The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1913-12-17
While Others Deliberate.
TuCumCari Acts"

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 Tucumcari
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 and doubtless icon a
State Normal.
uTiLiTlES-The city is supplied with
electric lights, with day as we'll as
night service, cement walks, owns
a splendid waterworks system; has
a fine sanitary system OF sewerage,
ice plant, cold storage and long dis.
"a ace telephone system.
BUiLDINos-Tucumcari has two OF
the best bank buildings in the South
west, blocks OF brick business
houses, an up.to-date court house,
u. s. Land Office, a modern $4,000
hotel, new Elks' Home, costing SIS.
900. Tucumcari Hospital, and hun.
dreds of beautiful residences. There
"a hOh bttH o. ~ ih W AdSN hFS
years that there were % buildings
in course OF construction. A new
federal building Is being planned
and a $4,000 union station for Tu-
cumcari: also the Home Sanitarium
with Tubercular Annex.
CLiMATE--Our altitude Is 1000 above
sea level, our winters are short
and 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 and sill
compare fayorably with the per.
sonnet 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 to build
homes OF their own.
RAitRoAos-Tucumcari has four
railroads with "A monthly payroll Of
from $4,000 TO $50. 200. The shops
INT roundhouse OF the Il. p. a. s. w.
are located In the city. and this 10
the freight and passenger division
point OF all four roads. Several sur
veys have been made to the south,
and there will soon be another road
leading in that direction and giving
us connections with the Gulf trade.
The Santa Fe railroad from Clovis
will probably be built within the
ext twelve months. and other roads
are contemplated. The proximity OF
Tucumcari to the almost ~inexhaust-
ible coal supply at Dawson with the
AfaNian fnurEnt mar shnttiA hiring
additional factories.
SHIPPING PoiNT-Statistics show
that rucumcari pays more freight
10 the railroads than any point be-
tween Pratt, Kansas. and FL Paso,
Texas. During last year $500 cars
of freight were unloaded to our
merchants. n over GOO cars daily
were handled through our yards.
The Wholesale business OF the city
has gone beyond the 81. 900, 900 mark.
the retail business has exceeded
s1.250,000, and our banks did over
Sl2. 900. 900 worth OF business in the
ten months from January LIST 10 No
vember LIST.
FAcTORiEs-We have a cotton gin.
broom factory, bottling works, ice
plant, cement block factory, ice
WI Ao'ASAI A''A III WV INV
tories for the manufacture OF per-
forated tile for sub.irrigation. plan
ing mills and creamery. Tucumcari
has the best equipped, postoffice in
the State, has two weekly papers
with as fine outfits as can be found
In the Southwest. These papers are
very literally ~patroniZed by our
merchants as will be seen by the
pages OF advertisements they carry
in each issue.
MORAlS-The morals of Tucumcari
are good. and when this was written
the county jail was empty, anG 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 n ball grounds.
two moving picture shows n other
amusements with "A Railroad Y. NJ.
G. A.. planned for the neal future.
QUAY couNTY-Quay County is
bounded on the east by Texas. The
drainage Is from the Canadian, the
Plaza Largo and the Pajarita Rivers.
COST OF lAND-This rich soil can
be bought at present at a low figure,
and IL does not look like "A 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 TRUckiNo-Poultry
and trucking pays well in this sec
ton. Eggs bring from thirty TO
fifty cents and poultry Is always In
demand. There are some small. ir.
rigated garden tracts near the city
from which the owners are selling
more than a thousand dollars worth
of vegetables to the acre.
A Chamber OF Commerce with 1872
members.
The "a. 900 acre Pajarita Irrigation pro-
ject Is on foot and II Ii expected that
actual construction will begin soon.
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