral
man and other f0 own their oV
homo hy building tho home and sci
ing ou smal. monthly payments The
are now actively az work iuierestiu
Investment 10 the shallow Watt
land around Sla'ou and are meetin
with success.
In conversation With The New
representative Mr. r Murray sal
that no where 10 Western Texa
could a safer and more conseryatly
place be found than the olaton cour
try TO invest money. We have "a
soil. rain fall. and also shallow va
o. for irrigation and last but ne
st the cheap priced land.
The South Plains Realty Co. Is
b y and progressive real estate fin
~ Is also rfanuon and Taylor
Slaton's Surroundings
Slaton 10 surrounded by feru
lands % the famous Frees.oue sha
low water beat land which -e col
stantly aiding new and prJsper5i
farmers 20 ;heir prolific hlvost j
yelopment. Cotton. Milo maize. ka
ir corn. ind.77 corn. whea, oats 20
gnum. mil'r peanuts, swce, pot
toes. onions. sarden roEe.7 ..es. %.
vine and berry plants ans melton q