The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-02-04

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churches are represented and most
OF them have elegant church build.
ings.
scHoOlS-The schools OF Tucumcari
are second 10 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 500 a
State Normal.
UTlLlTlES-The city Is supplied with
electric lights, with day as well as
night service, cement walks. owns
a splendid waterworks system; has
"A fine sanitary system OF sewerage,
Ice plant, cold storage and long dis
ts1ce telephone system.
BUILDINGS -Tucumcarl has two OF
the best bank buildings In the South.
west, blocks OF brick business
houses, an u%p-to-date court house,
l. ). Land Office. a modern $4,000
hotel, new Elks' Home, costing SIS.
600, Tucumcari Hospital, and hun
dreds Of beautiful residences. There
has not been "A time In the last five
years that there were not 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.
CLlmATE-Our altitude is 1000 above
sea level, our winters are short
and mild and the summer nights are
always COO 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 II south and will
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.
RAiLRoADs-Tucumcai, has four
railroads with a monthly payroll OF
from $4,000 to 500. 600. The shops
u roundhouse OF the r.. L. a S. W.
are located in the city, and tais IL
the freight and passenger division
point OF all four roads. Several sur.
Ncys have been made TO the south,
and there will soon be another road
leading in that direction aud giving
us connections with the Gulf trade.
The Santa Fe railroad from Clovis
will probably be built within the
next twelve months. and other roads
are contemplated. The proximity of
Tucumcari 10 the almost %inexhaust.
ible coal supply at Dawson with the
Mexico market near, should bring
additional factories.
SHIPPING PoINT-Statlstics show
that Tucumcari pays more freight
10 the railroads than any point be-
tween Pratt, Kansas. and FL Paso.
Texas. During last year $500 ears
OF freight were unloaded to our
merchants. and over 600 cars daily
were handled through our yards.
The Wholesale business OF the city
has gone beyond the 81. O0O, 600 mark,
the retail business has exceeded
$l,250,O0O, and our banks did over
$l2,000,000 worth of business in the
ten months from January LIST to No
yember lot.
FAcToRlES-We have a cotton gin.
broom factory. bottling works, ics
plant. cement block factory, ice
cream factory, feed mill, two fac.
tories for the manufacture OF per-
lOIdlth TIE TOT MULTIPLICATION plS j
ing mills and creamery. Tucumcarl
has the best equipped postoiiice In
the State, has " 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 ad ertisements they carry
In each issue.
hN u A A q M. a.AHula - T,.a...aarl
are good, and when this was written
the county jail was empty, and this
is not the only time Quay county has
had an empty Jail during the last
year
AMusEMENTs-The city has a fno
opera house, parks and ball grounds.
two moving picture shows and other
amusements with a Railroad Y. NJ.
G.. A. planned for the near future.
QUAY couNTY-Quay County lie
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 II does not look like a business
proposition for a farmer OF other
states TO pay all OF his h~ard.earned
money Tor rent, When nc can procure
100 acres OF this soil for what one
years rent would amount to-.
POULTRY AND TRuckING-Poultry
and trucking pays well in this sec
ton. Eggs bring from thirty 10
nifty 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 n thousand dollars worth
OF vegetables TO the acre.
A Chamber OF Commerce with 1872
members.
The 20. 900 acre PaJarita Irrigation pro-
ject Is on foot and Il is expected that
actual construction will begin soon.
For further information address Sec.
rotary Chamber OF Commerce, Tu.
cumcari, New Mexico.