Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-03-21
40 YEARS. WORK
up N SMOKE At
SILVER CITY
Fire Causes Loss Of $4,000;
Syndicate Buys PinOs Altos
Railroad: Silver City 20
Have Cold Storage Plant.
$50, 900 CATTLE DEAL
MADE NEAR LORDsBURG

Especial Correspondence 60 the Heraidl
silver CITY ~ rs. MarCh 20-rhc
work Of sorry years. valued ot about
sC.o0o. went up in smdke when a
frame building on tho c0ruer Of Hud-
son and Twelfth streets. opposite tho
old baseball grounds occupied In one
end ne an assay office bv G. Wood
ward and in tho othe. by W r. cher.
~. was completely destroyed by iirc
here. Mr.. Woodward had one OF the
t,ost equipped assay ana chemical in-
boratorics in the state, and an 81 this
valuable material together with an
evten.ive SOCIOLOGICAL and metallurglc3i
library was burned. The Instruments
library ana samples represented the
work OF a hfotime. much IT which
can never be replaced. Mr., cherry
lost nearly all his household goods
Tho cause OF the fire ~ unknown,
There was only light Insurance.
ships Carload ~ lee.
THE silver Cny Power company ~
1 shipping carload of tee 10 pcmiug
whore the ice plant il temporarily ont
OF commission an account ~ neceB-
sary alterations and repairs This a..
| the AAfNA NtN NffAN ~ INAH Hf-NtN NNNNNhfNfhA
out OF silver City. Tho now See plant
~ this company. which Vas only COM
pictcd a short time ago'is hsinK op-'
Grated very successfully
70 Have Cold Storage.
Work is progressing rapidly ON the
! now cold storage plant which D. being
! Installed by the silver CITY Beer A.
Ice company on the Gust side of ita
plant on Bullard street. sud 10 is pos-
sible that u viii br completed aud
ready tor use Reg the first of uoXt
J month.
The plant VIII consist Of five rooms.
four al which will Doe about 1919 'C"t
in size. the remaining room being ~
XaO. Az Tho wallis ave % inches
thick. and these. with tho floors ana
ceilings are Tined with curE over
which Is % heavy LAYER of cement.
Pipes viii bo conducted from tho icc
plant whlch r. only about twenty
I've foot distant cor 10" purpose ut
mainulnmg ~" low tcmperaturr
necessary
Tho four sm1iicr rooms have h~en
leased to Jones. powncs s. Co. thc
wholesale groDcra who via us5 lh"
same Tor the storage 81 m.at lfuit
vegetables etc while tho large room
win boz u-ed by th, h,or end .c, conn
psny for Che storage 90 beer. mineral
waters cts
This BE- the first cold storor" plant
over constructed tn Silver CIV" ard
marks another blk stop forward u che
progress OF the community
plpo> Nlto~ Road ~nld
MogOlIou railroad the narrow gauge
line which CONNECTS silver CiE with
the piros Altos mines. has been eoid
and Tho work of tearing 30 1850 wiH Doe
commenced ar once.
Tho purchaser ot the - ironl 's o.
syudic1t. composed OF tho hyW'n-
Augh.ola company ot chicago and the
starry Benjamin Equipment company
uf ST. Louis.
/ Joseph Michlels o, the former com
/ pary Iurry Benjamin OF th' iatt"r
aud his son. jerome j benjamin. arc
| Iu silver CIy. This VIII ~" sttttcd
! ID ono, and vu' Doe n charge cod Jc-
! rome J. Benjamin. a largo number
! of men VIII be- employed iu this work.
| A. tho road is aud always has been
| largely imprncuyabl-. owing to the
! heavy grades boo b. no particular loss
can be- con idorcd as coming FL" the
| rich plnoe Altos district from 'br re-
noyal of tho road.
/ TN, railroad .s twenty -twu mi .
! lonR although the terminal d, only
! about eight miles from Silver city ~
! has o. gauge OF eighteen inches tdld
| with uny-Uyr- pound Eaile 10 cost
/ Co., build Yau9. uou and Was operated
for several months mo sai. price
1 Includes the equipment of nr. engines
and about forty cars.
500. 400 cattle Deal
! owen Wilson returned Thurel1r
from Lordshurg whore he disposed
of his Interests Ia the N''suu raush
and cattle Goo j. q. Dodsuu uf that
place. This ranch is about t.u mites
from Lordsburg Besides lhr ran b.
os, horses ana other equipment about
$500 head ol cattle vor, Included u
the deaf thr consideration being }ou,-
600 Mr Wilson wili nos CONSOLE
duts his Interests 900 ArItd.pn. ArE,
Whst, ho has u much hre,r ranch
and NOR" uugr Morcoslup th' uUu-
Der COT cattl. np already hae th'I'.
| Though bis utrr. sta viii hu In Ar-
l 5.Yu tfr N'E..u Min ,rufIuH. fu