The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-01-14
While Others Deliberate,
TuCumCari Acts"

way "A modern city. All OF tue
churches are represented and most
OF them have elegant church build.
ings.
scHoots-The schools Of Tucumcari
are second to non In the state.
We have a modern High School
building. costing 10000. together
with splendid ward buildings. The
new County High School will be
established and doubtless oon a
State Normal.
UTiLiTlEs-Thc city Is supplied with
electric lights. with day as well as
night service. cement walks. owns
a splendid waterworks system: has
n fine sanitary system OF sewerage,
ice plant. cold storage aud long dis
ts1ce telephone system.
BUILDINGS ucumcarl has two OF
the best bank buildings in the South
west. blocks of brick business
houses, an up-to-date court house.
u. 8. Land Office. "A modern $4,000
hotel, new Elks' Home, costing 49,.
900. Tucumcari Hospital. and hun
dreds of beautiful residences. There
has not been a time in the last i've
years that there we're not buildings
in course or construct IN. A new
federal building is being planned
and IA $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
ard mild and the summer nights are
Always cool and refreshing. Pure
water from deep wells is procured
in abundance.
6oCICTY-Our citizenship is com
posed of the best people from the
east. west. north anu south and will
compare fayOrabiy with the per.
sonnet of any city. Nearly all OF
the Fraternal organizations are rep.
resented aud most OF them have
large and growing memberships. and
some OF them are planning to build
homes OF their own.
RAILRoADS-Tucumcari has four
railroads with "A monthly payroll OF
from $4,000 to 5000. The shops
and roundhouse OF the II. T.. a. $. w.
are located In the city, and this Is
the freight and passenger division
point OF all four roads. Several sur.
veys have been made to the south,
and there viii o 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 i~neXhaust.
ible coal supply at Dawson Hish the
Mexico market near, should bring
additional factories.
CHIPPING POtNT-Statistics show
that 1tcumcari pays more freight
TO the railroads than any point be.
tween Pratt. Kansas. and El Paso,
Texas. During last year $500 cars
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. 900. 900 mark,
the retail business has exceeded
81. $50. 900. rnd our banks did oyer
Siz. 900. 900 worth OF business Ia the
ten months from January LIST TO No
yembeT LIST.
FAcToRIES-We have n cotton gin,
broom factory, bottling works, ice
plant, cement block factory, ice
cream factory. feed mill, two fac
tories for the manufacture Of pcr.
forated tile for subirrigation, plan.
ing mills and creamery. Tucumcari
has the best equipped postOiiice In
the state, VI weekly papers
with ~ hnc outfits rs can be found
In the Southwest. These papers are
very literally %patrOnized by our
merchants az 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, and this
is not the only time Quay. county has
had an empty jail during the last
year.
hMuSEMENTs-The city has n fine
opera house, parks and bah grounds,
two moving picture shows and other
amuscments with n Railroad Y. NJ,
G.. A. planned for the near 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 or LAND-This rich soil car
be bought az present at a low figure
and il doss not look like IA business
proposition for "A farmer Of Other
states to pay all Of his hard-carncC
money for rent, when he can procure
100 acres of this soil for what ONT
years rent would amount to.
POULTRY AND Poultry
and trucking pays we'll in this sec
ton, Eggs bring from thirty I,
fifty cents and poultry IL always II
demand. There are some small, ir
riRated garden tracts near the cit!
from which the owners are sellini
more thar n thousand dollars wortl
OF vegetables to the acre,
A Chamber OF Commerce with 49,
members.
The %. 900 acre Pajarita Irrigation pro
ject Is on foot and II is expected tina
actual construction will begin soon
For further information address Sec
rotary Chamber Of Commerce, Tu
cumcari. New Mexico.