Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-05
TO START WORK ON
BIG ELECTRIC
PROJECT
Notable Improvements and
Extensions Made by Federal
Light and Traction Com
pany at Deming
NEWS OF DEVELOPMENT
WORK ON MIMBREs


Gauthier. Charles 8. Johan and W. .
Vlckery OF the Federal Light and
Traction company, are here making
arrangements for the beginning %
construction work next Monday ON
the new electric power plant and
high tension transmission wire to the
Miessc tract. ~ miles east 81 DEM
ing. All Of The No. copper wire
now used as high tension transmits
sion line carrying l3.000 volts Will be
taken down aud No. copper wire
substituted Ia It's place to carry $4,000
volts. The extension 10 the property
OF the Alfalfa Farms company viii
begin az tho sub-station just east Of
the Connaway farms and going thir-
teen miles due east 20 the above
named property and al that point -
SGb-station wilt be- built and six miles
OF distribution wire line erected at
once on the tract 10 be reclaimed. The
Improvement In the power plant H.
self viii consist Of two high pressure
boilers with stokers. $50 horse power
each. and . cross compound coriiss
engine direct connected 20 2OO-kilo-
watt alternator: motor driven con
denser apparatus viii be installed,
also mot0r-driven feed pumps The
company ~ also rebuilding its lee
plant. putting In now 6at coolers, new
re- boilers. new cOndensers and will
be prepared to manufacture Is
tons OF ice per day. Three construc-
ton gangs will be placed IN the field
next Monday moning. two Of which
will be employed in the building 81
transmission lines and one at the
power plant
W. A. Anderson a. Son, recently
from Mexico. have rented 1870 acres
from j. I. Seder and twenty acret
from J. r. Doderer. q few miles west
Of town. Both OF these tracts have
ditch rights In the wamel ditch. and
they have let contract of | = miles
Of ditch to connect this property with
the main Wamel ditch. The Seder
place has also pumping plant.
Messrs. Anderson expect 10 get $50
acres in cultivation this season
Lee O. Lester has purchased the
stock OF Roy NJ. Perry In the Luna
County Title and Abstract Insurance
company. consideration s3500. This
gives Mr. Lester the entire stock OF
this company
Governor Mcdonald an delegate from
New Mexico 90 the first national con
ference of marketing and farm cred
its to be held In the sherman hotel
Chicago. April 3. 9 and 10.
Al meeting Of the Luna County
Medical society held In the Office OF
DR. y. NJ. Paine. the question OF city
health conditions In Deming was
brought before the society by the city
health physician. Or y. a. Monten-
vohl II In a we'll known fact that
Dcmlng. IN common with many other
towns In tho southwest, attracts many
heaithseekers especially ihuse with
pulmonary aud throat troubles. The
information concerning the beneficial
effects OF the southwestern climate a.
becoming each year mere widely dis
scminated, and more and more people
afflicted or threatened with tubercu-
losis, asthma aud bronchial affections
are coming here every year These
facts were presented by lpr. MOnton'
yohi aud the urgency ~ sanitary reg
ulations for hotels and roominE
houses and streets was emphasized
II was the sense Of the meeting that
The ordinances touching this matter
already enacted by the village trus-
tees should be rigidy enforced. aud
that other practical measures should
be- taken 90 prevent any possibility
of infection. 4 committee was ap-
pointed 90 examine the sanitary reg
nlntions for western town. proposed
hy the chairman of the American
Medical association. This physician
has gone 10 the trouble OF outlnins
set OF model regulations Tor towns
Of the west where conditions obtain
similar 10 those obtaining in Deming.
The committee IL composed of the
Following physicians: r. A. Monten-
yohl. j. NJ. steod, Janet Red This
committee viii select those regula-
tlons which seem partic Iiarly adapt
ed 10 conditions In Deming. and pre-
sent ~ report 40 the next meeting
~ tho society. Action viii then be
taken looking TO obtaining the pass
ing aud enforcing of such ordinances
by the board OF village trustees.
-. n. Cantrell. Of sterling, Kan,
today purchased through Carl H..
Pough the ROY e. cutler relinquish-
ment on $50 acres one mile east of
Cafne. Mr.. Cantrell has gone back
10 Kansas Tor the present but ~ill
return next summer ana begin the
development Of his land He expects
10 bring number of his ncighbors
aud friends with him 20 invest In
Mimbres valley farms
Il is reported that Joe Rosborough
has sold hs interest In the Van Me-
ter cattle ranch near Gage. y. NJ
which he purchased short time ago.
DR. p r. Coanaway n dispiacing
his fifty horse power gas engine with
90 horse power electric motor on
his farm, four miles south Of town
sam Connaway has erected four
room cottage on the northwest cor
ner OF the Gonna way farm, and VIII
engage In farming with his brother
pr Connaway. the coming season
A house h being built by the Tur-
ney Construction company north 81
the city which is attracting consider
able attention ~ being new de-
parture in building The walls are
built ~ poured waterproof concrete
blocks The admittedly insurmouni"
able draw back 81 concrete blocks
made under pressure II that they