The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1913-11-18
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IuCumCdri Acts

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quay county, Is surrounded by an
empire OF wealth and is in every
way a modern city. All OF the
churches are represented and most
OF them have elegant church build.
ings.
scHooLs-The schools OF Tucumcar,
are second TO none in the state.
We have a modern High School
building. costing $4,000, together
with splendid ward buildings. The
new County High School will be
established aud doubtless o a
State Normal.
uTlllTlEs-The city is supplied with
electric lights. with day as well as
nlght service. cement walks, owns
a splendid waterworks system: has
a hne sanitary system OF sewerage,
ice plant, cold storage and long dis.
tance telephone system.
sUlLoINGs-Tucumcari has two OF
the best bank buildings In the South.
west, blocks of brick business
houses. an up-to-date court house,
Y. :. Land Office, a modern $4O.0 900
hotel, new Elks' Home, costing Si5.-
600, Tucumcari Hospital. and hun.
dreds OF beautiful residences. There
has not been n time in the last FIVE
years that there were not buildings
In course of construction A new
federal building is being planned
n a $4,000 union station for Tu.
cumcari; also the Home Sanitarium
with Tubercular Annex.
CLlMATE-Our altitude is 1000 above
sea level. our winters are short
n mild and the summer nights are
always cool and refreshing. Pure
water from deep wells is procured
in abundance.
SoCIETY-Our citizenship Is com
posed OF the best people from the
east, west, north ana south aud will
compare favorably with the per.
onnel OF any city. Nearly all of
the Fraternal organizations are rep.
resented and most OF them have
large and growing memberships. and
some OF them are planning 10 build
homes OF their own.
RAlLROAOS-Tucumcari has four
railroads with a monthly payroll OF
from $4,000 To $50, 1000. The shops
and roundhouse OF the r. Z. 4 ). w.
are located in the city, and this is
the freight and passenger division
point OF all four roads. Several sur.
Neys have been made 10 the south.
and there will soon be another road
leading in that direction and giving
US connections with the Gulf trade.
The Santa Re railroad from Clovis
will probably be built within the
next twelve months, and other roads
are contemplated. The proximity of
TuCumCari to the almost ineXhaust.
ible coal supply at Dawson with the
AaNirn nfnrEnT mar EhnttlI lWinU /
additional factories.
SHIPPING POlNT-Statistics show
that Tucumcari pays more freight
TO the railroads h a any point be-
tween Pratt. Kansas, and FL Paso, !
Texas. During last year $500 cars
OF freight We're unloaded 20 our
merchants. and over coo cars daily
we're handled through our yards.
The wholesale business OF the city
has gone beyond the 81, zoe, 600 mark,
the retail business has exceeded
Sl.250.000. and our banks did over
Sl2. 100000 worth Of business In the
ten months from January LIST 10 No
vember list.
FAcToRlEs-We have a cotton gin,
broom factory. bottling works. ice
plant, Cemeu block factory, ice
cream factory, feed mill, two fac.
tories for the manufacture of per-
forated tile for su~b.irrigation, plan.
ing mills and creamery. TuCumCari
has the best equipped p~ostoilce in
the State. has two weekly papers
with as fine outfits as can be found
In the Southwest. These papers are
very literally patroni2ed by our
merchants rs will be seen by the
pages OF advertisement they carry
in each issue.
MoRALs-The morals OF Tucumcari
are good, and when this was written
the county Jail a empty, and this
Is not the only time Quay county has
had an empty jail during the last
year.
AMUsEMENTs-The city has a fine
opera house, parks ana ball grounds,
two moving picture shows and other
amusemcn's with a Railroad s.. VI.
{. A. planned for the near future.
QUAY cOUNTY-Quav County Is
bounded on the east by Texas. The
drainage Is from the Canadian. the
Plaza Largo and the Pajarita Rivers.
COST OF LANO-This rich soil can
be bought at present at a low figure,
and IL does not look like Il business
proposition for a farmer OF other
states TO pay all OF his hard-earned
money for rent, when he can procure
100 acres OF this soil for what one
years rent would amount to.
POULTRY AND TRUcKlNG-Pouitry
and trucking pays we'll in this sec
ton. Eggs bring from thirty &c ,
fifty cents and poultry is always IN
demand. There are some small, lr.
rigated garden tracts near the city
from which the owners are selling
more han a thousand dollars worth
OF vegetables TO the acre.
A Chamber Of Commerce with 1872
members.
The $4,000 acre Pajarita Irrigation pro-
ject is on foo and II is expected that
actual construction will begin soon.
For further information address Sec.
rotary Chamber of Commerce. Tu.
cumcari, New Mexico.